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Is the country's secret Santa this Christmas ..a recession. Some economists unwrapping GDP figures today got a shock to see Aotearoa's economy shrunk point-three-percent in the September quarter… Video, Audio

Host Jesse Mulligan shares his five favourite interviews from RNZ's weekday afternoon show.

It's less than two years until the 2025 Special Olympics National Summer Games to be held in Otautahi Christchurch. For local Special Olympics clubs, it means raising the funds to get them there. Audio

What counts as “urgent” enough for immediate mental health care has become “narrower and narrower”, says an experienced psychologist. Video

A road safety charity believes a u-turn on a policy that's seen lower speed limits on some roads, will cost lives. The government plans to stop what it calls blanket speed limit reductions. The Labour… Video, Audio

People are asking for more help, more often with mental health distress. But we are short by several hundred psychologists and psychiatrists. Video

Lovers of word games might love our next story The word game Gubbins is the brainchild of some Aussies who came up with idea while under lockdown in Melbourne The game was rejected by many investors… Audio

Former Health Minister Andrew Little admits “there was a bit of cannibalising the system” in the largest mental health programme introduced by Labour.

Mal Evans was many things to the Beatles, road manager, bodyguard and keeper of their guitar picks, a little weed and a secrets he kept in meticulous notes and diary entries. Now his book has finally… Audio

With summer on the doorstep and outdoor adventures on the agenda for the holidays, this week's expert topic is a timely one. We're talking about first aid, how to be prepared and what you can do to… Audio

The market for DVD and Blu-ray is shrinking along with the shelf space, but is it really the end for physical media, asks Dan Slevin.

Over almost half a decade, an historic $2b was poured into mental healthcare. What has it actually achieved? Video

Last year, billionaire Elon Musk tweeted that population collapse due to low birth rates is a much bigger risk to civilization than global warming. It is a trend occurring in many countries and… Audio

A dairy programme in Sri Lanka is lifting rural communities out of poverty. Selina Prem Kumar and charity Tearfund set the programme up in 2009 and with support from Kiwi farmers, it's grown from… Video, Audio

A new Parliament, a new Prime Minister, a new Speaker. There was a lot going on at Parliament in the first week of its 54th incarnation. Audio

In this week’s programme for the Second Sunday of Advent, we look towards Christmas with a carol by Shirley Murray and Jillian Bray; there’s an atmospheric recording in Westminster Abbey of Let all… Audio

This week on Country Life; A dairy programme in Sri Lanka is lifting rural communities out of poverty. Selina Prem Kumar and charity Tearfund set the programme up in 2009 and with help from Kiwi… Audio

Otorohanga College is being forced to close its rundown boarding hostel because it doesnt have the money to fix it up. It broke the news to parents and students this afternoon after unsucessfully… Video, Audio

Tairawhiti's rescue helicopter service is sounding the alarm that lives are at risk due to its inability to fly in low cloud. As early as last week, it had to abandon a potential rescue of people… Audio

A Napier neighbourhood's allegedly been dogged by noise that's driving them barking mad. A pair of fluffy Shih Tzu crosses Ruby and Simba living on Napier Hill, have 17 complaints against them for… Video, Audio

Elizabeth Cracroft is the creator of the theatre show REHAB which aims to break down the stigma of addiction. The show was on at Auckland's Basement Theatre last month, and had it's first showing in… Audio

People who are using melatonin to help them sleep are questioning the price New Zealanders are paying for the medication.

Many including those who are neurodiverse say it costs too much and they are… Audio

A senior St John specialist has been questioned about why one of the first paramedics at the scene of the Christchurch terror attacks waited for orders before starting to help dead and dying victims.

Rachel pays homage to one of her adored ancestors, Matiretoha, in a waiata composed by Troy & Huia Kingi, before taking to the mic and performing her original love song, I te Pō. Video

Picture this: it's 5 o'clock, Friday evening, you've just finished work for the day. You head outside to where you parked your bike up. But... there's nothing there. Nothing except the 10-dollar lock… Audio

French cellist Victor Julien-Laferrière joins the APO to perform Dvořák's ever-popular concerto in a programme that also includes the bracing Concerto for Orchestra by Witold Lutosławski and a… Audio

More than 10,000 businesses have defaulted on $177 million worth of loans given out as part of the previous government's Covid support package. Two years on from the pandemic, IRD's now calling for… Video, Audio