Kathryn Ryan
'Not our first rodeo'. Capital's bus users want change not consultation
Some commuters in Wellington are questioning the need for more consultation about failures within the bus network, saying if the regional council doesn't know what the problems are by now there must… Audio
The Loudest Voice, Living with Tourettes and What's Your Problem
Film and TV reviewer Tamar Munch looks at The Loudest Voice, starring Russell Crowe as Fox News' Roger Ailes. Audio
Hunter Johnson : emotional intelligence for teenage boys
Hunter Johnson is the co-founder of the Australian organisation The Man Cave - a preventative mental health and emotional intelligence program for teenage boys. Audio
Digital disappearing acts, counting groups and moonshot at 50
Technology commentator Sarah Putt looks at the concept of ownership in the digital world, as Microsoft closes its e-book store. Audio
Book Review - Close to the Wind by David B. Hill
Harry Broad reviews Close to the Wind by David B. Hill (Huia Publishers). Audio
Reparations for a stolen life
Lawyer and member of parliament for Western Australia, Antonio Buti prepared Stolen Generations submissions for the national inquiry 'Bringing Them Home' and has now written 'A Stolen Life, The Bruce… Audio
Boris v Jeremy, Labour's civil war and Meghan's Wimbledon woes
UK correspondent Kate Adie looks at the drawn-out battle between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt and how the public is feeling about it. Audio
Matariki for Tamariki: dancing for the stars
This school holidays, the NZ Dance Company is traveling around Auckland to bring young dancers onto the floor with them in the premiere season of Matariki for Tamariki. Audio
New research: origins of life
ew research from Australian husband and wife scientists rewrites the received scientific wisdom of the origins of life, and offers new hope for treating disease. Audio
Medicinal cannabis regulations: Questions raised over specialist sign-off
The Ministry of Health has released its proposed regulations which cover cultivation, licensing, manufacture and supply of medicinal cannabis. What could this mean for GPs who will be on the… Audio
Cicada viagra, an honesty test and antioxidant downsides
Science correspondent Siouxsie Wiles looks at a fungus that infects cicadas to makes them mate non-stop, how Kiwis fared in a global honest test and how antioxidants may actually encourage the spread… Audio
Tom Enright: the sky's the limit
New Zealand squadron leader, flying-boat captain and commercial airline pilot, Tom Enright's book Many a Close Run Thing celebrates 45 years of a career which he says has given him "a wonderful life… Audio, Gallery
Music for Matariki
Music reviewer Kirsten Johnstone joins Kathryn for some Matariki tunes, including some Whirimako Black and Dunedin rangatahi He Waka Kotuia. Audio
Book Review - All the Juicy Pastures
All the Juicy Pastures: Greville Texidor and New Zealand by Margot Schwass, reviewed by Anne Else. Audio
Nanfu Wang: the untold history of China's one child policy
Filmmaker Nanfu Wang uncovers the untold history of China's one-child policy and the generations of parents and children forever shaped by it. Her documentary One Child Nation won the Sundance Grand… Video, Audio
Capital chaos: trains cancelled, limited buses & heavy traffic
Greg Pollock Metlink's General manager of Public Transport talks to Kathryn Ryan about Wellington's commuter chaos with up to 20 thousand Wellington commuters believed to have been affected. Audio
Hong Kong protests: clean-up and fall-out
The clean-up is getting underway in Hong Kong after the unprecedented protests earlier this week, but the fall-out will be ongoing. Pro-democracy activists stormed the territory's parliament on… Audio
'Doctors can't escape vital conversations about end-of-life care'
Doctors have an important and unavoidable role to play in helping people reckon with mortality, says Melbourne oncologist and award-winning writer Ranjana Srivastava. Audio
The Downing Street race and Boris' buses
UK correspondent Matthew Parris joins Kathryn for a look at the last two men standing in the race for the Tory leadership, as well as Boris Johnson's admission of his peculiar hobby - building buses… Audio
Are we really willing to pay for news?
Media commentator Gavin Ellis looks at the differing approaches by New Zealand media to the third appearance of the Christchurch mosque attack accused, how a major international study has found only a… Audio