Life And Society

Each week we ask listeners to send in stories that are chillingly creepy, spookily serendipitous, or just out-of-the-box weird. Audio

Bowel Cancer New Zealand is backing renewed calls for earlier screening for bowel cancer, amid escalating numbers of cases among people under 50.

Leading specialists have referred to an "avalanche of… Audio

Today we bid farewell to one of RNZ's goodsorts.. . Paul Bushnell left his job as a drama teacher at Linwood College in Christchurch to come here almost 30 years ago. Since then he's been a producer… Audio

 The game playing trend has piqued the interest of Massey University psychology researchers, who are developing a gaming laboratory - GRAIL - in order to investigate the potential positive effects of… Audio

A charity that's been supporting sexual abuse survivours in Northland and Auckland for nearly 30 years is fighting for survival. HELP Auckland is calling for urgent support to keep their personal… Video, Audio

Tomorrow night one of New Zealand sports most inspiring figures will share their story in an effort to explore the impact of addiction in Aotearoa. Speaker and former pro boxer Dave Letele is… Audio

Fans at Eden Park were confused when a fire alarm went off during the US and Portugal match.

The false alarm started sounding during the half time break. Almost 43,000 were at the game, and despite… Audio

East Coasters are still waiting for action after a report released more than two months ago demanded wide-scale forestry felling be stopped immediately in Tai Rāwhiti and Wairoa.

The Government… Audio

A spectator at last night's football match at Eden Park says she and others started freaking out when the stadium's fire exits locked them inside while a fire alarm was telling them to evacuate.

The… Audio

This week on TradeMe - an awesome looking dwelling and a car that could be hard to parallel park. But first, producer Jeremy Parkinson talks with Millie Silvester from TradeMe about an extremely… Audio

Now is the perfect time to be having a big clear out of the weeds in your garden - it'll save you time in the summer. And don't waste them - you can compost them while most are seed-free at this time… Audio

Sheila Nguyen talks to Kadambari Raghukumar about the focus on sustainability in this FIFA Women's World Cup.

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Knock-offs are big business, worth $600 billion a year on the world market: anything from whiskey and bags to footwear and hair care products. In her book Authenticity: Reclaiming Reality in a… Audio

By Jean Edwards: Raised to be meek and submissive in a world dominated by men, six former Gloriavale women have won an extraordinary legal victory. Audio