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Wendyl Nissen and her mum had a difficult relationship. That all changed when her mother got Alzheimer's and she starting spilling out family secrets. Audio

From Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, with the Revd Ivica Gregurec presiding, and the Very Revd Anne Mills preaching. Audio

Tony Stamp lends an ear to new releases by Los Angeles singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey, Christchurch DYI maestros Wurld Series, and a compilation of exploratory sounds from 1980/90s Japan. Audio

Sharon Brettkelly takes a trip with bee rescuer Jessie Baker to look at the urban beehives that are buzzing away on city rooftops.  Audio

Tony Stamp checks out the latest from Rwanda-NZ rapper Raiza Biza, Christian indie strummer Julien Baker, and a collection of seventies Nigerian funk curated by the resourceful record label Analog… Audio

Evolutionary psychologist Robin Dunbar has discovered that our friendships are governed by secret rules. He joins the show to discuss friendship and his new book, Friends: Understanding the Power of… Audio

Hundreds of businesses are hanging on for New Zealand and Australia to establish a quarantine-free travel arrangement, Auckland Airport's chief executive says.

There have been months of negotiations… Video, Audio

Hollywood leading man Gabriel Byrne has played some memorable roles in his prolific film career, but his new autobiography, Walking With Ghosts, could be considered his boldest and most dramatic work… Audio

Hymns on Sunday this week features hymns for Lent and two very different settings of Psalm 130: "Out of the depths I cry to you, Lord". Audio

Today's expert was all about sharks. Clinton Duffy is a marine scientist at the Department of Conservation with a very keen interest in sharks, he joined Jesse to talk about them and answer listener… Audio

Is stem cell treatment the holy grail of regenerative medicine or a over-hyped fakery? Stem cells have been called the body's raw materials - or the master builders generating all our tissues and… Audio

William Dart looks over the three decade career of Ani DiFranco and reviews her new album Revolutionary Love. Audio

Four adventurous women discuss their lives with Miriama Kamo in the opener to the 2020 WORD Christchurch writers' festival Audio

Hear hymns sung in some great acoustics, including St Paul’s Cathedral and Westminster Abbey in London, Washington National Cathedral, and the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul right here in New… Audio

In this week's Hymns on Sunday Summer Requests programme we've some familiar favourites, including Charles Wesley's And Can It Be, and The Lord's My Shepherd set to Jessie Seymour Irvine's tune… Audio

The 2020 Christmas Day church service from the Catholic Cathedral Of St Patrick & St Joseph in Auckland features Bishop Michael Gielen and the cathedral's choir and vocal ensemble. Audio

Bay of Plenty kiwfruit growers are being kept awake at night over the worker shortage and calves are being weaned, drenched and vaccinated in South Otago. Audio

Prior to 1958 mortality rates for babies born with heart conditions was extremely high. But a groundbreaking open heart surgery performed 62 years ago at Greenlane Hospital by Sir Brian Barratt-Boyes… Audio

Dr Claudia Kawas is searching for the secrets to living a longer and healthier life. Kawas and her team have been running a major study of ageing California residents for more than two decades. She… Audio

Green Party co-leader James Shaw made one of the cheekier requests during Parliament's opening day when he asked speaker Trevor Mallard to bin rules requiring male MPs to wear ties.

Checkpoint… Video, Audio

What hymns did you choose for your wedding? This week in Hymns on Sunday you can hear some of Queen Elizabeth II's choices - her 73rd wedding anniversary is coming up on 20 November. Audio

A new book, Eat the Buddha by foreign correspondent Barbara Demick, focuses on protests by Tibetan monks in one town in China to peel away layers of hurt and history.

People tend to think of the Kaimanawa ferals when the subject of wild horses in New Zealand comes up, but there is a significantly larger number of wild horses in Northland. Kelly Wilson's new book… Audio

Performed by Eliza Boom (sop), Natasha Wilson (sop), Manase Latu (ten), Somi Kim (piano). Recorded at the Auckland Opera Studio's Gala Concert in the Auckland Concert Chamber, 2 August 2020. Audio

In Hymns on Sunday this week, you can hear 'one of the most perfect tunes in existence'. That's how composer Hubert Parry described the traditional Irish tune Londonderry Air, paired here with Timothy… Audio

We check out some of the UK's favourite hymns today. The BBC's Songs of Praise programme ran a survey last year - perhaps some will be your favourites, too. Audio

Age has set beloved Australian writer and broadcaster Robert Dessaix free. He travels the world having conversations about ageing to understand not just the. Its all detailed in his new book, The Time… Audio

Miriam Lancewood's first book, Woman in the Wilderness, told her story of living for seven years in the NZ bush with her husband. Her gripping sequel to the international bestseller, Wild at Heart… Audio

Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Lately. This week: The 'big debate' debate, a revealing political poll, more Patrick Gower and more weed; some unpleasant fallout from a broadcasting complaint… Audio