Kathryn Ryan
Business commentator Rod Oram
Zespri shareholders vote on doing business with illegal growers in China, Education Perfect in Dunedin sells for $455m and Westpac decides not to float off its NZ operations; but sales of its life… Audio
Book review: Still Life by Sarah Winman
Jessie Bray Sharpin reviews Still Life by Sarah Winman, published by HarperCollins. Audio
Shipping out: leading positive change at the Port of Tauranga
After 16 years at the helm of the Port of Tauranga, Chief Executive Mark Cairns is handing over successor Leonard Sampson, leaving a legacy of significant investment in major infrastructure and staff… Audio
USA correspondent Susan Davis
Susan talks to Kathryn about a rare walk back of a veto threat to keep Biden's infrastructure plans together and Donald Trump is holding rallies again. Susan Davis is a congressional correspondent for… Audio
New research examines what drives mothers' parental leave
A new study has found most mothers would prefer to take more time off after having a child than the maximum length of parental leave allows. The research from Motu compared mothers' intentions and… Audio
Poorest customers pay highest power prices: Consumer NZ
People in areas with the lowest average incomes are paying the highest electricity prices in the country, according to the latest released data from MBIE, analysed by Consumer New Zealand. The MBIE… Audio
Urban Issues with Bill McKay
Bill McKay attended the Co-Housing Hui at Victoria University. The Housing Innovation Society organised event saw co-housing advocates together sharing ideas and experiences. Audio
Gluten free bakery continues to rise
Scott Wynands runs gluten free bakery OM Goodness. The Hawkes Bay operation which employs nine staff has recently expanded into the Auckland market, with an outlet in the Britomart train station. The… Audio, Gallery
Political commentators Mills & Thomas
The Covid spread in Australia, sees the trans Tasman travel bubble paused and highlights slow vaccination rates here. Also frustration at the rollout of the Government's almost 2-billion dollar… Audio
Book review - Ways of Thinking About Trees edited by Susette Goldsmith
Murray Williams reviews Tree Sense: Ways of Thinking About Trees edited by Susette Goldsmith, published by Massey University Press. Audio
Coss Marte and his prison-style bootcamp employing ex-inmates
Coss Marte is the founder and chief executive of Conbody. It's a prison-style fitness bootcamp in New York City that hires former inmates as trainers. Coss served a seven-year sentence in New York's… Audio
Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney
Hungary's controversial Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, has been confronted by other EU leaders at a summit in Brussels, in angry and personal clashes not seen for years among the bloc's leaders. The… Audio
Cannons Creek digital wallet scheme
In the Porirua suburb of Cannons Creek, more than 30 people are taking part in The Wellbeing Protocol pilot,. The six week micro economy exercise involves each participant receiving 50 cannon coins… Audio
Christchurch Girls' High School sexual abuse survey 'shocking'
Serious sexual assaults including group rape have been disclosed by students at Christchurch Girls' High School in a whole of school survey conducted last month. 59 percent of survey respondents said… Audio
Film and TV reviewer James Croot
Film and TV reviewer James Croot joins Kathryn to talk about Stanley Tucci's new foodie-travel show Searching for Italy (CNN). Stanley is also in Limetown with Jessica Biel about the disappearance of… Video, Audio
Stuttering: When kids can't get the words out
Stuttering is a normal part of learning to speak, particularly when a pre-schooler's language abilities can't keep up with what they want to say. Most children outgrow this phase but for some, the… Audio
Technology correspondent Mark Pesce
Technology correspondent Mark Pesce looks at how the increasing sophistication of computers is also resulting in them producing random, unpredictable errors. Audio
Book review - Diary of a Film by Niven Govinden
Ralph McAllister reviews Diary of a Film by Niven Govinden, published by Dialogue Books. Audio
Pop up covid testing centre opens in Wellington
Large numbers are gathering at a pop up Covid testing Centre at Hataitai Park in Wellington this morning. The main testing centre in Taranaki St is fully booked today, and GPs are reporting demand for… Audio
Australia & China's deteriorating relationship
Kathryn Ryan discusses Australia and China's increasingly fractious and deteriorating relationship with Peter Hartcher political editor and international editor for the Sydney Morning Herald and The… Audio