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Back in 2013, Gus Hayden was working as a chef in Wānaka when he saw an ad for spray-free apricots in the local newspaper. He bought a couple of banana boxes full, looked up preserving on the internet… Audio

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How does being a master distiller and Honorary Consul come together when your country is being ravaged by war? Kadambari Raghukumar talks to Oleksandr Kirichuk in this week's episode of Voices.  Audio

At the time of the COP26 summit held in Glasgow, Kim Hill speaks with journalist Tom Doig and veteran scientist Dave Lowe about the climate crisis. A highlight of 2021 Word Christchurch. Audio

Director, writer and producer Kevin Goetz has been at the centre of the movie research industry for more than 30 years. Goetz is also a member of the Academy and was in attendance at the Oscars this… Audio

Google and Facebook have distributed New Zealand media outlets' news online for years - for free. Local media companies joined forces last year in a bid to get them to pay for it. But one of the… Audio

Young aspiring actors, directors, designers, writers, and theatre artists are being invited to apply for a new Youth Theatre company in Tamakai Makarau. It's for 16-25 year olds, and it's the… Audio, Gallery

Which comes first – happiness or success? In other words, does success at work make you happy or does happiness make you more likely to succeed? After five years studying 1 million US Department of… Audio

Parliament’s Speaker is on a mission to stop workplace bullying and improve behaviour, even that of the ‘staff’ who can’t be fired. Audio

Tony Stamp reviews the latest album by theatrical folk maverick Aldous Harding, a wildly diverse array of talent on the first compilation from Auckland label Sunreturn, and a selection of sixties soul… Audio

In today's Focus on Politics podcast, investigative journalist Guyon Espiner talks to a leading defence lawyer, the chair of the IPCA and the commissioner of police about whether the police watchdog… Video, Audio

Professor Jeremy Nicholson is the Director of the Australian National Phenome Centre at Murdoch University and a leading researcher into Long Covid. His team is working with multiple universities… Audio

Along with bread and milk, butter has long been a staple in the Kiwi supermarket shop. However, with 500 grams now costing much as $7.50, is butter becoming a luxury item? Northland farmer and writer… Audio

Can New Zealand grow peanuts suitable for peanut butter? Eight varieties are being trialed in Northland and one looks particularly promising... Audio

The Transport Minister has hinted that the government could extend the three month discount on public transport tickets.

The half price fares on public transport last until the end of June. Today was… Video, Audio

The New Zealand education app Kami has been named in TIME Magazine's 100 most influential companies of 2022. Founder Hengjie Wang talks to Jesse about their platform and why it's so popular in the US.

The Christchurch City councillor subject to online harassment last year hopes more women can learn from her case.

Councillor Sara Templeton applied to the district court under the Harmful… Audio

The White Ferns may not have made it into the final four, but the 2022 Cricket World Cup is being hailed as a success for the women's game. Audio

A new Bill looks to make life easier for people affected by major disasters, following the human disaster created by shortcomings of the Earthquake Commission in its response to the Christchurch… Audio

The parents of a teenager who died suddenly from meningitis have delivered a petition to MPs, pleading for the government to fund vaccines against the disease.

Currently, just one vaccine is… Audio

Predator Free 2050 recently announced a huge funding package  that will be dispersed among six research projects helping to cleanse Aotearoa of invasive predators. Landcare Research wildlife ecologist… Audio

At the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research a team of scientists are working on what they believe will be the future of cancer treatment in New Zealand. Audio

A totalitarian government kidnaps indigenous children and brainwashes them in the NZ-Canadian sci-fi Night Raiders. Video, Audio

A Taranaki school's decision to canvas opinion on whether it should change the names of its classroom blocks has stirred up a range of emotions.

New Plymouth Girls' High School wants to know whether… Video, Audio

Claire Concannon visits the Malaghan Institute for Medical Research to learn about a new type of immune cell therapy which could be the future of cancer treatment in New Zealand. Audio

Predator Free 2050 will invest nearly $7 million on new projects to eradicate rats, stoats and possums from all of Aotearoa.

Professor Neil Gemmell of University of Otago has just received $200,000… Audio

The federal government in Australia says it is confident it has the numbers to toughen up its migration laws when the Senate votes on it either this week or in May.

If passed, the Migration Amendment… Audio

The National Party is saying no for now to the ACT Party's proposed referendum on the co-governance model of government.

ACT leader David Seymour says that sounds a lot like National is running away… Audio

A bill by any other name (would be utterly confusing). We decode the naming rules for Parliament’s bills and laws. Audio

New Zealand has reported its highest daily death toll for Covid-19 so far, with 34 people reported dead on Tuesday. 

Twenty-seven of the 34 who died with Covid over the past 10 days were aged over… Audio