Kathryn Ryan
Media commentator Andrew Holden
Media commentator Andrew Holden focuses on some nasty attacks on journalists covering the unrest in the United States following the death of George Floyd. And in Australia, NewsCorp has ended more… Audio
Regenerative farming for juicy lamb
For High country farmer, David Crutchley, a complete change to the old ways of doing things, has been the secret to his success, and to juicy lamb. Around a decade ago he decided to swap out the… Audio
Political commentators Jones & Sherson
Neale Jones was Chief of Staff to Labour Leader Jacinda Ardern, and prior to that was Chief of Staff to Andrew Little. He is the director of Capital Government Relations. Trish Sherson is from… Audio
Book review - Funkhaus by Hinemoana Baker
Airini Beautrais reviews Funkhaus by Hinemoana Baker, published by Victoria University Press. Audio
Maōri Screen Excellence - Michael Bennett
Award-winning film and TV writer and director Michael Bennett is this year's recipient of Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga New Zealand Film Commission's Te Aupounamu Maōri Screen Excellence award. Audio
US Correspondent Susan Davis
US correspondent Susan Davis joins Kathryn to talk about President Trump's reaction to the continuing unrest sweeping the country, following the death of George Floyd in police custody. Audio
'Shovel ready' found wanting for women
The Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner, Saunoamaali'i Dr Karanina Sumeo is sounding warnings around gender inequalities in the Covid-19 economic response. Audio
Are our systems ready for alert level 1 ?
Epidemiologist at the University of Otago Nick Wilson, says the digital technology is still not good enough to move down from alert level 2 to alert level 1. Audio
Move to Level 1 'needed now'
A business restructuring and insolvency specialist is joining calls for the country to be moved to alert level 1 immediately to avoid further business failures and job losses. Audio
Time to overhaul adoption laws in New Zealand
Legal correspondent Simon Jefferson joins Kathryn to talk about why he believes adoption laws are long overdue for an overhaul. He says the outdated model hasn't kept pace with the evolution of… Audio
The Luminaries - A right pair: shoes fit for a lead role
Christchurch based Flora Knight is a shoe maker whose boots are getting a run on Eleanor Catton's sunday night TV ONE adaptation of her Booker Prize-winning The Luminaries. The costume team gave Flora… Audio, Gallery
Music With Graeme Downes
Music correspondent Graeme Downes joins Kathryn to look at Bob Dylan's Hard Rain, Rolling Thunder Tour, keeping his live album theme going in a time of cancelled live gigs. Audio
Book review - If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha
Jessie Bray Sharpin reviews If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha, published by Penguin Random House. Audio
'There's this feeling that Muslims are completely different from all other humans'
Yasmine Mohammed is a Canadian human rights advocate, academic, author and outspoken critic of radical Islam with an extraordinary personal story she shares in order to help others. Audio
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about Prime Minister Scott Morrison's desire to bring employers and workers together to rebuild the country's economy, as the A$250… Audio
Squat Lobsters: seeing red in Otago
NIWA's squat lobster specialist Dr John Zeldis explains to Kathryn Ryan what causes the red swarms seen recently in Broad Bay and Edwards Bay near Portobello on the Otago Peninsula. Audio
Playcentre future in doubt: funding insulting
An open letter to Associate Education Minister Tracey Martin, with fourteen and a half thousand signatures, warns about the future of one of the oldest players in New Zealand's early childcare sector.
…Majority of Kiwi households in financial difficulty: survey
Stark new research finds one in three New Zealand households are in financial difficulty due to Covid 19, and 40 per cent say they are at risk of tipping into hardship. Audio
Media commentator Andrew Holden
Stuff chief executive Sinead Boucher has purchased Stuff from its Australian owners Nine Entertainment for $1.00, what happens now. And there have been large scale job losses at Mediaworks. Audio
Being Teine Samoa
Wainuiomata's Dahlia Malaeulu is a teacher, an advocate for Samoa and Pasifika education and also an author. She has written series of children's books Mila's My Gagana and now a new e-book Teine… Audio