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Jack Waley-Cohen is the question master behind the BBC's fiendishly difficult quiz shows Only Connect, Countdown & The Weakest Link. This summer he just happened to be in New Zealand, driving around… Audio

We let machines decide many of our day to day decisions, but what could happen if artificial intelligence steps in to make even harder ones for us?  Audio

New Zealanders like to think we have a “Number 8 Wire Mentality” - a rough and ready enthusiasm for fixing and building stuff with limited resources.  Video, Audio

From a standing start of little tank engines chugging along wooden rails, New Zealand built a vast rail network, made up of enough steel rail to wrap halfway around the moon. Video, Audio

Marine mammals were a source of food and clothing for Māori and Moriori, and valuable oil for Europeans. Hunting them brought cultures together, made fortunes and cost lives but today it's saving them… Video, Audio

These are the wars that cost more lives than any other in our history. Stretched over more than a decade & the entire country, these conflicts changed Māori warfare & much of what came next.

The clock is ticking for people who plan to stand for local government this year.

With the cut-off time looming, some councils have far fewer candidates than usual - causing fears that some seats may… Audio

A reported truce between the Killer Beez and Tribesmen is considered an 'incredibly tricky' achievement.

In the past month, tense turf wards in Auckland and Northland have boiled over to gun violence… Audio

Lynn speaks to Garth Wynne, who's been involved in educating teenage boys for decades and is now executive principal of Christ's College in Christchurch. Audio

Last year the biggest annual survey of Kiwis’ trust in news found it was on the slide, though it wasn’t quite clear why. Since then there’s been plenty of anti-media sentiment at anti-government… Audio

The legal challenge to the government's MIQ system enters its second and final day today. The case is brought by the Grounded Kiwis group which is arguing people have been stranded overseas for far… Audio

The mask mandate for school children is being ignored or misinterpreted by some principals and teachers.

Schools are also getting dubious or even bogus applications to exempt pupils from the… Audio

As we head into the festive season and summer holidays, you may be having some tricky conversations with your friends and whanau around following public health measures. Our reporter Ella Stewart… Audio

Travel and insurance agents are sending a warning to book overseas travel for 2022 at your peril with the Omicron variant on the scene and travel insurance unlikely to provide cover for any extended… Audio

Colin Powell, the first African American to hold the country's top cabinet position of secretary of state, has died at 84.

In many ways he shaped American foreign policy for decades, and for a time… Audio

The job of a contact tracer is difficult, delicate, and a race against the clock. 

Economists are often asked to forecast our financial futures. But how seriously should we take these predictions? David McLeish, senior portfolio manager at Fisher Funds talks to Jesse. Audio

Everyone has to pay their fair share of tax - but worldwide, the big tech multi-nationals have been getting away with paying far less than others. There are plans to change that.   Audio

A leading health official says the distribution of any Covid-19 vaccine will be a complex process and he hopes it will be explained clearly to the public.

Pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNTech… Audio

Tony is joined by RNZ Music's Yadana Saw and Fat Freddy's Drop MC Slave (AKA Mark Williams), to assess new songs from UK musicians Tricky, Slowthai, and SAULT, as well as kiwis in Berlin No Romance… Video, Audio

Decolonisation can be a tricky business, especially as we sometimes have to confront the activities of our ancestors and how they've benefited us. Audio

Attack on yacht off Ouvea investigated amid conflicting accounts of incident. Audio

The Marshall Islands is on track to see a record number of women seeking court intervention in domestic violence cases. Audio