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Christchurch barber Mataio (Matt) Brown wrote She is Not Your Rehab with his wife Sarah. They discuss the book and the global anti-violence movement it has spawned at 2021 WORD Christchurch. Audio

When photographer David Cook started taking pictures of his neighbours in a characterful Hamilton East state housing suburb back in the 1990s, nobody realised that gentrification was about to strike… Audio

Learning more about something that frightens or worries us may sound counterintuitive to some people, but according to psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr Jud Brewer, it's the first step to overcoming… Audio

Between panic buying and violent protests, the global pandemic has highlighted some of humankind's worst behaviours. But Dutch writer and historian Rutger Bregman insists that despite being painted as… Audio

Tony Stamp reviews a blockbuster concept album by Canadian pop star The Weeknd, smooth songs with spiky lyrics from Tāmaki Makaurau/ Maungaturoto songwriter Erny Belle, and the return of mid-2000s… Audio

The speed limit on a notorious stretch of highway has dropped to 80km/h an hour today.

Motorists will now have to drive slower for about 70 kilometres between Napier and Taupō in a bid to make the… Video, Audio

Wendy Mitchell was diagnosed with young-onset dementia in 2014, when she was just 58 years old. But, rather than this signaling the start of a total decline, for Mitchell the diagnosis offered a new… Video, Audio, Gallery

The occupation of parliament grounds and parts of Wellington's Central City enters its second weekend. Mayor of Wellington, Andy Foster, speaks to Karyn Hay about what people in the capital need to… Audio

One of Taranaki's pioneering environmentalists shows his ingenious method using ropes to help the visually impaired continue to enjoy growing things. Video, Audio

Omicron is continuing its silent creep through the community - with almost 2,000 cases reported today.

There are 73 people in hospital with the virus and one in ICU. The high demand for tests has… Video, Audio

Rachel Algar and her son Maxx have taken a special duckling under their wing and need some help. How do they reintroduce it into the wild? Audio

Ride-share drivers often cancel when they find out they're booked to pick up someone in a wheelchair, says New Zealand Paralympian Barney Koneferenisi. Fed up with this kind of treatment, the… Video, Audio

New research suggests that chimpanzees might be performing a type of first aid; on themselves, and more notably, on their peers. Chimpanzees in Gabon have been observed catching flying insects… Audio

Pasifika communities in New Zealand are being hit hard by the Omicron outbreak. Audio

Bike theft is an ongoing issue especially in Tāmaki Makaurau and it's an issue that has grown, with the popularity of e-bikes.

Now cyclists have an online tool to help track down their stolen bike… Video, Audio

Researchers have put the call out for 300 Auckland babies to take part in a trial to investigate the potential health benefits of kūmara. Audio

Pasifika health providers are dealing with a surge of Covid-19 numbers, while trying to help families through the changed contact tracing process.

Pasifika people now make up around half of the cases… Audio

The government is set to help more Māori get into work.

This morning it launched Te Mahere Whai Mahi Māori - the Māori Employment Action Plan.

Similar schemes have helped more than 10,000 Māori into… Audio

One of the UK's leading doctors in pain medicine says despite pain being a universal human experience, very little is still understood about the mechanics of it. As a result, much of the medications… Audio

The way ice crystals can kill the enjoyment of ice cream demonstrates the crucial role of texture in our experience of food, says scientist Yvonne Kuiper. Although we know texture is at least equally… Audio

A towing company owner says it would take two dozen trucks working unimpeded for a day or so to clear the more than 400 vehicles blockading streets around Parliament.

Police confirmed yesterday they… Audio

As numbers begin to soar into four-digit territory for Covid-19, Pasifika make up about half the current cases.

Community leaders are pushing hard to get enough resources out to families to help with… Audio

As you walk the high streets of the cities, you can't help but notice how the latest fashions hug their figures perfectly. That's right, we're talking about mannequins. One man who's been in the… Audio

Claire visits a macroalgae research facility in Tauranga to learn how and why the team there are growing large quantities of seaweed and freshwater macroalgae. Audio

Mannequins have decorated store windows for hundreds of years but in terms of size and shape they have stayed relatively the same.

Now there are renewed calls for them to better reflect the broad… Video, Audio

Queenstown hospitality is calling out for government support during the Omicron surge as isolation requirements push more to the brink.

Restaurants are cutting back hours and closing their doors to… Audio

Science journalist Catherine Price says fun is essential for health, resilience and productivity and explains how to have more of it ! Audio

After nine days of occupation, the police have decided to start removing vehicles, warning protesters won't be getting them back in a hurry.

Authorities have been delayed in their efforts to clear… Audio

An Otago schoolgirl ended up in hospital with concussion after three other students ripped her hijab off and beat her. 

Hoda Al-Jamaa was sitting with her friends at Otago Girls' High School when… Audio