The ballerina Kiwis remember every Christmas
It's 100 years since a Russian ballerina visited our shores and left her name here forever. Everyone knows the pavlova was named after Anna...
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20 of 202 episodesLive from Koroneihana
Koroneihana celebrations are in the final days at Turangawaewae Marae in Ngaruawahia. The event is a week-long annual celebration of the ann...
100 Loos to Use Before You Die
No matter where you go in the world, you'll find toilets. But Lonely Planet editor Jessica Lockhart has discovered that not all toilets are...
The designer lending her creativity to violence prevention
Jordan Tane is an artist and designer whose experience of growing up takiwatanga - with autism - means she sees the world a little different...
Home is Where the Heartbreak is
This is Home is a new series on whakaata Maori that's about the struggles of a family to hold onto their homestead. It's based in Auckland a...
Dr Buzz Burrell on Surviving Winter Flu Season
Winter flu season has been hitting the country hard, and with it comes all the questions we start to wonder about every year - does being ou...
The man untangling Whales
Very few jobs in this country involve launching a rescue mission wearing a wetsuit - to save an animal as big as a bus. But DOC Marine Reser...
The forgotten history of NZ's Chinese poll tax
Five years after its sold-out debut, Pork and Poll Taxes returns, revisiting the little-known story of New Zealand's Chinese Poll Tax throug...
Can we regrow our teeth?
Going to the dentist doesn't exactly evoke joy for most. But are the days of drilling, filing and pulling teeth soon to be behind us? Hannel...
The Psychiatrist Who Can Now Prescribe MDMA
Dr Gary Wynn is one of two psychiatrists who have just been approved to administer and prescribe MDMA in New Zealand - the first time it's b...
Connecting the Dots: Climate, Oceans and Extreme Events
This week devastating flash flooding hit the Nepal-China border, resulting in hundreds missing and many feared dead. This year alone we've a...
How singing can ease neurological issues
As co-founder of the CeleBRation Choir at the University of Auckland's Centre for Brain Research back in 2009, music therapist Alison Talmag...
Dr Jessica Gerbic: the 12 stages of mauri
Many of us yearn to have more balance in our lives, to tune in and be guided by our energy levels. For Dr Jessica Gerbic it's been her caree...
Humans vs Algorithms on Broadway
Max Wolf Friedlich is being celebrated for writing the play Job, a testy two-hander which knits together the world of therapy and big tech t...
Is sleep our secret weapon?
Evolutionary anthropologist David R Samson has travelled far and wide in his search of sleep secrets, napping in chimpanzee nests and summer...
Fashion designer Vince Ropitini at NZ Fashion Week
Since last Monday designers from around the motu have been at New Zealand Fashion Week in Auckland. One of them is Vince Ropitini who has a...
A week-by-week guide to growing vegetables
Sarah O’Neil 'Growing Vegetables: A Simple Guide for New Zealand Gardeners', is a week by week look at what to grow, when, and how.
Mike Lew's new take on a Shakespeare's Richard III
Brooklyn-based playwright Mike Lew's work recontextualises Shakespeare's Richard III in a modern high school, with a cast list that puts dis...
Del Holland explains how to make the most of pantry staples
You know that random ingredient you bought for one recipe, used once, and then banished to the back of the pantry forever? Well, chef and fo...
Fehinti Balogun - the climate crisis is a class crisis
BAFTA-nominated British-Nigerian actor Fehinti Balogun on climate justice.