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Each week a group of people gather at Avondale Library to work with wool that was destined to be destroyed. We speak to award-winning designer Liz Mitchell and Jill Ferrell - the passionate spinner… Audio

Now it's been a colourful sporting weekend in Auckland, with New Zealand's first Rainbow Games kicking off on Friday. Hundreds of athletes - many from overseas - have competed in a range of sports… Audio

Nearly 1000 British sub-postmasters were wrongly prosecuted or convicted of theft, false accounting and fraud, due to a faulty computer system. The story of the scandal is told in the TV drama Mr… Audio

Tony Stamp reviews the American musician's latest embrace of Americana, a release that shows deep familiarity and affection for past greats of the genre. Video, Audio

Oppenheimer has finally opened in Japan, eight months after it was released in the US. Japanese distributors delayed the release, following criticism the movie minimises the nuclear attacks on… Audio

Former New Zealand Army captain, Dr Ellen Joan Ford, was recognised with a Kiwibank Local Hero award last year for her work leading a team that freed over 500 Afghan refugees when the Taliban seized… Audio

Using the health star-rating for packaged food should be simple, but it's not Audio

Morgan Kane moved back home when she lost her job at a tech start up. It was the start of her move, with her husband, into market gardening. She and her parents welcome the advantages of… Audio

Brothers Callum and Archie Woodhouse have been named the top two finalists in this year's East Coast Young Farmer of the Year competition. We catch up with the siblings as they prepare for the next… Audio

Public Service Targets are set for a comeback but with job cuts looming over ministries and agencies, unions fear public servants are only being asked to do more with less.

Originally introduced by… Audio

Canada correspondent Ashleigh Stewart speaks to Susana Lei'ataua about Canada's Niagara region declaring a state of emergency due to an eclipse, Canada's plans for a free school lunch programme and… Audio

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace and panellists Boopsie Maran and David Farrar discuss how proposed Ministry job cuts could affect Wellington and tightening criteria for free vaccinations. Also, Boopsie… Audio

The Otago alpine cockroach is only found on the Rock and Pillar Range in Otago and can survive being frozen. Audio

As a young architecture student, Deidre Brown was told to "leave Māori architecture on the marae where it belongs".The University of Auckland professor  (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu) is the first academic… Video, Audio

The Chief economist at free market think tank the New Zealand Initiative says state spending needs to reduce to pre-Covid levels.

However, he questions whether blanket reductions at public sector… Audio

An extensive study on marine protected areas has found they're economically beneficial to both fishing and tourism.  Audio

The future of free school lunches is in doubt with the programme up for review as part of next month's Budget. The coalition has said funding for Ka Ora, Ka Ako - which feeds about 230,000 students a… Audio

The cost of living crisis is being felt nationwide, but nowhere more so than some of the charities set up to help those most in need. Just this week the disability not-for-profit "StarJam" which has… Audio

After struggling to find a dairy-free butter he liked, Craig Brown decided to create his own. Herbivore coconut butter is now available in Kiwi supermarkets and expanding into Asia. Audio

Nelson is to be the first region in the country to test out the kerbside collection of soft plastics due to a trial by the Packaging Forum.

The mayor Nick Smith says the current recycling scheme… Audio

Principals say scrapping public transport subsidies will only add to school absenteeism, just as the government gears up to tackle it. Audio

The Bounty Islands are tiny in terms of area – just some bits of granite jutting out of the ocean. But they are huge in terms of seabirds. James Frankham joins a team researching the erect-crested… Audio

Award-winning dancer and choreographer Rodney Bell (Ngāti Maniapoto) chats to Jesse Mulligan about some of his favourite things, including a book about silence, an '80s muscle magazine and a Bryan… Video, Audio

Nadia Lim's Farm series is back for a second season offering a peek behind the scenes into the life she's built after leaving the city for Royalburn Station.  Audio

Tauranga homeowners affected by landslides have been waiting 14 months for a solution. Audio

After making her name on television, Kiwi actress Sara Wiseman returns to the Auckland stage this month in the acclaimed medical drama The Effect. She talks to Susie Ferguson about theatre acting… Video, Audio

An Islamic organisation wants to know why the Government appears to be ditching the recommendation of the Christchurch mosque terror attacks royal commission of inquiry to outlaw "hate speech" having… Audio

Service cuts from the disability ministry caused panic and stress. How did it all go wrong? Audio

Author, journalist and broadcaster Guyon Espiner swaps notes with Anika on tough interviews, living with diabetes and life in general. Video, Audio