Hair
Hairy Areas - Top to Toe with Petra Bagust
Petra Bagust (Grey Areas) and Charlotte Cook (Hair And Loathing) share intimate details and personal stories about different parts of their bodies and how their hair impacts their everyday lives. Video, Audio
New series, Hair Now, launched on the Spinoff
A new series called Hair Now has just launched on the Spinoff looking at six different migrant women's relationships with their body hair. Audio
Bushy beavers and bald Brazilians
Welcome to Hair and Loathing, a new four-part podcast series about women and body hair. Yep, we are talking bums, boobs, thighs, toes and tummies. You name it, it’s probably got some hair on it! In… Audio
From peach fuzz to nipple beards
Toes, tummies, upper lips, gorilla hands, chins and everywhere in-between...hair! It’s everywhere! And some of it, for good reason. Others, not so much. In this third episode of Hair and loathing… Audio
Culture, colonisation and the short and curlies
Western women have been pushed around by powerful marketing for around a century to maintain the hairless beauty standard, but that's not the same for all ethnicities. In episode four, presented and… Audio
Hair and Loathing is coming your way!
Hair and Loathing is a new podcast series presented and produced by Charlotte Cook, and takes an inside look at why women maintain a 'barely there' look to satisfy the status quo and why some women… Audio
Expert feature: Hair Removal
Hair removal specialist Nicola Wood answers listeners' questions about hair removal. Audio
Stress does really turn hair grey (but it's reversible)
It's long been considered a fact by many that stress turns out hair grey, but a new study has found evidence linking psychological stress to greying hair in people. Martin Picard, Ph.D., co-author of… Audio
'Extreme haircut': Dunedin student told to undo cornrows
A Dunedin teenager is butting heads with his high school over his hairstyle.
Lewis O'Malley-Scott's corn-rows were deemed to be extreme by King's High School.
But, as Timothy Brown reports, his… Video, Audio
Story of the Day with Rob Kelly
Breaking news from the world of showbiz, fringes are back. Rob Kelly, who is currently growing his hair, reports. Audio
Link found between permanent hair dye and increased cancer risk
A scientific study of more than 45,000 women has found a link between permanent hair dye and an increased risk of breast cancer. Cancer epidemiologist Diana Sarfati from the Cancer Control… Audio
Covid-19 mortality rate could be '20 or 30 times worse than flu'
Kiwi Gary McLean is a Professor of Immunology at the London Metropolitan University. He says the news on the Covid-19 front continues to be hugely concerning. In fact, he says this outbreak is… Audio
Does the Beard Maketh the Man?
Dr. Eleanor Rycroft is a Lecturer in Theatre at the University of Bristol and has been looking at the question of when did beards suddenly become important? Audio
Auckland Grammar's hair fight
A 13-year-old boy is taking his school to court over their rules about hair length. Stuff reports James Hunt was stood down from Auckland Grammar for one day for refusing to cut his shoulder-length… Audio
Being there - at the world premiere of Hair
Max Cryer attended the world premiere of Hair in New York in 1968, and joins us to tell us what it was like Audio
The musical Hair - from a cast member who was there
Nearly 50 years ago, the musical Hair premiered in New Zealand - causing outrage around the country, and the world, for its profanity, treatment of drugs and sex, and nudity. Audio, Gallery
Banning Afro hairstyle branded racist.
Eight high schools have banned Afro and braided hairstyles. One view is that this is racist because some students have no control over how their hair grows. Is this racism or should students just… Audio
Redheads gather for first-of-its-kind national event
Everyone with tresses ranging from fiery copper to strawberry blonde have met in Wellington for the country's first national gathering of redheads. Video, Audio
Human rights around hair and religion (part 1)
Lawyer Michael Bott discusses another school boy hair to-do and the firing of a school religious instructor. Audio