Kathryn Ryan

Wellington chamber choir Nota Bene sing Billy Joel's 'Lullaby'. Audio

Te Radar, Irene Pink, Kennedy Warne and Sam Ackerman bid farewell to 2021. And, we're joined by Wellington chamber choir Nota Bene for some Christmas songs. Audio

Jeremy Taylor plays favourites from the year that was 2021. We hear tracks from Reb Fountain, Courtney Barnett, the late George Harrison, Allison Russell and Luke Buda. Audio

Troy Kingi is one of Aoteroa's most treasured musicians, likened to a chameleon, for his ability to adapt to any style he sets his mind to, and produce award-winning music in the process. In 2016 the… Audio

Neale Jones, Brigitte Morten, Pattrick Smellie Siouxsie Wiles and Andrew Holden look back on a tumultuous year. Audio

Cotswolds couple Sally and Neville Hollingworth are part-time paleontologists who have struck archaeological gold twice. Four years ago they exposed the site of five ice-age mammoths, in a 200,000… Audio, Gallery

This summer, Victoria Bruce and her seven-year-old daughter Emilie hope to become the first solo mother-daughter duo to walk the length of New Zealand. Their journey on the Te Araroa Trail is part of… Video, Audio, Gallery

Neale Jones, Brigitte Morten, Pattrick Smellie Siouxsie Wiles and Andrew Holden look back on a tumultuous year. Audio

A look at some of the major events in public law this year, particularly some very important cases from the courts in the last few months. Dr Dean Knight, is an Associate Professor Faculty of Law and… Audio

Last month, the podcast topping the charts in the popular business category in the US and Canada was -- unexpectedly -- created by two best friends recording from their Auckland bedrooms. Girls That… Audio

Yadana plays Tami Neilson's cover of the Willie Nelson Christmas song Pretty Paper, a summery track from Sorrento with Andy Lovegrove's honeyed voice and bassist extraordinaire Marika Hodgson. Plus an… Audio

Joanna Ludbrook from Chicken and Frog bookstore in Featherston reviews The Uprising - the Mapmakers of Cruxcia by Eirlys Hunter, published by Gecko Press Audio

Environmental artists and climbers, Martin Hill and Philippa Jones live and work in Wanaka, but have used the world as their canvas. They conceived of the Fine Line Project, 25 years ago. It consists… Audio, Gallery

In Australia, Prime Minister Scott Morrison is convening an emergency meeting with state & territory leaders today to receive updated Covid-19 transmission modelling as the Omicron variant takes off… Audio

There has been a soaring demand for food parcels across the country. Across Auckland demand peaked at four times the usual demand during lock-down, and has been met with a new drive-through festive… Audio

In one of the most spectacular sporting achievements of the year, Black Caps spinner Ajaz Patel became only the third bowler in history to pick up all 10 wickets in an innings in international… Audio

2021's extreme weather events have cost insurers and policy holders a record $304.9m so far this year. From May's flooding in Canterbury to a tornado in Auckland in June, flooding in July and August… Audio

Many people are doing it really tough financially this summer, says financial planner Liz Koh, and it may be some comfort that we now know money and happiness don't always go together. Audio

The pohutukawa, Aotearoa's Christmas tree, is in full bloom now in many parts of the country, signalling it's time to head to the beach. But just two decades ago the future of the iconic tree was in… Audio, Gallery

Nikki talks to Kathryn about a few localised protests. There's the Ali Williams and Anna Mowbray Westmere helipad situation, a sand issue at Herne Bay beach, opposition at Pakiri about the… Audio