Wallace Chapman

Sports writer Sam Walker has applied a special formula to decide what makes a great sports team and what makes sports teams the greatest in the world. So do the All Blacks make the cut in a book - The… Audio

Gender stereotypes in children's toys are "ridiculous, silly and out of date" says Laurie Winkless, a science writer and campaigner for Let Toys Be Toys. Video, Audio

It's a decade this month since one of the most controversial law changes was introduced - what became known as the anti-smacking law. Section 59 of the Crimes Act was amended, abolishing the use of… Audio

Last month the Government announced Invercargill would join the six cities that resettle the 1000 refugees allowed in to New Zealand each year. Steve Grieve - manager of Speights Ale House in… Audio

The world should prepare for more terrorist attacks similar to those in Manchester, London and Iran, especially during the month of Ramadan, says Sajjan Gohel, a leading authority on terrorist and… Audio

Musicians Betty-Anne and Ryan Monga join Wallace to sing some songs and reflect on their group Ardijah and more than three decades in the music industry. Audio

Five years ago documentary maker Hollie Fifer was in Papua New Guinea researching the political coup when she witnessed the seaside Paga Hill community being bulldozed by developers and armed police… Audio

Georgian mezzo-soprano Nino Surguladze is in New Zealand to play the lead role in NZ Opera's season of Carmen - it's Bizet's tale with a feminist twist. While Nino's here, she doing a bit for Tbilisi… Audio

Australian Steve Keen was one of only a handful of economists to predict the Global Financial Crisis. His most recent book, 'Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis?', leaves readers in little doubt he… Audio

Psychedelic 60s rock-blues supergroup Cream were Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and the late Jack Bruce. Three family members - Jack Bruce's son Malcolm Ginger Baker's son Kofi and Eric Clapton's nephew… Video, Audio, Gallery

Hoani Jeremy Lambert is the tamariki advocate at the newly formed Oranga Tamariki - The Ministry for Vulnerable Children. He only got the job after being given the nod by a panel of children currently… Audio

Twins Stephanie and Clair Mills are in the business of making lives better. Stephanie was head of Greenpeace for a decade and now is at NZEI and Clair is in France working for Doctors without Borders… Audio

Author Stella Duffy has written 15 novels, 60 short stories and 11 plays, and is working on an unfinished novel by Dame Ngaio Marsh. Born in England, Stella grew up in Tokoroa, studied in Wellington… Audio

Writer and photographer Teju Cole has been described by Salman Rushdie as one of the most gifted writers of his generation. Teju, who is also photography critic for the NY Times, is at the Auckland… Audio

Lisanne Skyler is the writer and director of documentary Brillo Box (3¢ off), that follows an iconic Andy Warhol Brillo Box, once owned by her family, as it makes its way from her family living room… Audio

Benny Wenda is the international spokesperson for the United Liberation Movement for West Papua. He's in New Zealand lobbying MPs to support international calls to put West Papua back on the UN… Audio

Making the decision on when to get your pet put down is tough. Massey University researcher Kat Littlewood is exploring the issue of end of life for cats in New Zealand and wants to hear from people… Audio

Last week 82 of the Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 were released. The kidnapping is part of a much bigger tragedy. Kiwi Patrick Rose is UNICEF's crisis communications specialist for West… Audio