Lynn Freeman

Ralph McAllister reviews The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris, published by Headline Publishing Group. Audio

Kate Macdougall's memoir London's No. 1 Dog Walking Agency is an entertaining perspective on a left-field profession and a coming of age story. Armed with a degree in Art History, and eschewing a back… Audio

Ron says the US is feeling emotionally spent after the marking of the 9/11 20th anniversary. Also there's major resistance in some quarters to vaccination mandates. And Ron talks to Lynn about pitched… Audio

Anthropologist Bill Maurer explains the significant of the recent discovery of the oldest known Chinese metal currency unearthed at the site of a foundary in the ancient city of Guanzhuang which was… Audio

Researchers at the University of Canterbury say they are at a breakthrough point in a project to substitute fossil fuels with green hydrogen gas and carbon dioxide. They've been examining how wood… Audio

As Cabinet starts to consider a vision for a post-lockdown future, and Australia prepares to trial vaccine passports with selected countries, questions are being asked about impacts on liberty and… Audio

Spring sees the return to Aotearoa of not one but two species of native cuckoo, whose migrations are among the longest of any songbird. Kennedy will focus specifically on the long-tailed cuckoo, which… Audio

Organic mushroom farmer Taylor McConnell runs a business supplying gourmet mushrooms to restaurants, markets, and shops in the Canterbury region. Audio

Neale and Liam join Lynn to talk about the latest Delta outbreak; how has it changed the government's reopening plans, should vaccine supplies be prioritised for Auckland, how could vaccine passports… Audio

Louise Ward of Wardini Books in Havelock North reviews Our Own Backyard by Anne Kayes, published by Bateman. Audio

Hamish Ramsden was a 31 year old Hawkes Bay farmer, his wife six months pregnant, when his life changed forever. While tagging a new calf's ear, it's protective mother charged Hamish hitting him mid… Audio

Sebastian has the latest on Afghanistan as the UN condemns the Taliban for their increasingly violent response to dissent. In Lebanon there is a new government has just over a year after the previous… Audio

Researchers are proposing a system to use Artificial Intelligence to detect the early warning signs of outbreaks of disease or financial disasters. The team at AgResearch says A.I. could be used to… Audio

Afghan journalist Bilal Sarwary, who was based in Kabul reporting on Afghanistan for 20 years, is now safely in Canada with his family, having left his country with a very heavy heart. Audio

Cabinet Ministers will meet today to decide if any part of the country is ready to change Alert Levels. Tamaki Makaurau remains at Level 4 until at least midnight Tuesday, and the rest of the country… Audio

Sam looks at the debate and complexity around whether athletes deserve special treatment regarding quarantine stays after trip to compete abroad. And it's been announced that all teams for the next… Audio

On his debut full-length Still Slipping Vol 1, Grant says UK producer Peter O'Grady (Joy Orbison) puts his idiosyncratic stamp on a variety of club styles, folding in the voices of his family members… Audio

Briar Lawry from Unity Books Auckland reviews Julia and the Shark by Kiran Millwood Hargrave and Tom de Freston, published by Orion Audio

Deputy editor of The Economist Tom Standage's new book is A Brief History of Motion: From the Wheel, to the Car, to What Comes Next. It is in fact, five and a half thousand years of the history of… Audio