Power
Lights out as power demand hits all-time high
Widespread parts of the North Island and parts of the South have been without power tonight as electricty demand touched an all-time high. Transpower asked lines companies to lessen the burden on the… Audio
Poorest customers pay highest power prices: Consumer NZ
People in areas with the lowest average incomes are paying the highest electricity prices in the country, according to the latest released data from MBIE, analysed by Consumer New Zealand. The MBIE… Audio
Javier Blas: The World for Sale
Javier Blas is chief energy correspondent at Bloomberg News and coauthor of The World For Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth's Resources. The book aims to lift the lid on the… Audio
Brace for higher power bills amid volatile wholesale market
Consumers are being warned their electricity bills will start to rise in reaction to a surge in the wholesale market. Audio
Raniere sentence brings closure for former NXIVM follower
NXIVM head Keith Raniere has been sentenced to 120 years in prison for turning some female followers into sex slaves. One of those ex-followers, Sarah Edmondson, who featured on the show in… Audio
How humankind has become an increasingly peaceful species
Homo sapiens can be the nicest of species and also the nastiest, according to Harvard University biological anthropologist Professor Richard Wrangham. He joins the show to discuss his book, The… Audio
The Suburban Solar Conundrum
The combination of solar panels, electricity storage batteries, smart household gadgets, and a boring looking black box is set to change forever how our electricity system works.
But do we need… Audio
The Weekend Panel with Linda Clark & Richard Harman
As election day creeps closer, the last week has seen more political scandals come to light, and politicians from both sides of the aisle handing in their resignations. Weekend panellists Linda Clark… Audio
The Weekend Panel with Linda Clark & Richard Harman
Linda Clark and Richard Harman offer their thoughts on issues like euthanasia and cannabis, but primarily this week it's politics, and how the new-look National party is positioned with the New… Audio
Off the grid: Life on Great Barrier Island during lockdown
Third generation Great Barrier Island resident Tom Daly is living off-the-grid with his wife Beth and three children under six -- Beau (6), Finn (4), Hucks (2). He talks to Jim about how they are all… Audio
Ill-equipped isolators place strain on Great Barrier Island
Great Barrier Island sounds like the ideal place to isolate during the lockdown but resident Tom Daly, who lives there with his wife and three kids, says some people have arrived on the island… Audio
Where does electricity come from?
Hold onto your hats - Nanogirl discovers where some of our electricity comes from and it's blowing a gale. Video, Audio
Northland power cut: Transpower still trying to find cause
Transpower says it is still trying to figure out what caused a massive power outage to the top of the North Island on Wednesday.
A circuit supplying power to Northland and the Far North tripped… Audio
Southport says smelter closure real risk
Meanwhile, the Bluff port operator, South Port, says the the risk of the smelter closing has to be taken seriously. Audio
Trustpower half year profit hit by weak hydro and power outage
A warm winter, low hydro-lake levels, and a power station outage have knocked Tauranga based Trustpower's half year profit. Audio
Jung Chang: 'I still have a tremendous optimism for China'
Chinese-born British writer Jung Chang joins the show to discuss her latest book Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister and why she still remains optimistic about the future of her homeland. Audio
Our Changing World for 19 September 2019
The largest wind tunnel in New Zealand is used to test everything from the effects of turbulence on drones to ancient building designs and tiny gas turbines. Audio
Men now avoid women in the workplace, research shows
A study out of the University of Houston shows that one in four men now avoid one-on-one meetings with women in the workplace. Professor Leanne Atwater joins the show to discuss the findings. Audio
From sworn religious enemies to peacemakers in action
Former enemies Imam Dr Muhammad Ashafa and Pastor Dr James Wuye spent years as the leaders of violent militias fighting each other in Nigeria, but an unlikely meeting saw their worlds come together in… Audio
3000 across Chch and Banks Peninsula without power
Thousands of households across Canterbury and Banks Peninsula are without power tonight. Orion spokesperson Linda McGregor says the power company may not be able to restore power to everyone tonight.
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