Wallace Chapman

NZ is lagging well behind even poor nations when it comes to funding advanced cancer drugs. Australian researcher Professor John Zalcberg and Richard Vines from Rare Cancers Australia founder are part… Audio

Joel Tobeck has acted in some of New Zealand's best loved films, theatre and TV shows. But for the first time in 15 years he's on stage again, starring in 'Mr Burns: a Post Electric Play', at Silo… Audio

A new book Women Now - the Legacy of Female Suffrage looks at what has been achieved, 125 years since New Zealand women won the right to vote - and incorporates objects from Te Papa's collection… Audio, Gallery

Toto's guitarist Steve Lukather has played with artists including Aretha Franklin, George Benson, Joni Mitchell, Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson and Ringo Starr to name a few. He spoke to Wallace… Video, Audio

A visiting animal behaviour expert says keeping a horse in a stable is the equivalent to making a person live in a broom cupboard. Debbie Busby is a UK expert on animal and human behaviour whose job… Audio

Technology is now doing the jobs that were traditionally the work of lawyers to the point where the profession is facing major disruption. University of Canterbury law professor John Hopkins says many… Audio

Andrew Douglas Clifford loves maps. A few years ago he started his Te Reo map of New Zealand, that shows all the place names in Maori. He's now created an interactive version. Audio

New Zealand has a number of riders competing at the World Equestrian Games in the town of Tryon North Carolina. Among the competitors are Tim and Jonelle Price, Sir Mark Todd, Blyth Tait and Dan… Audio

A disaster has been declared in eight counties in North Carolina - some towns have already had more than 60cm of rain, and forecasters warn that totals could hit a metre thanks to tropical cyclone… Audio

A Californian Obstetrician and Gynaecologist has written an op-ed for the New York Times expressing her concern at the number of people who want to eat their babies placenta! Audio

We find the answers to any queries you can think up. Today we answered Petrus' question about design, Matthew's question about World War 2, and JR's one about tobacco.  Audio

A foolhardy move for one commuter to start a campaign to get everyone catching the tube to smile at each other! Audio

We find the answers to any queries you can think up. Today a question about tyres, one about fish, and Jack's query about carbon and trees.  Audio

The World Health Organisation says too many of us just don't do enough exercise - in fact 1.4 billion of us don't.  Audio

We find the answers to any queries you can think up. Today Eric's question about planes, Andy's one about councils, and Alex's query about birth weight.  Audio

Claire Regnault is a senior curator at Te Papa, where she specialises in dress. She is researching and writing a history of women's fashionable dress in colonial Aotearoa New Zealand and is on the… Audio

New Zealand born plastic surgeon Sir Archibald McIndoe was ground-breaking in his field. McIndoe was civilian consultant in plastic surgery to the RAF and his improvement on treatments to casualties… Audio, Gallery

Majorca-born fashion designer Sebastian Pons worked with Alexander McQueen at Givenchy before debuting his own collection in New York in 2003. Pons reveals why he took so long to decide to take part… Audio, Gallery

Sam Neill can think of no greater adventure than Captain James Cook’s voyage across the Pacific Ocean 250 years ago. The Kiwi actor recently took a year off his day job to "do the Pacific with Cook”… Video, Audio