Life And Society
White gold: central North Island businesses celebrate snow
Businesses in the ski towns of Ohakune and National Park say recent snowfalls have been a lifesaver - they've gone from worrying about going under, to being busier than last year, and they're stoked… Audio
Wonderful World of TradeMe with Millie Silvester
This week on TradeMe - the building which housed Auckland's first McDonald's and a perfectly preserved Morris Minor which is being auctioned for charity with only a $1 reserve. But first, producer… Audio
Aunty's House: A new collective for the South Asian diaspora
Aunty's House has been founded as a collective focused on celebrating and uplifting the South Asian diaspora in New Zealand, and launched with its first event, the Chai Session.
Chuffed with my child chats
Today we speak with Dave Nicholl about his daughter who has suffered in the past year been beset with severe migraines but not letting that stop her pursue her dream of an acting career. He shares his… Audio
Missing two-year-old found after going missing for six hours
Distraught with worry is how the family of a two-year-old girl missing for six hours on Sunday described the ordeal.
Willow disappeared from her home in Zodiac Street in Henderson at two o'clock… Audio
Electricity Authority guidelines should consider personal circumstances - financial mentor
Addressing power inequity with a one-size-fits-all set of guidelines does not work for all cases, a financial mentor says.
Long Read: When we were shunned
By Anusha Bradley: After leaving the Jehovah’s Witnesses, Brad Miller and Cassie Dean were cut off from almost everyone they’d ever known. Audio
Long Read: When we were shunned
By Anusha Bradley: After leaving the Jehovah’s Witnesses, Brad Miller and Cassie Dean were cut off from almost everyone they’d ever known.
AudioProf John Plotz: finding new meaning in old books
Among his varied interests, leading Victorian literature scholar and prison educator Professor John Plotz revisits forgotten novels, giving them a second life, and explores the redeeming value of… Audio
Jared Davidson: how prison labour built New Zealand
Some of New Zealand's most important roads, buildings, botanic gardens and great walks were constructed by forced labour, in an era where idleness and waste was deemed more criminal then crime… Audio
The personal artistic agony of Gabriel Krauze
Gabriel Krauze's extra curricular activities were a little different from the average English literature student. While completing his degree at London's Queen Mary College, he was involved in gangs… Audio
'Everything is levelled, everything is grey': Hawaii National Guard director expects death toll to rise
Eye witnesses say it looks like a bomb's gone off. The scale of devastation caused by Hawaii's catastrophic wildfires is becomming apparent. The death toll's climbed to 53, but more than 1,000 people… Video, Audio
Calls for overhaul of search and rescue in wake of Enchanter tragedy
The agency investigating the deadly sinking of a charter boat off Northland's coast is calling for an urgent overhaul of the country's search and rescue operations. Only five of the ten men onboard… Video, Audio
The Panel with Lavina Good and James Elliot (Part 2)
Wallace Chapman and panellists James Elliott and Lavina Good discuss the NZSIS publishing an unclassified threat assessment for the first time and why our food prices continue to soar while inflation… Audio
The Pre-Panel with James Elliott and Lavina Good
Today on The Panel, Wallace and panellists James Elliott and Lavina Good open up the Friday Mailbag and respond to your messages from the past week. Also, our panellists tell us what has been on their… Audio
Gardening with Lynda Hallinan
This week Lynda has some great tips to help your garden thrive through the current cold snap. Audio
Freaky Friday
This week we hear a story of a strange coincidence from Sam in the Bay of Plenty and then some great spooky tales from Paranormal Researcher Mark Wallbank. Audio
Shoppers unimpressed with National MP's once-a-month supermarket run
The National Party MP recently revealed he did the shopping once a month to "give my wife a break". So what do his fellow supermarket shoppers think? Audio
Around the motu : Che Baker in Southland
Che Baker, editor of the Southland Times, talks about former New Zealand Idol contestant and now MoreFM broadcaster Steve Broad officially being confirmed the winner of a by-election and sworn in this… Audio
Pasifika musicians recognised at the 2023 Pacific Music Awards
It was an evening of celebration in Manukau, the heart of South Auckland as Pasifika musicians from around New Zealand were recognised at the 2023 Pacific Music Awards.
Now in its eighteenth year… Audio