Lynn Freeman

Friends Mark Warren and Nathan Addis have set up a Facebook page calling for New Zealanders to show the Anzac spirit and offer a place to stay for those affected by the Australian bushfires. Audio

Kiwi Vicki Farslow has made several trips to Nepal to work with local people on practical projects, like ensuring water supplies for remote villages. Audio, Gallery

Ariana Tikao is a musician who's an integral part of the revitalisation of traditional Maori instruments, and is one of the curators of the Pukana exhibition - which is on at the National Library in… Audio, Gallery

Our summer series on lifesavers continues - in this episode we learn about cave rescues, which is highly specialised and involves a huge amount of training. Audio, Gallery

Kerranne Evans tells Lynn about the joys of working on New Zealand's longest running TV show Country Calendar. Audio

Melbourne based journalist Rebekah Holt with the latest. Audio

Historian Rory Sweetman has uncovered a connection between New Zealand soldiers and the Easter Week Irish Rising, an incident that he says threatened Ireland's oldest university, Trinity College… Audio, Gallery

Archaelogical investigations of Pa sites on Waikato wetlands are about to start, using Maori traditional knowledge of the area and the latest Western technology to establish when and how the… Audio, Gallery

We cross to New York Times middle east correspondent Ben Hubbard to get talk about the impact of Soleimani's assassination by the United States on Iran, and the region. Audio

We continue our book journey around the country - this time crossing live to Louise Ward from Wardini Books in Hawke's Bay. Audio

Wellington artist Paul Forrest is aiming to create a kaleidoscope of butterflies around the country. From the backyard of his home in Newtown, Paul makes huge but incredibly lifelike butterflies… Audio

Students at New Plymouth Girls' High School researching sustainable energy generation have found that solar panels become less efficient once the temperature goes over 25 degrees....the opposite of… Audio, Gallery

Lynn Freeman went to the forest in northern Finland last May, camera in hand, and hit out in a wooden hut, waiting for brown bears, wolves and wolverines to go by. Here, she tells that story.  Audio, Gallery

Gordie Tentrees, a Canadian troubadour who's performed 750 concerts in 11 countries in just four years, is making is first trip to New Zealand to perform at the Auckland Folk Festival. He speaks to… Audio

Over the summer we're profiling some of our Olympic hopefuls in less well known sports. Today it's the turn of BMX rider Jessie Smith, whose mentor and sponsor is London Olympic BMX silver medallist… Audio

Travel writer Heather Hapeta has an allotment at Tanera Park in Wellington, within an organic garden there. For an apartment dweller like herself, the gardens give her a chance to get some fresh air… Audio

Thunderbirds, Gerry and Silvia Anderson's popular futuristic puppet sci-fi puppet TV series only had two series, on air from 1964 to 1966. The Dinky die-cast merchandise based on the characters and… Audio, Gallery

Our series on lifesavers continues with the Canterbury West Coast Air Rescue's senior rescue pilot and operations manager Stuart Farquhar. Over his 20 years on the job, Stuart Farquhar has no shortage… Audio

Auckland designer Haydn Jack graduated in 2016, and has already taken out six New Zealand Best Design Awards. He talks to Lynn Freeman about what he's working on.

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Wildlife photographer Bill Morris has, for more than a decade, worked for NHNZ and other companies, filming the seabirds and sea lions of New Zealand's sub Antarctic Islands for TVNZs Our Big Blue… Audio, Gallery