Wallace Chapman

Pinaman Owusu-Banahene is the founder of the African Fashion Festival: New Zealand which kicks off next month in Wellington. The show will feature six international African designers and two New… Audio

7:47 Laura McQuillan - Brazil Brazilian politics are in turmoil with the lower house voting to impeach President Dilma Rouseff. Tens of thousands have taken to the streets in both support and… Audio

New Zealand lost close to 140,000 hectares of forest between 2001 and 2014 according to World Forest Watch. The bulk of that loss was made up of forestry plantations being harvested and not replanted… Audio

Scottish archaeologist, historian and author Neil Oliver is also the presenter of several BBC documentary series including 'A History of Scotland' and 'Vikings'. He is perhaps best known for the… Audio

These days everybody seems to want to do work that they love, that they're passionate about - nice work if you can get it - but what about those of us who have to work simply to pay the bills? Dr Miya… Audio

Rhys Darby is a busy man; as well as winning praise for his latest big-screen role in Taika Waititi's 'Hunt For the Wilderpeople' he's also headlining the International Comedy Festival. He speaks to… Audio

Judith Durham - the golden voice of The Seekers - is on her last ever solo tour of New Zealand. She's singing all the big hits like Georgy Girl and The Carnival is Over, plus some later songs she's… Audio

Tamsin Hanly is a former primary school teacher who is so passionate about the need to teach New Zealand history in our schools that she mortgaged her house to fund a six volume curriculum covering… Audio

New Zealand has a policy that all babies should have ten free visits in their first year of life - but worrying new statistics show that 6.7% of babies have not received a single visit from either a… Audio

When James Hoban was growing up he put competitors in the Young Farmer of the Year awards on a pedestal alongside the All Blacks. Now, he's a finalist in the Young Farmer Contest for the second year… Audio

Trudeaumania was the phrase coined in the 1960s to capture the excitement generated during the early days of Canadian politician Pierre Trudeau premiership. Now it's his son Justin who has the world's… Audio

Professor James Belich is one of New Zealand's pre-eminent historians. He left our shores for a prestigious position at Oxford University, four years ago, specialising in global history. He's back on… Audio

For Generation X - Bill Oddie will forever be known as a Goodie - one of the three madcap comedians that took UK television by storm. Since those halcyon days, Bill Oddie has turned to the art of… Audio

One of Australia's best known and best loved comedians, Peter Helliar joins Wallace ahead of his International Comedy Festival appearance in Auckland. They talk about the similarities of 'Strayan and… Audio

Nandor Tanczos - Rasta Marriage Celebrant Former Green MP Nandor Tanczos has become the country's first Rastafarian marriage celebrant. He was turned down the first time he applied, a couple of years… Audio

RNZ International reporter Sally round reports from Fiji where the prime minister, Frank Bainimarama, yesterday announced a range of measures to help the country rebuild after Cyclone Winston. Audio

Professor Paul Moon has just written a book documenting the history of Te Reo in Aotearoa once the first colonists arrived in Aotearoa. He takes Wallace on a journey through the Maori language and the… Audio

Architect Lance Herbst joins HOME magazine's Jeremy Hansen to talk about the award-winning house that's just won the House of the Year award. Audio, Gallery

With new technologies replacing jobs at an ever increasing rate and big money playing a bigger and bigger part in our politics are we facing a future of mass unemployment and an all but… Audio