Kathryn Ryan
Calls for recycling plant in Covid-19 investment to plug huge gap
A just revealed $1.5 billion dollar shortfall in waste infrastructure, cheap oil prices, and stresses caused by Covid-19 are being blamed for an increase in our waste going to the landfill. The black… Audio
Budget doesn't go far enough: Climate Commission
The Climate Change Commission says last week's budget does not take the country far enough towards a low emission economy. The Commission has written to the Climate Change Minister James Shaw with… Audio
Urban Issues with Bill McKay
Shovel-ready and Shortcuts through the RMA. Bill takes a look at government proposals to shorten consent times for major projects and the impact on public input. Bill McKay is a Senior Lecturer in the… Audio
The divorce lawyer who broke up with bad food
Kiwi-born Caralee Fontanele quit processed foods after a trip to Thailand where she ate like a local, and for the first time in ages - felt fantastic. She switched to whole foods on her return home to… Audio
Political commentators Hooton & Jones
Matthew Hooton and Neale Jones dissect the Budget with Kathryn, looking at the wider implications and the impact on an election year turned on its head by the pandemic. Audio
HRT: Husband Replacement Therapy by Kathy Lette
Phil Vine reviews HRT: Husband Replacement Therapy by Kathy Lette, published by Penguin Random House. Audio
Jenny Lynch's memoir of magazine journalism
Working for more than 30 years in magazines, Jenny Lynch spent 18 years at the NZ Woman's Weekly, including seven as the editor. She is the author of three non-fiction books and now her memoir Under… Audio
Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney
The EU grapples with how to reopen its internal borders. The European Commission has a plan, but there are fears people will simply stay at home, putting further pressure on the summer tourist season… Audio
The big dry: Hawke's Bay farmers face tough decisions
As the drought in Hawke's Bay becomes particularly acute, farmers are being faced with crucial decisions about what to do with their stock. As Covid-19 was cutting a swathe across the world, large… Audio
Calls for open university entrance - lockdown highlights inequities in education
School is back today for one million students after nearly eight weeks at home, and new research shines reveals the impact of the lockdown particularly on Maori and Pasifika students. From Evaluation… Audio
If unpaid women’s work really counts, why is it not counted by our economists?
Kristen Ghodsee and Marilyn Waring talk to Kathryn Ryan about the fight for valuing women's economic contribution to society - at the 2020 New Zealand Festival writers' programme. Audio
The Coronavirus Podcast: Level Two
RNZ's podcast on the Covid-19, Coronavirus outbreak, hosted by Indira Stewart. This episode we have audience Q+A with Otago University Epidemiologist Dr Patricia Priest. Audio
To Bluff and beyond
Kennedy Warne updates Kathryn on the Tour Aotearoa cycle ride, which is being ridden by Nine to Noon business correspondent Rod Oram (you can read his blog here), and visits the site of one of the… Audio
Sri Lankan food. Sai Yoganahtan. A Kitchen Well-Traveled
Sai Yoganathan learnt the fundamentals of cooking from her mother during her childhood in Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. Since then she has adopted many countries as home living in Africa, New Zealand… Audio
Political commentators Hooton & Jones
Matthew, Neale and Kathryn talk about the deepening economic risks around Covid 19, gun laws and the Australasian Prime Ministers' news conference. Matthew Hooton is an Auckland based consultant and… Audio
Book review - The Lost Pianos of Siberia
Phil Vine reviews The Lost Pianos of Siberia by Sophy Roberts, published by Penguin Random House. Audio
Cold Blood. Edge of seat theatre. Dancing fingers
'Cold Blood' is the latest delightfully absurd offering from partners in art and life choreographer Michèle Anne De Mey and filmmaker Jaco Van Dormael. Featuring tiny props, cinema projection, and a… Video, Audio
Strict measures in Europe to tackle Covid-19
Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney looks at how European nations have toughened their public health measures in response to the outbreaks of coronavirus cases, with Italy and France the first… Audio
Holistic strategy to reduce the Maori prison population
Kathryn talks to the Department of Corrections Deputy Chief Executive - Maori, Topia Rameka about the five-year strategy called Hokai Rangi, which aims to reduce the disproportionate number of Maori… Audio
Community Midwives' big push
As Canadian midwives celebrate a landmark legal decision to end a gender pay gap, the New Zealand College of Midwives are stopping short of a threat to revive their High Court claim here. Meanwhile a… Audio