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A group of volunteers in Wellington are on a mission to rid the city of Old Man's Beard, a vine that smothers New Zealand native bush. Nigel Charman from Old Man's Beard Free Wellington speaks to… Audio

Is the country's secret Santa this Christmas ..a recession. Some economists unwrapping GDP figures today got a shock to see Aotearoa's economy shrunk point-three-percent in the September quarter… Video, Audio

Host Jesse Mulligan shares his five favourite interviews from RNZ's weekday afternoon show.

What counts as “urgent” enough for immediate mental health care has become “narrower and narrower”, says an experienced psychologist. Video

A team of University of Auckland researchers have transformed an abandoned bowling green in Waharoa, a rural community in Waikato, into a 'public edible landscape' - a big greenhouse full of crops and… Audio

A road safety charity believes a u-turn on a policy that's seen lower speed limits on some roads, will cost lives. The government plans to stop what it calls blanket speed limit reductions. The Labour… Video, Audio

There's some good news coming for New Zealand travellers.

Air New Zealand has revealed it's working with the world's biggest satellite internet service provider, Starlink, to introduce free high… Audio

People are asking for more help, more often with mental health distress. But we are short by several hundred psychologists and psychiatrists. Video

Launched in June 1977 Rip It Up, was a free monthly music magazine, distributed through record shops nationwide. Now 13 years more years of Rip It Up, from 1986 to 1998, are able to be read online… Audio

Lovers of word games might love our next story The word game Gubbins is the brainchild of some Aussies who came up with idea while under lockdown in Melbourne The game was rejected by many investors… Audio

Former Health Minister Andrew Little admits “there was a bit of cannibalising the system” in the largest mental health programme introduced by Labour.

Ever experienced that awkward Christmas work do where someone is on the wrong side of boozed, standing inappropriately close trash talking the boss who is behind them? Or your coworker dancing like… Video, Audio

The number of Members of Parliament who come from farming backgrounds has risen markedly, while the average age of MPs has bumped up to near 50. Audio

The market for DVD and Blu-ray is shrinking along with the shelf space, but is it really the end for physical media, asks Dan Slevin.

Since November 2021 terminally ill New Zealanders have had the right to seek a medically assisted death, provisioned by the End of Life Choice Act. Since then, from more than 1400 applicants, 565… Audio

With New Zealand's worst ever results in the OECD's PISA tests, high truancy rates and National's coalition agreements - the new education minister has her work cut out for her. The government has… Audio

Over almost half a decade, an historic $2b was poured into mental healthcare. What has it actually achieved? Video

A 75 year old UN declaration still holds sway over New Zealand's legislation and conduct. But the Human Rights Commission sees threats around the corner.  Audio

US journalist, novelist and playwright George Packer may be best known for his work in the New Yorker and The Atlantic regarding U.S. foreign policy, and for his book The Assassins' Gate: America in… Audio

To celebrate International Tango Day on Monday 11 December, Aotearoa’s quintet Aotango will be turning the Te Ao Mārama South Atrium at the Auckland Museum into a dance floor with a world music and… Audio

In former government minister Chris Finlayson’s 2022 book Yes Minister he wrote that “The primary responsibility of a National minister for arts, culture and heritage, is to keep the luvvies at bay… Audio

The international consensus is that one in ten people who get Covid will feel long-lasting effects. That would mean that of the 900 or so cases being reported every day in this resurgence we're… Audio

A new Parliament, a new Prime Minister, a new Speaker. There was a lot going on at Parliament in the first week of its 54th incarnation. Audio

In this week’s programme for the Second Sunday of Advent, we look towards Christmas with a carol by Shirley Murray and Jillian Bray; there’s an atmospheric recording in Westminster Abbey of Let all… Audio

Tony Stamp reviews a string-laden set from the Wellington band. Video, Audio