Lynn Freeman
Book review: The Life and Art of Lynley Dodd by Finlay Macdonald
Holly Walker reviews The Life and Art of Lynley Dodd by Finlay Macdonald, published by Penguin Random House NZ Audio
Bitch: debunking female animal stereotypes
Lucy Cooke is an award-winning zoologist, broadcaster, filmmaker, and author. Her latest book Bitch: A Revolutionary Guide to Sex, Evolution and the Female Animal breaks down "sexist stereotypes" of… Audio
Asia correspondent Oliver Farry
Oliver Farry is a Hong Kong-based journalist, writer and photographer. Audio
The Kiwi helming the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
After a two year Covid-19 enforced absence, the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is returning to the grounds of Edinburgh Castle. The new Creative Director is expat Michael Braithwaite who's promising… Audio
The hunt for freshly fallen meteorites
A recently formed citizen science project to track down freshly fallen meteorites is deploying specialised night-sky meteor cameras across the motu. Fireballs Aotearoa is a collaboration between the… Video, Audio
How nurses could be better supported to deal with assisted dying
New Kiwi-led research has looked at what nurses involved in the process of voluntary assisted dying have experienced, and how it could lead to better support - both procedurally and emotionally… Audio
Film & TV: Cha Cha Real Smooth, This is Going to Hurt, Chloe
Film and TV correspondent James Croot joins Lynn to look at Cha Cha Real Smooth (Apple TV+) - a Sundance Award-winning film about a young man who works as a Bar Mitzvah party host, who strikes up a… Audio
How covid has changed teaching: new research
Senior Researcher at the New Zealand Council for Educational Research Mohamed Alansari with some new research out today, highlighting how most secondary school teachers have changed something about… Audio
Tech: What now for Kim Dotcom? Microsoft gets tough on AI, tech in tough times
Technology correspondent Peter Griffin joins Lynn to look at where the decision by two former Megaupload partners to plead guilty to a raft of charges leaves the third - Kim Dotcom. He'll also talk… Audio
Book review: Explore the Cemeteries of Westland and Buller by John Stewart
Robyn Cuff from Take Note bookstore in Hokitika reviews Explore the Cemeteries of Westland and Buller by John Stewart, plus others from their specialist rare West Coast books collection Audio
Angels of Sinjar: Hanna Polak on documenting the horror of Isis
Hanna Polak's extraordinary film Angels of Sinjar details one woman's fight to find her five sisters, who were abducted and sold into sexual slavery by Isis.
Of all the barbaric acts committed by… Audio
UK: Rail strike, food bills up £380, by-elections and bird tag mystery
UK correspondent Matthew Parris joins Lynn to talk about the massive disruption to millions of passengers across Britain due to rail strikes. Will negotiations avert more planned action later this… Audio
Runaway Technology: Can law keep up?
What are consumer interests and rights in the age of big tech? And can our laws keeping up with swift change? Joshua Fairfield is a professor at the Washington and Lee University School of Law in the… Audio
New pig welfare code facing stiff opposition
New Zealand's pig farming sector says a new draft welfare code for pigs could spell the end of the country's pork industry. The National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee has drafted a new code… Audio
Jessica Palalagi returns home
An art collective of self proclaimed ex-pat misfits that formed in London back in 2018, is about to unveil their first exhibition over here in Aotearoa. The Water Tastes Different Here includes work… Audio
National Flash Fiction Day celebrates a new decade
The last decade's gone by in a flash for the organisers - 2022 marks the 10th anniversary of National Flash Fiction Day. As part of the celebrations, today sees posters go up around the motu, starting… Audio
Larissa McMillan brings indigenous art to the Hundertwasser
It is her dream job but one that carries a massive responsibility to the country's contemporary Maori artists. Larissa McMillan, Ngapuhi, is the first director of the Wairau Maori Art Gallery, part of… Audio, Gallery
Stevei Houkāmau and traditional clay sculpture
Artist Stevei Houkamau originally planned to study Ta Moko before she was seduced by the feeling of clay in her hands and her ability to carve into it. It was 2011 when she met members of the Nga… Audio, Gallery
Judene Edgar's play about the Dr Seuss controversy
When six books by Dr Seuss were withdrawn from publication last year over their content, Nelson playwright and Seuss fan Judene Edgar started wondering how the writer would feel about it, were he… Audio, Gallery
Sara Hughes takes her art to the street
Several years after feeling unsafe while at a notorious bus shelter in Tauranga, artist Sara Hughes is transforming it into a brightly coloured and illuminated work of art. It will be suspended above… Audio, Gallery