Karyn Hay

Tuvalu's Funafuti is a slither of an atoll just south of the equator, which will see its population increase by about 10 percent as delegates pour in for the annual Pacific Islands Forum starting… Audio

This week on Mediawatch Midweek Jeremy Rose talks to Karyn Hay about some new free video streaming services and reviews some book review sites, and takes a look at the Listener at 80. Audio

Duane Mutu is the founder and managing director of e-sport company, Lets Play Live, he talks to  Karyn about the New Zealand e-Sports Federation's aim to shape the future of gaming in a positive way.

Brad Gordon is with us from Hobson Wealth Partners helps explain the Chinese influence on Wall Street's worst trading day this year.  Audio

The BBC's Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet speaks with Karyn from Doha about a possible deal being done between the US and the Taliban in Afghanistan. Audio

Our weekly series Do It Yourself: where we celebrate a new form of DIY. Tonight we hear from Gary Fawcett from the Waitakere based beekeeping company kiwimana, about how to start keeping bees. Audio

Hong Kong has been thrown into disarray by a general strike called by anti-government protesters. Protests in the territory have been going on for two months - triggered by opposition to a planned… Audio

The US cyber-security firm Cloudflare says it will terminate the online message board 8chan as a customer. The man suspected of shooting dead 20 people in Texas yesterday is believed to have posted a… Audio

Over the weekend two mass shootings in the US were only 13 hours apart.Professor Kevin Clements is the Chair and Foundation Director of The National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the… Audio

Finn Johansson joins us with a preview of three new music selections on Out Lately. Audio

Do you feel guilty when you have to get on an aircraft and fly somewhere? Air New Zealand chief executive Christopher Luxon  says four billion of the world's 7.6 billion people flew last year. Nelson… Audio

Release the tapes! This week our resident historian Robert Kelly looks back at the Watergate tapes of President Nixon and how they lead to his resignation in 1974. Audio

Campaigners in the UK are accusing the government there of "arming and supporting repressive regimes" for exporting arms to Middle East countries. Audio

The Government is reforming the debt-ridden polytech sector, giving new industry bodies the power to veto apprenticeships and vocational courses that are not up to scratch. Otago Polytechnic Chief… Audio

Tonight, we're journeying into a world of indigenous flies. Dragonflies and Damselflies of New Zealand is a new book by Milen Marinov and Mike Ashbee. Audio

Countdown announced at the weekend it is restricting young people under the age of 16 from buying energy drinks.  Audio

The occasional Monday series I Didn't Know takes a reasonably complex topic and focuses on making it less confusing. Tonight - local government elections!  Audio

This weekend the Salzburg Festival opened in Austria with the production of Idomeneo directed by the rock star of international opera directing, Peter Sellars.  Audio