Life And Society

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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