Kathryn Ryan

Joanna Ludbrook from Chicken and Frog Books in Featherston reviews The Wrong Weather, a 6 - 10 year old chapter book in the Princess Olivia Investigates series by Lucy Hawking. Published by Penguin… Audio

Geoff White is an author and investigative journalist who has been tracking the exploits of North Korean cyber criminals the Lazarus Group. He's examined how a reclusive country where the internet is… Audio

Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about the diversity of the new Parliament sitting for the first time since the federal election, why some international flights out of… Audio

South Westland businesses involved in a Jobs for Nature programme where the government pays their staff to work on conservation projects, are determined to find a way to keep it going after the… Audio, Gallery

Are the governments plans for a mega-polytech in serious trouble? Te Pukenga - or the New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology - is supposed to be up and running by the January 1 2023, bringing… Audio

A young Porirua violist has been selected to study at an Ivy League university in the US. Former Tawa College student Jess Jenkins has been accepted at Harvard, from over ten thousand applications… Audio

Harry Broad reviews Giving for Good: The History of the J R McKenzie Trust by Stephen Clarke, published by J R McKenzie Trust. Audio

Torrential rain in Christchurch overnight has now burst the banks of Christchurch's Avon and Heathcote Rivers. The council says 30 to 50 mm of rain has fallen across the city and a further 40 to 60… Audio

Chrissy Metge is a London-based Kiwi who has been working as an animator and author for a number of years. She's worked with animation studios from Pixar to Weta, Marvel, and George Lucas's ILM - and… Audio

US correspondent Ron Elving joins Kathryn to talk about the last January 6 hearing ahead of the summer break, and why it may have done more damage to Donald Trump than the previous seven. Will his… Audio

Record breaking floods which caused major damage in the Yellowstone National Park in the US have highlighted the challenges of climate change for park managers but have also forced a natural reset… Audio

Maori data specialists say government agencies are ignoring them while carrying on extending the reach of facial recognition technology. An advocate of Maori data sovereignty, Janelle Riki-Waaka says… Audio

Kennedy has been travelling in Iceland and Greenland where he says the weather has been unseasonably warm. It's estimated that the Greenland ice cap has lost the equivalent of 72 million Olympic… Audio, Gallery

Argentinians Alex Gimenez and Lorena Giallonardo emigrated to New Zealand for their love of adventure sports. But after arriving in Queenstown they realised how similar it was to a Patagonian ski… Audio

Neale and Tim join Kathryn to talk about the rise in inflation and drop in consumer confidence - how are the major parties responding? They'll also look at the inner turmoil for the Green Party, with… Audio

Laura Caygill reviews The Crane Wife by CJ Hauser, published by Penguin Random House NZ. Audio

A new storm bearing down on the country is already affecting Northland. Heavy rain and wind is lashing the very top of the country, thanks to a low-pressure system lying to the west of the North… Audio