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Marlborough's Pinoli Premium Pine Nuts was crowned supreme champion at this year's Outstanding New Zealand Food Producer Awards. Co-founder Lee Paterson speaks to Susan Murray. 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

Five New Zealand Muslims share their experiences of Ramadan – the most blessed month of the Islamic calendar –  and their plans for Eid al-Fitr – the festival of breaking the fast.

Auckland pastry chef Petra Galler got a special shout-out from Middle Eastern food maestro Yotam Ottolenghi for her new recipe book. Butter, Butter: Sometimes more is more features rich, decadent… Audio

A Dunedin ice cream shop has had to stop making its custom waffle cones because it cannot get enough eggs.

Patti's and Cream churns through hundreds of eggs a week, making the cones and speciality… Video, Audio

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

It's been three years since celebrated New Zealand chef Peter Gordon returned to New Zealand from the UK. He was lucky to get a flight home as the country was going into lockdown. He'd spent 31 years… Audio

Parents can help their teenage children avoid patterns of emotional overreaction, says psychologist Michael Hawton. His new book The Anxiety Coach is a guide for parents on how to help young people… Audio

Australia has drawn closer to traditional allies the US and UK by inking its nuclear submarine deal. Meanwhile our foreign minister's just returned from China where some delicate diplomacy has been… Audio

School students have lamented getting detentions because their buses are so late - or do not show up at all.

Residents of East Coast Bays in Auckland say a severe shortage of buses is leaving people… Video, Audio

MediaWorks’ news boss Dallas Gurney has resigned, soon after the sudden departure of the chief executive who appointed him. It leaves a leadership void at the broadcaster at a tricky time and it casts…

Welsh born, Matt Morgan is an intensive care doctor, researcher and author, currently working in Western Australia. Dr Morgan says we can look to nature to provide valuable lessons and solutions to… Audio

While somewhat bound politically by Labour's promise of no new taxes this term, Finance Minister Grant Robertson is keeping all options open in his search for a way to fund the recovery from Cyclone… Audio

On the hard-hit west coast beaches in Auckland communities are still dealing with the threat of land slips and the realities of red stickered homes.

In Piha, some people are still calling the surf… Video, Audio

Cyclone Gabrielle buried homes and took lives, including those of rescuers, this week. But as it bore down on the country, front-rank hosts at Newstalk ZB played down the danger it posed… Audio

Tony Stamp reviews albums from American indie pop musician Grace Ives, Palestinian producer Julmud, and hip hop artist Oddisee. Audio

Writer-director Charlotte Wells chats to Simon Morris about the father-daughter relationship in Aftersun - a little gem of a film with two dynamite leads. Video, Audio

Rugby fan and comedian James Nokise explains how he came to take a more serious look at the state of Pacific rugby.

Kiwi musician and producer Tiki Taane shares six favourite tracks he's worked on and chats about his career. Video, Audio

US psychologist, Dr Becky Kennedy and author of Good Inside trouble shoots a range of scenarios facing parents, including sibling rivalry, separation anxiety and tantrums. She has 1.6 million… Audio

It's one of the most gruelling races on the planet - in fact it's so tough only four people have ever finished it. Held on the beautiful Blackmore Station in Southland, The Revenant is a 200 kilometre… Audio

It's one of the most gruelling races on the planet - so tough that only four people have ever finished it. The Revenant ultra adventure run gets underway at Welcome Rock on Blackmore Station in… Audio

New Zealanders ingenuity and number 8 wire mentality extends to local inventors and entrepreneurs, who have come up with some innovative gadgets to aid and inspire music makers in their creative… Audio

Pattrick discusses what will happen if inflation starts coming down, will equities markets rebound?. Also, how far could house prices fall?. He also looks ahead to next winter's electricity supply. He… Audio

Parliament began its final sitting block of the year this week by cancelling a reservation it made two weeks ago. No, it wasn’t for a Christmas function. It was confusing, but we can help with that. Audio

It's the busiest time of the year for New Zealand Post, with 2.2 million parcels processed through its depots last week.

They're dealing with Black Friday orders, as well as the usual Christmas trade… Video, Audio

One press conference question at a Prime Ministerial summit kicked off a wave of social media scorn this week - and even criticism and international headlines about sexism. But media made a better… Audio

Simon Devitt describes the houses he likes to photograph as "self-assured, poetic and sustainable". And he's brought together 30 of his favourites in a book called Cape to Bluff. Some are intriguing… Audio, Gallery

For more than 30 years the nation's independent producers have been able to bid for money from the public purse to make programmes via New Zealand on Air. But from next year, the new public media… Audio

A dwindling workforce and tricky legal territory is putting the world of fossil hunting on shaky ground. Audio