Kathryn Ryan

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

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

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

Airini Beautrais reviews Funkhaus by Hinemoana Baker, published by Victoria University Press. Audio

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 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

The Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner, Saunoamaali'i Dr Karanina Sumeo is sounding warnings around gender inequalities in the Covid-19 economic response. Audio

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

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

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 He says the outdated model hasn't kept pace with the evolution of… Audio

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 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

Jessie Bray Sharpin reviews If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha, published by Penguin Random House. Audio

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 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

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

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.

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

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

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