Wallace Chapman
Nga Taonga Sound Archives – “The Athlete of the Century”
Yvette Williams, the first New Zealand woman to win a gold medal at the Olympics, passed away at the weekend. Her career peaked in the 1950s but in 1987 Athletics New Zealand named her its "Athlete of… Audio
Ten years of TVNZ Good Sorts
Ten years ago, from the comfort of his Taranaki news bureau / garage, TVNZ reporter Haydn Jones hit on a novel idea: to tell positive stories of ordinary New Zealanders doing extraordinary things. Audio
North Island kiwi benefit from regular 1080 drops
New research conducted over two decades shows the survival rates of kiwi in Tongariro Forest were greatly enhanced following large-scale 1080 drops. Audio
First song: Matt Corby
Australian singer songwriter Matt Corby is back for a short tour with his second album, Rainbow Valley, so he pops in for a visit to the Auckland studio. Audio
I've been thinking for 15 April 2019
What the Panelists Mike Rehu and Cindy Mitchener have been thinking about. Audio
Story of the Day for 15 April 2019
K-Pop has an incredible weekend. If those who haven't heard of this music sensation it's Korean Pop and it is massive in Korea, obviously, but it has become a worldwide phenomenon. Audio
I've been thinking for 12 April 2019
What the Panelists James Nokise and Claire Matthews have been thinking about. Audio
Story of the Day for 12 April 2019
A van license plate says.. "Breeding the White Way." appropriate or not? Audio
Story of the Day for 11 April 2019
Easter of course is just around the corner and that means it's peak time of year for signwriters as, naturally, churches around the world are commissioning new special themed signs .. Audio
Story of the Day for 10 April 2019
Game of Thrones is coming back... probably the biggest television event in the history of ever. Audio
I've been thinking for 8 April 2019
What the Panelists Nicky Pellegrino and Chris Wikaira have been thinking about. Audio
Story of the Day for 8 April 2019
In the New York Times over the weekend a discussion about our perceived abilities, a mathematician and an economist look at how we rate ourselves at certain tasks and why we over or under estimate in… Audio
I've been thinking
What the Panelists Anton Matthews and Cas Carter have been thinking about. Audio
Story of the Day for 5 April 2019
So we know exercise is good for us - in particular, getting fit is very good for our cardiovascular health and a new study has shown that different types of exercise actually change our hearts in… Audio
I've been thinking for 4 April 2019
What the Panelists Catherine Robertson and Shamubeel Eaqub have been thinking about. Audio
Story of the Day for 4 April 2019
A writer in the Huffington Post Mike Rampton is querying why "dad" equates to "lame". Audio
