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Fears of an invasion have heightened further after Russia extended military drills in Belarus that were due to end overnight.

US secretary of State Antony Blinken said the move made him even more… Audio

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

Dominion Post editor Anna Fifield says after 20 years reporting offshore - she’s shocked at the “communications industrial complex” she says shields our government and public service from media… Audio

One of the best things about the last couple of weeks on the Laugh Track is that the guests - mostly about to star in the upcoming Fringe Festival - have generally picked other Fringe performers. It… Audio

Joining us to discuss the impact Omicron has had on the flu season in the Northern Hemisphere - and how things are likely to play out in this country - is New Zealander Dr Richard Webby, who is an… 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

Almost half the world will go through menopause. Yet it remains criminally underdiscussed. Niki Bezzant joins us to discuss her new book, This Changes Everything, which has been billed as a… Audio

For many of us, chit-chatting with strangers seems like nothing less than cruel and unusual punishment. However, new research suggests our negative expectations of talking to strangers are generally… Audio

Radio Free Europe's Mike Eckel recently spent five days on the frontline in Verkhnotorestke, north of the separatist-held provincial capital of Donetsk. He's with us to discuss the tensions along the… 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

Chris Kraus' upcoming novel The Four Spent the Day Together tells the story of a violent methamphetamine murder involving four teenagers on the Iron Range of Minnesota. Best-known for the… 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

We conclude our talanoa series on new research into drug trafficking in the Pacific. Audio

The weather in Taranaki has calmed down and farms are drying out after storms two weekends in a row. The early variety Smitten, Breeze and Gala apples are being picked and packed for export in the… Audio

Immunisation Advisory Centre Medical Advisor Professor Peter McIntyre has told Checkpoint there has been "mandate creep" in schools where children are not mandated to be vaccinated, but are being… Video, Audio

On Monday the Ministry of Health issued a statement advising that of the 20.000 swabs taken in Auckland, about 80 to 90 percent of those who turned up didn't need to.

Royal NZ College of GPs Dr Bryan… Video, Audio

Charlotte Ryan, host of Music 101 here on RNZ each Saturday afternoon from midday talks about what's happening on the music scene over the weekend, what's coming up on her show tomorrow and picks us a… 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

We continue our talanoa series on new research into drug trafficking in the Pacific. Audio

A week of questions in Parliament: Some opposition go with 'show me the money' and some with 'defend the covid rules'. Audio

Chelsea Rapp, who's the chair of the New Zealand Game Developers Association, joins us to bust some stereotypes about gaming! 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

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

Red Rocket is a new movie written and directed by Sean Baker (The Florida Project). Simon Rex plays a loser hoping to revive his shady movie career with the aid of a young girl called Strawberry. Video, Audio

Death on the Nile is Sir Kenneth Branagh's followup to his successful Murder on the Orient Express in 2017. It stars Gal Gadot, Annette Bening, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, with Branagh himself… Video, Audio

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

This week the United States released its Indo Pacific Strategy very clearly outlining its concern with the rising influence of China in the region and emphasising the need for a "Free and Open… Audio

All eyes were on Russia over the past few hours as President Putin and the German Chancellor Olaf Scholtz held a joint press conference after meeting in Moscow. This follows Russia's Defence Ministry… Audio

For the first time, women are starting to talk about menopause and employers are being warned to ignore it at their peril.  Audio