Karyn Hay

Salad queens Mary Cox and Gemma Heffernan from Auckland's Ripe Deli share recipes for an Almighty Eggplant salad and a Raw Chop Chop Salad. Audio

NZ's underground music scene is being celebrated at the Dowse Gallery in Lower Hutt from February 15th with an  exhibition titled "A Short Run" which refers to vinyl that is generally produced in runs… Video, Audio, Gallery

In the Western Bay and Tauranga areas a Welcoming Communities Programme that has been piloted for the past two years and has just been given the tick of approval by Immigration New Zealand.  Audio

Allan Halse has launched a petition requesting that the government create a low-level disputes resolution process based on the UK's advisory conciliation and arbitration service model. Audio

Dr Sandeep Jauhar is a US-based cardiologist and author who says hearts physically change shape in response to grief, fear and other intense emotion. Audio

Book reviewer Kiran Dass shares some titles worth bunking down with over summer. Audio

Author Nicky Pellegrino joins Karyn Hay to discuss the life of broadcaster Angela D'Audney. Audio

Lisa Jansen ditched the 9-5 lifestyle in favour of living in a self-contained campervan and travelling around Aotearoa. She tells us about why she chose the roadie life and shares some of her… Audio

Auckland phD student Laura Marsh is combining her music and arts practice to build a large soundsystem called ninthWave, which she reckons is Aotearoa's first soundsystem designed and built by a… Audio, Gallery

With this new year just beginning, instead of dumping the things you don't want Auckland Council is promoting upcycling to start 2020. Audio

As more and more time is spent reading screens instead of novels, an Australian academic warns we could lose the ability to think critically and empathise with others. Audio

Rick Doblin from MAPS has been at the forefront of efforts to lead these drugs like like LSD, MDMA and magic mushrooms out of exile.  Audio

Sam Harman of Friendly Potential, an Auckland-based collective that puts on safe-space dance gigs around the country, talks us through some of his favourite books and music. Audio

British food writer and home cook Melissa Hemsley has just released her new cookbook Eat Green: Delicious Flexitarian Recipes for Planet-Friendly Eating.  Audio

Poet Oscar Upperton has published work for The Spinoff, Metro and Best New Zealand Poems - and now he is about to release his debut book New Transgender Blockbusters. Audio

Silent pedestrian crossing signals in central Wellington are causing concerns for the visually impaired community.  Audio

Gisborne farmer Henry Gaddum wrote an open letter voicing deep concerns about the future of the Gisborne/East Coast when it comes to land use. Audio