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A sweet gesture by Shaan Caskey's four-year-old daughter was the catalyst for the New Plymouth man to write a book for kids whose parents need a lot of rest – Daddy Needs to Sleep Today. Shaan has a… Audio

A massive and irreplaceable archive of historically significant photographs is up for sale on the open market, after a lengthy ordeal abroad that almost saw them destroyed. Dubbed the Fairfax… Audio, Gallery

The AA says it wants to see lower speed limits and more road maintenance rolled out to help lower the road toll.

The transport agency's new Interim Speed Management Plan is proposing dropping limits… Audio

To Australia now where thousands of people in New South Wales are stranded after another bout of flooding New South Wales search and rescue say they will be calling on New Zealand for help after more… Audio

The Detail looks at what happens when sex offenders go to rehabilitation - does it work? Audio

Like a bridge over troubled waters, the debate for a second harbour crossing in Auckland rolls on.

The government has opened up consultation to see what residents in the city of sails want to help… Video, Audio

Most New Zealanders are all too aware of what a kick in the teeth a bill from the dentist can be.

New Zealanders spend $2.5 million a day on dental care, averaging $350 per visit which is crippling… Video, Audio

Rescue shelters are being pushed beyond their limits with a record number of sick and malnourished animals being abandoned.

The rising cost of living has many people struggling to even make ends meet… Video, Audio

There are 37 native plant species listed as critically endangered - can a seed bank help save them from extinction? Audio

The Herald - and its publisher NZME - has embarked on a months-long series to push back at short-term thinking and political tribalism holding back the post-Covid recovery. Mediawatch asks the driving… Audio

Every three years senior MPs meet to reimagine Parliament, considering which rule changes might strengthen representative democracy and executive oversight. Audio

November 13 is World Day of the Poor in the Catholic liturgical calendar. We’re marking the date with Graham Kendrick’s Beauty for Brokenness and Bread for the World by Bernadette Farrell. Audio

Elliott Childs reviews a collaboration between Vieux Farka Touré and Khruangbin, the latest album from Punch Brothers and a new EP from local band Sports Dreams. Audio

Songwriter Bill Callahan – aka "the deep voice of American solitude" – writes melancholy country-inspired songs that often sound like poems set to music. He talks to Kim Hill about purpose… Video, Audio

In Taranaki the temperature gauge is rising and pasture growth is finally looking good. In Southland, they're flat out tailing and some farmers are pleasantly surprised that their lambing tally is… Audio

 Sophie Dix is looking for a dozen young men who are living rurally to interview about the dating challenges they face for her sociology masters at Otago University. Sophie talks to Jesse about who… Audio

Debut crime writer Jacqueline Bublitz burst onto New Zealand's crime writing scene last year with Before You Knew My Name, it has now sold over 100,000 copies in Australia and New Zealand alone - an… Audio

More than 50 of Aotearoa's loveliest gardens feature in the new hardcover book New Zealand Gardens to Visit. It's the work of former NZ House and Garden journalist Rosemary Barraclough and… Audio

This week four backbencher bills got a shot at glory. Two were gloriously popular, one successful but contentious, and one pipped at the legislative post. Audio

Summer is on its way, and this week we're exploring both the power and the peril of the sun. First, we visit the Ultrafast Laser Lab to learn about efforts to create better solar panels. Then, we hear… Audio

A Napier man is in a fight with the Earthquake Commission seeking support to help recover from a flood that wreaked havoc in the city two years ago.

Paul Matthews says he had his own emergency two… Video, Audio

Summer is coming, and all we can think about is that sweet, sweet sunshine. Meet Dr Michael Price: a researcher using lasers to find better, more efficient solar panel materials.

More than 100 years after an Eltham woman sent tonnes of gingernuts to Kiwi troops fighting in the First World War, a couple running a local B&B aims to do the same for Ukraine. Using the same… Audio

As video stores have shut up shop across the country, one treasured rental store has persisted with help from its faithful customer base - but now, its days are numbered.

Aro Video has been proudly… Audio

New Zealand is providing climate funding to some of the developing countries facing damage from climate change. 

$20m has been ringfenced, with Aotearoa joining a small group of countries committing… Audio