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During the 2019 measles outbreak in Samoa Barbara Dreaver reported on an ill-equipped healthcare system, complex tensions between traditional and western medicine, and the tragic and preventable loss… Audio

Aucklanders have just a few hours left to have their say on sweeping cuts the council's proposing to meet a massive shortfall in its annual budget.

The region's libraries stand to lose funding… Video, Audio

This week Parliament changes gears to kick start a bevy of proposed laws. It’s another sign the election is not far away. 

You’re better off meeting friends for a coffee than subscribing to brain training apps, Australian neuropsychologist Hannah Korrel says. Audio

Feed your te reo vocabulary and your whanau with this recipe for an Easter treat with a twist.

The first heavy snow watch for the year is in effect for Queenstown Lakes and Central Otago. 

MetService says snow could fall as low as 500-metres above sea level from midnight this morning until… Audio

Labour came to power promising to take climate change seriously - has it done that? Audio

Calls tonight for blanket ban on caged eggs. The animal welfare group, SAFE is delivering a petition with more than 30,000 signatures to Parliament this week.

Battery hen cages have been banned since… Video, Audio

Paul Chaat Smith is an author, essayist, and the curator of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian is visiting New Zealand giving free public talks. Audio

On a Far North beach, in Taipa, James Moore can often be found barefoot, shlepping buckets of sea water from the ocean to his truck. Back home, James runs the water through his solar-powered… Audio, Gallery

Krysten Cottrell definitely doesn't suffer from a boring nine to five, splitting her time between hunting for possums in Hawkes Bay during the week, then heading to Auckland to play for the Blues in… Audio

The body of a slain New Zealand soldier in Ukraine will be brought back home by his uncle at an expected cost of around $65,000.  

Kane Te Tai was killed in action while clearing a trench last week… Audio

Nowroz Ali first spoke to Voices from Kabul in 2021, while he waited for one of the evacuation flights operated by New Zealand Defence Force. In this episode Kadambari Raghukumar catches up with him… Audio

Our guest picking their favourite songs and talking life is journalist Guyon Espiner.

Former Morning Report co-host, Guyon has a 20 year career in both print and broadcast media.

Guyon Espiner is… Audio

In the last few years, Tom O'Brien's Southland farmland has become home to a hand-built bike and hiking track and an organic market garden. Audio

On this week’s Nashville Babylon Mark has new music from Iris Dement and New Zealand’s The Loving Arms. There’s also blues from Otis Spann and Howlin’ Wolf plus CW Stoneking covering the White… Audio

Tony Stamp reviews new music from Ruban Nielson's Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Caroline Polachek, and local duo Surf Friends. Audio

National's leader Christopher Luxon ditched Parliament for the playground this week, touring schools to sell his party's solution to declining student performance with a back-to-basics focus on… Audio

State home tenants in houses badly damaged in the Auckland Anniversary weekend floods are living rent free until they are repaired.

Kainga Ora says more than 600 homes need repairing and they've… Video, Audio

The fallout from Zane Robertson's doping continues as his twin brother, New Zealand Commonwealth Games long distance runner Jake, distances himself from the situation.

Zane has been banned from all… Video, Audio

Join us for a weekly round-up of the news! Plus an explainer going a little bit more in depth. This week - What is an electric car and why are they increasingly popular?  Audio

A few years ago now we spoke to skateboarder Amber Clyde. After entering the male-dominated world of skateboarding as a kid, Amber founded Girls Skate NZ. She's now central to a Spinoff documentary. Audio

The National Party has released its education policy, the same week a government document redefining the curriculum has also been released, termed a common-practice model. This is against a backdrop… Audio

The National Party wants primary and intermediate school students to spend an hour every day each on reading, writing and maths. Party leader Christopher Luxon wants to set a target of 80 percent of… Audio

We begin the final First Up of the week in the USA where Donald Trump is still a free man - with Nathan Rarere from New York is Katherine Firkin. Audio

A Levin chocolate maker is in hot water over potentially misrepresenting its products. Why? Audio

Auckland Council's pulled pin on its membership of Local Government New Zealand, to the horror of some councillors.

Mayor Wayne Brown had the casting vote after councillors were evenly split on the… Audio

Submissions are rolling in against a proposal to cut funding to Auckland's Citizens Advice Bureau. Auckland Council is currently consulting on a plan to cut the organisation's $2 million in annual… Audio

Commonwealth Games bronze medal winner Zane Robertson has been banned from all sport for eight years after testing positive for a performance enhancing drug, and then providing false documentation in… Audio