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An environmental engineer who helped move an entire Australian town to higher ground after catastrophic flooding says if people are at risk of repeat weather events, then relocation should be on the… Video, Audio

Mt Ruapehu skifield's decision to farewell a third of their workforce and limit operations has left Ohakune businesses shocked and heartbroken. Audio

The community of Te Anau have rallied together to create a festival to celebrate all things Ukulele.The Te Anau Ukulele Festival chair, Jackie Knowles talks to Jesse. Audio

A new way to extract DNA will mean that hundreds of thousands of shell samples in museums will now be available for study. PhD candidate at the University of Otago's Department of Zoology Kerry Walton… Audio

How do you land an interview with the president of Ukraine? It turns out it takes months of planning, persuasion, good timing - and a healthy dose of luck. Audio

Hayden Donnell joins us with Midweek Mediawatch to talk about this week in the media, including reporters out in the thick of it and the Sharma Drama . . . how have the media been handling it?... Audio

A new Speaker of Parliament was elected with widespread support today, with his authority tested early by an awkward speech from a rebel MP. Audio

Major disruptions across the top of Te Waipounamu, as the state highways connecting Blenheim and Nelson remain firmly shut.

The commute is now taking eight hours - with a diversion through… Video, Audio

Marlon Williams has a new album coming out. His third solo album, My Boy will be released on September 5. He stops by the Auckland studio to talk about his latest work and play a track, live, for us.

A Northland woman is offering up a secluded getaway free-of-charge for Nelson residents whose homes have been badly hit by flooding or landslides.

Kristan Lopes told Māni Dunlop why she was offering… Audio

Vidyamala Burch is a UK-based New Zealander whose mindfulness programme for chronic pain and other illnesses has just earned her an OBE. Through her own experience of extreme pain which began in her… Audio

It's local election season - but how much do we really know about the candidates standing for council? Audio

It's a frequently asked question up in the far north of the country and now one young entrepreneur has come up with a way to memorialise it on a t shirt Kaitaia-based ACA Clothing is now printing a… Audio

This week Parliament activity is dominated by the expected transition to a new Speaker, with the incumbent Trevor Mallard about to resign. Audio

Actions have consequences and harm is harm whether our actions impact people living right now or in the future. Oxford associate professor William MacAskill has a name for this, 'longtermism'. It's… Audio

Jenn Jones has managed to make a career out of transforming Auckland's drag queens into something exceptionally fabulous. She designs and makes the costumes for some of Aotearoa's most iconic… Audio

In his academic and professional career Australian Clinical Psychologist Zac Seidler has focused on understanding men's mental health and masculinity, reducing male suicide and the benefits of… Audio

Sea level rise is already destroying people's homes across the Pacific. How do you move a whole island community? Audio

'It's devastating' was the assessment of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern as she toured flood-hit Nelson today.

The scale of the damage from heavy rain and widespread flooding is immense, with some… Video, Audio

Today's expert guest telling us all there is to know about learning to sing. Sacha Vee is the founder of the SOLE Music Academy in Christchurch, which teaches singing among other things. Audio

Why is the Reserve Bank facing flak from every angle over its economic handling of the pandemic? Audio

This week, a documentary from Stuff Circuit delved into the country's growing extreme far-right and anti-vax movement. Why did the makers of Fire & Fury decide to platform a group of conspiracy-minded… Audio

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.  Audio

Right now there are dozens of major film shoots happening all over the country. But the independent sector is doing well too - particularly one project from the top of the South Island. Northspur was… Audio, Gallery

The annual Auckland Writers Festival is upon us, Waituhi o Tamaki, one of the best-attended festivals in the world, and on Festival Director Anne O'Brien talks to Jim.  Audio

A notorious white supremacist hit the headlines this week by seeking a spot on his local school board. Amid reports of a shortage of candidates for some local bodies, media have begun probing the… Audio

Ben Novak was 14 years old when he decided to dedicate his life to resurrecting extinct animals. Now, aged 35, Novak is a de-extinction biologist with Revive & Restore, an American organisation aiming… Audio, Gallery

Finding ground somewhere between memoir and history book, Fintan O'Toole documents the spectacular changes that have occurred in Ireland over the past six decades in his latest book We Don't Know… Audio

A state of emergency has been declared in Marlborough, with more heavy rain expected to fall on the water-saturated region overnight. Audio