Karyn Hay

The BBC World Service Rich Preston - joins us to talk about the current picture of coronavirus around the world, efforts begin later this week to prepare for the next one, the US climate envoy, John… Audio

The Government wants to move away from relying on low-skilled workers to attracting people here, with higher skills. Government Minister Stuart Nash has announced tonight, that the skilled migrant… Audio

We're looking at words on Monday night - all the crazy ways we use them and tonight, two Prime Ministers are under the lens.. The particular way the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern speaks and a thing… Audio

Lately's Friday night music feature Kiwi Rules where a New Zealand artist or band plays it forward. Tonight it's the turn of Sophie Scott-Maunder, bass player and vocalist for the Wellington… Audio

Dame Gaylene Preston has produced and directed many classics of New Zealand cinema. Karyn Hay speaks with Dame Gaylene about her recent column in Stuff that asks "...why do we think than an artist… Audio

Eagle Brewing's David Gaughan posted a racist comment on a news website describing Maori as the scourge of New Zealand, and said the quicker they were put in prison the better. His comments have led… Audio

Back in 1936, on this day, a group of defeated politicians met in Wellington. They were the conservatives from urban centres and from the regions. The farmers, the lawyers and the business leaders… Audio

The country's former chief science advisor Sir Peter Gluckman says many governments failed to act in the years and months leading up to the Covid-19 pandemic. An international report commissioned by… Audio

The Children's Commissioner says the government needs to take bold action on discrimination, incomes and housing in next week's budget to improve the lives of Maori, Pacific and disabled children… Audio

Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about a magazine telling the full story of an SS soldier who became a "hometown hero" and a tourism pioneer here -… Audio

Midweek Mediawatch with Hayden Donnell Audio

A crash has significantly damaged a number of headstones in Gisborne's Taruheru Cemetery and the council is looking for their families. Karyn speaks with Gisborne Mayor Rehette Stoltz. Audio

The Government is refusing to be drawn whether Pharmac is in line for a significant funding increase in next week's Budget. The advocacy group Patient Voice Aotearoa staged protests across the country… Audio

It looks a bit like a Chatham Island forget me not, and grows to a height of two metres and tastes a wee bit like celery or cabbage - we hear the story of the megaherb punui. Audio

Word is the name of our new feature on Mondays - exploring everything about the written and spoken word, especially in New Zealand English. We find out how the language is evolving, how it's changing… Audio

Rob Hugh-Jones from the BBC joins Karyn to talk about an attack on a school in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, over the weekend, the head of the UN visits Russia and how people are returning to their… Audio

Three people injured in a multiple stabbing in a central Dunedin supermarket this afternoon are scheduled to undergo surgery in Dunedin Hospital tonight. Another person has serious injuries and the… Audio

We chat to our Overseas Correspondent in Taiwan, William Yang in Taipei. Audio