Max Towle

New Zealanders ingenuity and number 8 wire mentality extends to local inventors and entrepreneurs, who have come up with some innovative gadgets to aid and inspire music makers in their creative… Audio

Tired of the same old frozen meal every night? Are you sick of cooking the same dish and want to spice up your meals? Max is joined by author and chef Martin Bosley. Audio

US-based royal commentator Victoria Arbiter chats to Max Towle about the repercussions of Prince Harry's sad yet incendiary memoir Spare. Audio

Te Anau School principal Grant Excell isn't going to let a lack of funding get in the way of his school building a new hall. Instead he's preparing to kayak around the entire edge of Lake Te Anau… Audio

The death of Pope Benedict on New Year's Eve prompted an outpouring of grief among Catholics - but his legacy is a complicated one. World renowned lawyer - who's represented countless victims of… Audio

Women's sport is looking to build on its strengths.

Wellington Phoenix women's team will play its first game in New Zealand this weekend.

Also coming up is the Women's Rugby league World Cup final.

The FIFA World Cup kicks off in Qatar in a few days; a tournament plagued by controversy due to the country's poor human rights record and restrictions.

Qatar has strict laws on alcohol, swearing… Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will be meeting with the Chinese President Xi Jinping in Bangkok this afternoon, ahead of the APEC summit.

She says it will be an upfront and frank conversation, and on… Audio

In Egypt at the COP27 climate summit, talks on loss and damage have reached a key milestone.

That would mean vulnerable countries are a step closer to compensation for climate change-fuelled… Audio

MetService is warning of heavy localised downpours in thunderstorms across parts of the North Island this afternoon.

Max Towle got the forecast from meteorologist Lewis Ferris. Audio

Groundswell has delivered a petition to stop the government's proposed agricultural emissions framework to MPs and ministers at parliament today.

Organiser Bryce McKenzie spoke to Max Towle. Audio

The government is spending a further half a billion dollars on roads and pipes, and upgrading transport and wastewater infrastructure - which it says will lay the groundwork for the development of… Audio

Military academies and ankle bracelets on children as young as 10 are among the proposals National's touting today to crack down on serious young offenders.

It's pointing to the rise in ram raids… Audio

Two people in Poland - near the border with Ukraine - have been killed when missiles hit a farm.

It's not entirely clear where the missiles came from - but there is serious speculation they were… Audio

Families of the five people killed in the boating tragedy in Kaikoura are still coming to terms with what happened.

An investigation into the capsizing of a charter vessel with 11 people on board is… Audio

In the United Kingdom, the late Queen's coffin has arrived in the Scottish capital Edinburgh, after travelling from Balmoral.

Thousands of people lined the streets along the way to pay their… Audio

Cabinet will decide today how New Zealand marks the Queen's death. 

A memorial service to "celebrate her life and reign" will take place in Wellington after the Queen's funeral in London next Monday.

At least 10 people have been killed and 15 injured in a stabbing attack in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.

The province is in the middle of Canada and is home to just over one million people.

The UN has accused China of serious human rights violations in a damning report into allegations of abuse and torture of ethnic minorities.

The report details the horrific abuse of Uyghur Muslims… Audio