Kathryn Ryan
Ringside with City Kickboxing's Eugene Bareman
Eugene Bareman, coach of Israel Adesanya and mastermind behind one of the world's best ranking MMA gyms in Auckland talks to Kathryn Ryan about the 'kiwi invasion' on Fight Island and his take on… Audio, Gallery
UK correspondent Matthew Parris
UK correspondent Matthew Parris joins Kathryn to talk about the "technical glitch" that saw nearly 16,000 go unreported. Audio
The Kiwi researcher exposing the links between the religious right & Trump
A New Zealand researcher has helped expose how data is being harvested and used by churches in the US to microtarget and radicalise vulnerable people into right-wing politics. Video, Audio
Drought worries rise as weather warms
As the weather warms up, what is the outlook for parts of the country hit by drought last summer? Audio
Appreciating New Zealand's landscape through art
Auckland Art Gallery guest curator Juliana Engberg joins Kathryn to talk about her travels around the country, and how that's helped her appreciate New Zealand's painted landscapes. Juliana Engberg… Audio
Are kids missing out on the outdoors?
Timaru adventurer and educator Sash Nukada is concerned schools are cutting back on outdoor education and young people are missing opportunities to test their resilience. He's a Sustainability and… Audio, Gallery
Music with Charlotte Ryan
Music 101 host Charlotte Ryan joins Kathryn to talk about the Nadia Reid and Holly Fullbrook live session that's been specially recorded for RNZ. Actress, writer, director and musician Ana Scotney has… Audio
Book review - Te Tiriti o Waitangi / The Treaty of Waitangi
Louise Ward of Wardini Books reviews Te Tiriti o Waitangi / The Treaty of Waitangi by Toby Morris with Ross Calman, Mark Derby and Piripi Walker. Published by Lift Education. Audio
Reviving the lost art of Niuean hiapo
Multidisciplinary artist, Cora-Allan Wickliffe has spent several years reviving and researching the lost art of hiapo, or Niuean traditional bark cloth painting. The art form had been lying dormant… Audio, Gallery
Lockdown eases, waterfront dispute, Pell flies to Rome
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to look at the winding back of the harsh lockdown in Melbourne as infection rates fall. Some travel between state is to be allowed. Forty ships… Audio
QC enters fight over rehab centre closure
Questions are being raised over the closure of the Laura Fergusson Trust Rehabilitation Centre - the only specialised facility of its kind for disabled people in Auckland. The Trust's board spent… Audio
Ex-trump staffer on first US debate and tax revelations
Donald Trump has asked aides to carry out unlawful acts, offering them a Presidential pardon as a “get out of jail” card, a former staffer says. Audio
Media commentator Andrew Holden
A tale of two editors of the Sunday Times in the UK. The first is the death of Harold Evans last week, and his influence on modern journalism. And in same week Andrew Neil, who did manage to work for… Audio
Soldiers: War diaries provide novel inspiration
What was life really like for Kiwi soldiers serving during World War II, and what secrets might they have harboured? New Zealand author Tom Remiger has drawn on his extensive research from wartime… Audio
Business commentator Rebecca Stevenson
Rebecca talks to Kathryn about big business and the wage subsidy, should profitable companies pay it back?. Also, does anyone remember Mega? Rebecca Stevenson is BusinessDesk's Auckland bureau chief. Audio
Book review - The Kingdom by Jo Nesbo
Lisa Finucane reviews The Kingdom by Jo Nesbo, published by Penguin Random House. Audio
Consumerism: Having and Being Had, Eula Biss
Best-selling American author and essayist Eula Biss talks to Kathryn Ryan about her new book Having and Being Had, which looks at the psychological effects of consumerism, and what it means about who… Audio
USA correspondent Ron Elving
Ron talks to Kathryn about the reaction to explosive revelations about Donald Trump's income tax payments, his nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader… Audio
Doomsday Glacier and sea level rise
An Antarctic glacier, the size of Great Britain, is melting at an alarming rate, according to new research. Nick-named the Doomsday glacier, Thwaites glacier flows off the west of the Antarctic and is… Audio, Gallery
Why are some primary-school children getting type-2 diabetes?
Auckland paediatricians are concerned about the increasing amount of children, some as young as 10, presenting with type-2 diabetes. Research looking at 21 years of patient records from Starship's… Audio