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With potentially quite a few of us facing home isolation in the months ahead as Omicron spreads, it's a good time to think about the community and neighbourhood support that you may need. Video, Audio

School's back and while that's probably a welcome relief for parents after a long summer, it might not be plain sailing for every kid. There's the change in routine, new faces and maybe even a whole… Audio

Ten years ago, Julia Milne started teaching children at a Hutt Valley primary school how to grow their own kai. That project has become Common Unity - a community hub that feeds 2,000 schoolchildren… Video, Audio, Gallery

Dozens of cafe, resturant and venue owners in central Auckland say they are on the brink of bankruptcy, with the looming Omicron wave keeping customers away.

More than 60 have signed an open letter… Audio

Backers of new food storage facilties in Auckland say the project will help the country prepare for future pandemic food shortages.

New facilities for fast-moving consumer goods are planned for Drury… Audio

We check out an app that is helping to combat transnational crime in the Pacific. Audio

Claire learns about honey fingerprinting while Katy Gosset meets a scientist studying the anti-microbial properties of some native plants. Audio

The government's helping hand to an industry in trouble - the media - has more than the usual critics, most of them concerned about journalists being too scared to bite the hand that's feeding them. 

How New Zealand plants might help in the fight against soil contamination. Katy Gosset meets a scientist who's studying the anti-microbial properties of our native species. Audio

California based psychiatrist Mimi Winsberg has been studying the insights the language of text can provide about the personalities of online daters. Her book Speaking in Thumbs expands on the subtle… Audio

The government last week delivered a timeline for the border to - slowly - crack open again, but many in the primary sector fear it'll be too late to make a dent in their worker shortages and help… Audio

Fiji's attorney-general Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has announced on Twitter a SpaceX team is in Fiji to help reconnect Tonga to the world.

It comes two weeks after Elon Musk offered to send Starlink… Audio

South Auckland primary schools are considering whether to allow vaccine clinics on site to help vaccinate the region's five-to-eleven year olds.

Principals in the area say Counties Manukau DHB has… Audio

Taiwai Point appears booked for a blockbuster year - and many in Southland are hoping that means life for the smelter will continue well past 2024, when its cut-rate power contract expires. 

The… Audio

The Agricultural Minister wants farmers, growers and lifestyle block owners to sort a contingency plan in the event they catch Covid-19.

To help that, Damien O'Connor has announced a $400,000 fund… Audio

Two shipments of aid donated by New Zealanders have arrived in Tonga but unloading them is proving a challenge. Audio

Two legends of Fiji Rugby have been appointed as assistant coaches for the National Sevens Team. Audio

Covid Modelling Aotearoa is standing by its latest projections of an Omicron outbreak leading to thousands of hospitalisations every day. Video, Audio

Dr Emma Woodward talks to Jesse about how to protect children from online rabbit holes and fake news. Audio

Watching Kiwi chefs get creative with their award-winning fresh cheeses is one of the perks of the job for Flavia Spena and Flavio Donati from ViaVio. Originally from Rome, the couple now produces a… Audio

Te Rūnanga Nui o Ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori have filed an urgent claim over the state of Māori education to the Waitangi Tribunal.

The claim is on behalf of all 63 kura and the whānau of 6500 students… Audio

There was good news for the arts and culture sectors last week with the government announcing 121-million dollars in funding to help practitioners through the latest phase of the pandemic. With… Audio

For years Māori journalism leaders warned a lack of training, investment and opportunities meant Māori people and perspectives were mostly missing in our media. But more effort and money than ever… Audio

Yola is a Bristol-born, Nashville based musician and singer who blurs the boundaries between soul, country, and disco, and is earning high praise for it – her second album Stand For Myself, produced… Video, Audio

Tony Stamp absorbs a record about caring by American soul maestro Curtis Harding, a drip-fed double album by dream-pop luminaries Beach House, and the latest high energy outing from local hip-hop… Audio

Love them or loathe them, the English band UB40 are deeply entwined into Aotearoa's musical DNA. Yadana Saw explores how a reggae-pop band from the British West Midlands burrowed into the South… Video, Audio

Silver Fern Maia Wilson (Te Rarawa,Te Waiohua) is excited to help weave Māori culture into New Zealand netball. She hopes to eventually see "iwi influences" reflected in the uniform of the… Video, Audio

Volker Kuntzsch passionately believes New Zealand needs to move towards more ocean-based primary production, with plankton and seaweed leading a burgeoning blue economy.  Audio

Builder Stan Scott is back for 2022 ready to help listeners with their DIY projects at home. Audio

When chef and owner of Ima Cuisine heard about the likelihood of many New Zealanders becoming unwell with omicron, her Jewish mothering instincts kicked in. She started making chicken soup! Audio