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Parliament makes a rare step and amends a reserved provision of electoral law — something designed to be hard to achieve. Audio

Alexa and Siri have become a fairly common part of households in recent years.

The AI assistants offer reminders, answer tricky questions, and can help people to make calls or send emails and text… Audio

A sweet gesture by Shaan Caskey's four-year-old daughter was the catalyst for the New Plymouth man to write a book for kids whose parents need a lot of rest – Daddy Needs to Sleep Today. Shaan has a… Audio

Journalist and best-selling author Ben Macintyre is behind some of the most thrilling tales of espionage and World War II non-fiction; A Spy Among Friends, The Spy and the Traitor, Agent Sonya and… Audio, Gallery

Warm rain and a mix of sunshine has kicked grass out of the ground across the country. It's a relief for many across the North Island trying to get silage together. Farmers are treading water in… Audio

Behind the scenes at the Auckland War Memorial Museum, a "menagerie" of specimens is a treasure trove for curator Dr Matt Rayner, who is researching how the Hauraki Gulf's seabirds are faring using… 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

A high-tech farming system which lets dairy cows move around without fences has also meant big changes for dairy workers. The young team on Pete Morgan's farm aren't just moving breaks and pushing… 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

Auckland Council is pleading locals to stop releasing goldfish into local lakes and streams as the fish and plants play havoc with the water quality.

Goldfish have turned up in ponds and streams… 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.

Gifted barber Jimmy remembers his childhood, a broken relationship, and the injustice he is living with since his mothers passing. Video

In his new book Fake Believe, writer and filmmaker Dylan Reeve takes a deep dive into how alternative beliefs are shared and adopted here in New Zealand. Video, Audio

Since axolotls appeared in the hit video game Minecraft last year, a growing number of the smiley amphibians have been turning up at Wellington's animal charities. Audio

Tonight on TVNZ 1 a documentary is screening looking at the dangers of dating apps in New Zealand. Called, Swipe With Caution, it focusses on the Grace Millane case, but also speaks to other young… Audio

As an "alpha introvert", Richard Osman says it was his worst nightmare to become a TV presenter for the first time at 40-odd – but he now loves hosting the quiz show Pointless.  Video, Audio

Dave and Caroline Armstrong took over the job of organising the biennial Upsurge Festival in the Bay of Islands just before Covid hit. It was cancelled last year, postponed in April this year - and… Audio

School avoidance that stems from anxiety is very different to truancy and requires careful management, says psychologist Dr Emma Woodward. Audio

Molecular nutritionist Dr Emma Beckett talks to Jim about coffee drinking. She's a senior lecturer in the food science and human nutrition school at Newcastle. Audio

The owners of a derelict coolstores building on the banks of the Pātea River in Taranaki are being put on notice that it is structurally unsound and more must be done to keep people out of it. Video, Audio

Rising musical theatre star Rutene Spooner is getting ready to hit the road with his show Thoroughly Modern Maui, in which the tricky demigod gets a modern-day makeover. Spooner wrote and performs in… Video, Audio

Farmers In Waikato say they don't want any more rain for some time as July had double the usual amount. Calving is well underway In Southland and cows are munching their way through beet and swede… Audio

The country's only kaupapa Māori , social enterprise energy retailer says 130,000 households experience energy poverty, and it needs help to end that. Nau Mai RÄ was established a year ago. It is… Audio

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

Paediatric dietician Jenny Douglas talks to Susie about how to best nourish infants and young children. Jenny runs her own private practice, Jump Start Nutrition in Dunedin. She specialises in infant… Audio

After decades of studying circadian rhythms, Oxford University sleep scientist Russell Foster shares his findings in the new book Life Time: The New Science of the Body Clock, and How It Can… Audio

Jackie Flynn Mogensen is a reporter with the American magazine, Mother Jones. Her recent article 'A Plane of Monkeys, a Pandemic, and a Botched Deal: Inside the Science Crisis You've Never Heard Of'… Audio

Did you know you can go on a virtual dive into New Zealand marine reserves and help discover and count our fish species? Spyfish Aotearoa is a citizen science project between DOC and the charitable… Audio

Psychologist Sarb Johal say ambivalence about parenting can strike at any time - even in the lead up to parenting. He says it's totally normal but because few parents ever voice these feelings, it's… Audio