Karyn Hay

Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about a delicately disrespected political biography in the UK - and while pundits and Paul Henry write off free-to-air TV, it… Video, Audio

Verb Festival, featuring the LitCrawl is on again in Wellington over four days from 6 - 10 November. A literary fest and feast for anyone who likes the written word, especially if it's a doing word… Audio

Our reporter Matthew Theunissen joins us live with the latest on the burning convention centre Auckland Mayor Phil Goff watched the fire start and take hold from his office across the road from the… Audio

Mediawatch's weekly catch up with Lately. This week Jeremy Rose talks to Karyn Hay about a new series of in-depth interviews with indigenous leaders; the latest long-form journalism offering from BWB… Video, Audio

Bartailed godwits fly 29-thousand kilometres a year between their Christchurch feeding grounds to breed in the Arctic tundra - the longest known non-stop migration for any bird. Arctic terns also… Audio

The cafe manager at MacDonald's on Rotorua's Fenton Street, Fisher Wang, used Instragram and Facebook as his go-to for campaigning as he planned to give the Rotorua Lakes Council a "breath of fresh… Audio

While our local government elections were underway here, in Hong Kong two candidates running for the upcoming District election have been assaulted in the space of a week while they were out… Audio

Finn Johansson joins us with a preview of three new music selections on Out Lately. In November, Phil Elverum (Mount Eerie) is releasing the Mount Eerie album Lost Wisdom pt. 2 with Canadian… Audio

Jeff Koons' Bouquet of Tulips sculpture tribute to the victims of the 2015 attacks in the Paris has divided opinion in the City of Light. It features a 12 metre high hand holding eleven giant tulips… Audio

Alex Clark tells us about Press Patron, a New Zealand online platform that makes it easy to support the future of journalism, via crowdfunding, membership payments and donations. Audio

From the end of this month, the supermarket chain Countdown will be offering a low sensory quiet hour every week at all of its stores. Countdown's General Manager of Corporate Affairs, Safety and… Audio

Friends and family of 19-year-old Mason Pendrous who lay undiscovered for several weeks in the halls of residence at the University of Canterbury are still trying to come to terms with his death, as… Audio

Our occasional Book Club series, Auckland author and publisher Debra Millar has almost lived at Auckland's Point Chevalier long enough to be considered a local. It's a pretty sedate place these days… Audio

Technology commentator Paul Spain from the NZ Tech Podcast and joins Karyn tonight in place of our regular Mid Week Media Watch. Paul talks about Tesla's latest car to New Zealand, electric air… Audio

The SuperGold card is entering the digital era, with the launch of an app and an upgraded website. Changes are aimed at making the benefits of the card more accessible to increasingly tech-savvy over… Audio

How do you recycle batteries? Which supermarkets allow you to bring your own container to the deli section? Can the plastic rings on plastic milk bottles be recycled? Investigative writer Olivia… Audio

The Prime Minister has indicated a climate emergency declaration in Parliament is unlikely, despite last week's School Strike 4 Climate protests. About 170-thousand protesters were reported at… Audio