Wallace Chapman

Prof Roly Sussex is intrigued by the Kiwi accent, vernacular and vocab and how it's changing. He says we can expert more Chinese words to come into Kiwi English as  China becomes a dominant cultural… Audio

We all like to impress people with New Zealand trivia - surprising facts about Aotearoa we drop into conversation. Auckland writer Rosemary Hepözden has spent years reading and writing about New… Audio

Dr Katharina Lederle is a sleep expert, a human fatigue and sleep specialist. She's also the author of Sleep Sense and says sleep deprivation has become a health epidemic in the Western world. Audio

The Museum of Modern Art has acquired three works by Kiwi artist Susan Te Kahurangi King. The acquisition follows the increasing awareness of her works around the world. Susan, who is 66, grew up in… Audio

In the '90s, Mark Lynas was an anti-GMO activist, but over time, the British science writer came to question whether our fear of GE food is irrational. His latest book Seeds of Science argues that… Video, Audio

For the past 30 years Ron Nilsson has been trying to get conclusive scientific existence that the South Island kokako - a bird officially listed as extinct in 2007 - is alive. Audio

Chef Al Brown from The Depot talks about the loss to the culinary world of celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain. Audio

Parliament's newest MP Dan Bidois discusses the win and the issues his new electorate faces. Audio

Gia Garrick discusses the by-election in Jonathan Coleman's vacated seat of Northcote, retained yesterday for National by Dan Bidois. Audio

Dr Neville De Villiers is living the quiet retired life in Ruakaka, 30 kilometres south of Whangarei. Until 2014, he was the local GP but these days the 81-year-old he spends his days playing golf and… Audio

Michael Ondaatje is an acclaimed author and poet born in Sri Lanka, who has spent most of his life in Canada. His seminal novel The English Patient (1992) won both the Booker Prize, and the Governor… Audio

More than 700 performers will have taken to the stage this weekend at the Gore Town and Country Club performing at the NZ Golden Guitar Awards. The Gold Guitar Awards have been running for the past 44… Audio

Singer songwriter Reb Fountain has been celebrating a double win at the NZ Country Music Awards announced this week for her 'Hopeful / Hopeless' song and EP . Hopeful / Hopeless was recorded live at… Video, Audio

In 2016-17 more than 9,000 high-needs students were funded by the Ministry of Education through its "Ongoing Resourcing Scheme" or ORS. ORS subsidises the wages for teacher aides. The average number… Audio

One of radio's most recognisable broadcast voices, Todd Niall from RNZ, is hanging up his microphone and heading into a new realm - working for Stuff. He talks about his 33-year career at RNZ in which… Audio, Gallery

The road to New Zealand becoming GE Free was hard fought. In 2003, thousands marched to show their opposition to Genetically Engineered foods and animals. New Zealand now has some of the strictest… Audio