Wallace Chapman

Ross Roberts is a geotechnical and geological specialist at the Auckland Council. He talks about a 2015 engineers' report provided to Auckland Transport that recommended a cheap solution to monitor… Audio

Gisborne District councillor Meredith Akuhata-Brown explains why she thinks the name Poverty Bay should be dropped altogether. Her comments come after the Council voted to submit to the NZ Geographic… Audio

The King's Singers are considered masters of harmony. They've developed their own techniques and hold workshops educating other a cappella groups. The double Grammy-winning King's Singers in in New… Audio

British film director Sally Potter is best known for her 1992 arthouse film Orlando with Tilda Swinton, based on the novel by Virginia Woolf. She's been writing and directing films since she left… Audio

Kiwi actor Simon London is best known for his role in The Hobbit playing elf Feren but how he's returning to Auckland for the Auckland Arts Festival production of 1984. It's been touring Australia for… Audio

A former drug policy advisor to the UK's Labour government is in New Zealand to talk about how psychedelic drugs could help control a number of mental health problems and why the war on drugs is a… Audio

Steve James is best remembered as the director of the award-winning "Hoop Dreams" documentary in 1994, inexplicably snubbed for an Oscar nomination. But on March 5 (NZ time) at the 90th Academy Awards… Audio

The NZ Transport Agency says a complete rebuild of at least one section of SH60 from Takaka to Riwaka is needed, but on Sunday from 9am until 5pm NZTA will provide restricted single-lane access on the… Audio

Te Auaha, the New Zealand Institute of Creativity will offer the world's first Bachelor of Creativity. Audio, Gallery

Dr Jarrod Gilbert from the University of Canterbury has likened Andrew Little's intent to reform the prison system, with the abolition of the death penalty by Minister of Justice Ralph Hanan in 1961… Audio

John Sinclair has recently returned from studying penal systems overseas and found there are some countries that are reducing their prison population and, unlike New Zealand, closing down jails. Audio

Syn City: NZ's Synthetics Drug Crisis is a confronting short documentary by youth media outlet VICE about the deadly dangers of synthetic drugs. Audio

Former Green MP Catherine Delahunty has teamed up with her theatrical sister Sarah Delahunty, to bring Question Time Blues to the Auckland Fringe Festival. Audio

Brendan O'Carroll has played Agnes Brown from Mrs Brown's Boys on our TV screens since 2011 - years after she was initially created for a short radio play. O'Carroll tells Wallace Chapman, he only… Audio

Hugh Kininmonth has been at the coalface of community health for many years as chief executive of one of the Hauraki PHO. He talks about the challenges faced by the health system. Audio

Imelda Staunton is one of the most celebrated English actresses, and her role in Mike Leigh's Vera Drake won a Bafta and an Oscar nomination. Her latest starring role is in Finding Your Feet with… Video, Audio, Gallery

Dr Carla Meledandri was awarded $200,000 in the Prime Minister's science prizes this week and became the MacDiarmid Emerging Scientist. One of her projects is looking at nanoparticles to combat tooth… Audio

Kiwi Sue Gardiner is one of Tonga's 107,000 residents - she has lived there for 18 years. She talks about the impact of Cyclone Gita on the locals and the attributes that will get them through.  Audio