Media
Karyn Hay returns to radio with late night show
Broadcaster Karyn Hay is returning to RNZ next month as the Auckland-based producer/presenter of a new, live 10pm-11pm programme.
Digital blackface, and the death of memes
Chicago-based Lauren Michele Jackson is a writer and PhD candidate focused on the intersections of race, gender, music and technology. Her articles have appeared in The Atlantic, BuzzFeed, Complex… Audio
The rise of true crime
The true crime genre is booming because it offers the unique experience of being simultaneously in the place of the victim, the detective and the accused, says an academic and writer. Audio
Put Some Colour In Your Life
Put Some Colour In Your Life chronicles Australian painter Graeme Stevenson as he motorbikes around the world, visiting artists in their studios.
It's an opportunity for viewers to learn about the… Audio
When is dubbed better than subbed?
Overdubbed films have a bad reputation in the English-speaking world, but if done well can be superior to subtitled films, says a former Studio Ghibli producer. Video, Audio
Empty Nest Syndrome
If you have kids still living at home, you may ask yourself how you will cope when they eventually move out and how you will cope once they have gone? AUT Radio student, Larissa O'Reilly dives into… Audio
Rikki Swannell: 'There are a lot of women who love sport'
Sports broadcaster Rikki Swannell - Sky TV's first female Super Rugby play-by-play commentator - wants to stand out for being good at her job, not for being a woman.
Rikki Swanell to be first woman commentater for Super Rugby
Rikki Swanell says she wants to stand out for being good at her job, not for being a woman. Audio
Entertainment: Games with Haydn Green
Our games expert Haydn Green joins Megan to have a chat about how to keep yourself entertained with games which can be played alone or in a group. Today he looks at the world of role playing games and… Audio
The vloggers turning tweens on to brands
Today's tweens are getting introduced to commercial content earlier than ever before via the intense influence of YouTube vloggers, AUT lecturer Kate Jones says. Audio
Free Paperboy magazine killed by lack of advertising
Paperboy - a free Auckland magazine that printed 100,000 copies a week - has ceased publication, Bauer Media has confirmed.
Entertainment: Movies with Dom Corry
Movie critic Dom Corry speaks to Summer Times to tell us about the movies coming up and what he would recommend we make the effort to head to the cinema for. Today he also talks about reaction the… Audio
US Correspondent - Harry Horton
Feature Story Correspondent Harry Horton talks to Megan about the Golden Globes and the big winners on the night. He also discusses whether or not Oprah Winfrey's speech at the ceremony was actually… Audio
Graeme Jennings: Photographing history on the Hill
American politics has our attention in a way it never has before. Graeme Jennings has had a front row seat to it all. A photojournalist for the Washington Examiner, the 39-year-old Aucklander is the… Audio
Oprah tells abusers - your time is up
We go to Los Angeles where the Golden Globes are being dished out at a lavish ceremony at Hollywood. The ceremony is being held against the background of the Harvey Weinstein scandal and many… Audio
Zuckerberg vows to fix Facebook
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has set a personal challenge for 2018 to 'fix' facebook. Audio
Jon Ronson: the cost of free pornography
Writer and journalist Jon Ronson has made a career out of investigating unusual characters. He explores the porn industry in his podcast series The Butterfly Effect. Audio
Former RNZer Lloyd Scott awarded NZ Order of Merit
RNZ stalwart, former presenter Lloyd Scott has just been made a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
Lloyd has spent more than 50 years working in broadcasting, theatre and television. Audio
The Best of 2017 - Kathryn Ryan with Lloyd Scott
For 13 years Lloyd Scott was a much loved voice through the night on RNZ until he retired last August. Just after he signed off the airwaves for the last time, he spoke with Kathryn Ryan on Nine to… Audio
The perils of taking on the trolls
Media personalities sometimes confront the online trolls that abuse them on social media and text messages. But are they always able to claim the moral high ground? Audio
