Kathryn Ryan

There are growing calls for a long covid research clinic in New Zealand, with experts saying upskilling the health workforce is vital. Otago University has begun preliminary work towards the possible… Audio

The Drug Foundation is warning New Zealand is grossly underprepared to respond to a widespread fentanyl outbreak with a limited supply of the life-saving drug Naloxone.  Audio

Travelling to, and around, New Zealand was a major investment in time in the early 20th century. So what made tourists - mainly from Britain - undertake the journey? And how was the country sold to… Audio

Music commentator Kirsten Zemke joins Kathryn to play some duets. Traditionally a duet is a musical composition/performance for two in which the performers have equal importance. Today we look at some… Video, Audio

Michelle Rahurahu reviews The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach, published by Simon & Schuster Audio

Booker Prize-winning Scottish novelist Douglas Stuart speaks with Kathryn Ryan about his new novel, Young Mungo which is breaking hearts. Young Mungo develops into a romance between two teenage boys… Audio

Australia correspondent Bernard Keane joins Kathryn with an update on the nation's energy crisis, as the national competition watchdog decides to investigate spiralling prices and accusations that… Audio

An almost sold-out performance for Matariki is educating hundreds of Auckland school students about vulnerability and leadership, resilience and joy. Youth worker, choreographer and dancer Hadleigh… Audio

Fletcher Building says it plans to increase supply over the next few months and believes the plasterboard market will come back to equilibrium by October. In documents released ahead of its investor… Audio

GPs say they're at breaking point, and a recent funding offer from the outgoing DHBs and interim Health New Zealand is "insulting and insufficient". Primary Health Organisations have been in… Audio

Andrew on the collapse of SkyTV's attempt to buy Mediaworks, changes at TVNZ with the launch of their updated streaming brand TVNZ+, and with the recent Cabinet reshuffle, Kris Faafoi hands over the… Audio

Social Anthropologist and Museum Ethnographer Dr Paul Tapsell on how Maori alienation from kainga and whenua becomes a wider story of environmental degradation and system collapse. Audio

Pattrick Smellie is the editor and co-founder of BusinessDesk and has reported on the New Zealand economy and business since 1983 Audio

Ash Davida Jane reviews You Probably Think This Song Is About You by Kate Camp, published by Te Herenga Waka University Press Audio

Matt and Suzanne Knight were inspired to sail to a remote rock in the Atlantic in search of a never-before-surfed wave after reading a 19th century treasure hunting seafarer's journal. The couple from… Audio

Wellington ultramarathon runner Nick Ashill has completed his epic run across America - five years after a serious hit and run accident in Ohio. We spoke to Nick a few weeks back, just before he left… Audio

The hearings into the January 6th riot are throwing up chilling new information, including that the mob which stormed the Capitol came within 40 feet of the Vice President during their rampage… Audio

Every year, around 6.5 million tyres reach the end of their lives in New Zealand and most get taken to landfills or illegally dumped. That's now set to change with the launch of New Zealand's first… Audio, Gallery

Russia is tightening its grip on the strategically significant city of Sievierodonetsk, located in the fiercely contested Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. Capturing Sievierodonetsk has been a top… Audio