Bug Hunt with Sam Purdie
Wildlife photographer and entomologist Sam Purdie is here to talk about his latest book, Insects of Aotearoa New Zealand, and we get into ev...
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A magazine programme hosted by Kim Hill, with long-form, in-depth feature interviews on current affairs, science, modern life, history, the arts and more.
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20 of 233 episodesMachine de Cirque Backflips into New Zealand
Ahead of their Nelson shows later this month, Maxim Laurin of Quebec City circus company Machine de Cirque joins us to talk about this circu...
Upping Your Kitchen Game with Del Holland
After a life working in world-class kitchens and as a private chef, Del Holland is now dedicated to sharing the knowledge necessary to help...
Dick Frizzell Puts a Logo on the Fight Against Child Poverty
Kiwi art legend Dick Frizzell joins us to talk about his latest piece, unveiled in the shadow of the Beehive, which asks why child poverty i...
Breaking Badly with Raygun
Two years ago, it was the summer of Raygun. That was Australian Olympic breakdancer Rachael Gunn, who achieved notoriety with her performanc...
Two Paddocks After Sam
Two Paddocks general manager Jacqui Murphy joins us with a report from on the ground at the central Otago winery that was owned by departed...
Radio in Prisons
The United Kingdom's Prison Radio Association broadcast 24 hours a day seven days a week to over 100 prisons across England and Wales, with...
Eavesdropping on Elephants
Behavioural ecologist Mickey Pardo has been tracking the vocal communication in African savannah elephants and has found the calls contain c...
Wellness Myth busting with Dr Laura Brockie
Doctor and medical communicator Laura Brockie came to talk to Kate about how to dispel some of the misinformation morass surrounding wellnes...
Bringing Gravestones into the Digital Age
Together Dain and Susana Guttenbeil are turning tragedy into hope and comfort for families in mourning.
What is the Auckland accent?
Linguist and speech researcher Dr Brooke Ross from the University of Auckland has been studying the overlooked sections of the New Zealand a...
What's behind the rise in ADHD diagnoses?
University of Canterbury psychologist and researcher Julia Rucklidge has been looking at nutritional interventions for mental illnesses, and...
The Black Ferns' Big Weekend
The mighty Black Ferns are gearing up to play a crucial game this weekend against the English Red Roses in the WXV Global Series. Kate spoke...
Running 50,000 kilometres in three years
Shannon-Leigh Litt set herself a goal of breaking a Guiness World Record, and has now run an ultramarathon every single day for nearly three...
The Woman Who Punched a Shark in the Face
Leah Stewart was attacked by a shark at Sydney's Coogee Beach in June. Now, the Kiwi-Australian woman is here to talk about how she managed...
Changemaker Mariner Fagaiava on making a difference
Mariner Fagaiava is a journalist, broadcaster and youth advocate who has been proudly telling the story of South Auckland's Pasifika and rai...
How to successfully navigate succession with Holly Egerton
In the next 25 years, $1.6 trillion is predicted to pass to the next generation Fair to say, there are plenty of us out there who are either...
The Pearl Fishers is back in NZ after 24 years
Famed opera The Pearl Fishers by Georges Bizet is coming to New Zealand this month with a modernised update from New Zealand Opera in partne...
Liz Cameron on surviving a cult
She was approached by an undercover recruiter in a Canberra bookshop in 2011, and within months she was deep in the belly of the beast of th...
Blood cancer treatment breakthrough with gene editing
Scientists in Australia are using CRISPR technology, which allows them to edit out specific genes to open up the treatment options for peopl...