Kathryn Ryan

Massey University has just released their Retirement Expenditure Guidelines which show the difference between what retirees need to spend in retirement and their income from NZ Superannuation… Audio

The extremes of temperature, short summers and high rates of erosion are making for an uncertain environment for the flora and fauna in alpine areas, and also for the people who explore it. Sir Alan… Audio

Two years ago, as Covid was just beginning its deadly spread across the world, another crisis was reaching its peak in Australia. Known as the Black Summer, devastating bushfires ripped through many… Video, Audio

The not guilty verdict in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, who shot and killed two people and injured one other person, all of whom were protesting following a police shooting in Kenosha Wisconsin, has… Audio

Wellington entrepreneur Jeremy Bank was was inspired to create sustainable shoes after his daughter found plastic all over what had been a pristine beach in Hawai'i. Audio, Gallery

An economic think-tank is warning our economy will suffer unless changes are made to the way maths is taught. Maths scores have been declining for the past twenty years, relative to other OECD… Audio

This week, Auckland food waste activist Veronica Shale launched the Zero Food Waste Challenge - a week-long campaign that kicks off in NZ businesses and schools on 22 September 2022 (the International… Audio

Stephen, Brigitte and Kathryn discuss the big decisions weighing on Cabinet over the loosening of Covid restrictions, the discontent in the rural sector evident in yesterday's countrywide protests and… Audio

Laura Caygill reviews The Family by Naomi Krupitsky, published by Penguin Random House. Audio

From the velocipede to the penny farthing, the Raleigh 20, Loline, Chopper and the BMX - millions of bicycles have been manufactured in New Zealand over the past 150 years. Cycling historian, author… Audio, Gallery

Debora talks to Kathryn about the deteriorating security situation in Ethiopia. In South Africa, a new hub in Cape Town is starting a revolution, developing it's own vaccines for Africa fed up with… Audio

NIWA meteorologist Dr Richard Turner has charted the average wind speed of our golf courses. Going off data from studies of wind patterns for research done for building codes Dr Turner helped Golf NZ… Audio

An independent Police Conduct Authority has found major issues with the resourcing of small community police stations. A joint survey between Federated Farmers and police found more than half of… Audio

The late '60s was a golden period for Latin soul records in New York City, and Grant says some of the best feature on the recently repressed Soul of Spanish Harlem double LP. We'll hear two key tracks… Audio

Ash Davida Jane from Unity Books Wellington reviews 12 Bytes: How We Got Here. Where We Might Go Next by Jeanette Winterson, published by Jonathan Cape. Audio