Karyn Hay

Iwi leaders are delighted at the Government's plan to make New Zealand history compulsory in all primary and secondary schools by 2022.  Audio

The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has declined to say which senior Labour Party figures gave her their assurances that there was no sexual assault allegations against a staffer. Political commentator… Audio

Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about On Weed - a Patrick Gower joint in a blaze of publicity and some cases of journalists opening up with mixed results… Audio

For the Lately Book club, Karyn Hay talks to journalism tutor and researcher at the University of London, Mel Bunce. Audio

Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori - The Maori Language Commission - says making easy changes, like starting and finishing emails or greeting people in te reo Maori can make a huge difference to the… Audio

The UK government is about to ask MP's for a second time to agree to a snap general election, and is expected to suffer another defeat It could be one of the last acts in the House of Commons before… Audio

Mediawatch's weekly catch up with Lately and Karyn Hay. Jeremy Rose talks about local body election coverage, David Byrne's new journalism venture, fires from Siberia to Indonesia, and the… Audio

The Supreme Court appeal of convicted child sex offender Peter Ellis will still likely go ahead despite his death on Wednesday. Karyn speaks to Christchurch sociologist, Jarrod Gilbert about the case.

Our fortnightly series, Do It Yourself, where we celebrate a new form of DIY: how to write a will; how to travel on your own; how to do a speech or presentation; how to organise a funeral, and tonight… Audio

After more than a year without a Race Relations Commissioner after Dame Susan Devoy stood down from the role, long time mayor of Gisborne, Meng Foon, has hung up the city's chains and stepped into the… Audio

The Government's announced some big moves over the weekend to help to fund and monitor cancer treatment, by establishing a national Cancer Control Agency by December of this year. There's an extra… Audio

 Our occasional series, Kiwi Rules, when a New Zealand musician "plays it forward" by introducing us to a track from another Kiwi artist whose music they admire. Sidekicknick - aka Nick Buckton joins… Audio

There's been widespread protest about the Conservatives shutting down Parliament for 5 weeks or "pro-roguing."  We explain what that is, and what it all means Audio

Karyn speaks with the principal of Manurewa's Rowandale Primary School, Karl Vasau, about how his school has been coping with the measles outbreak. Audio

Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about an eye-opening multimedia portrait of life in Northland, politicians bypassing the media online and a couple of… Video, Audio