Jim Mora

Planting billions of trees to mop up Co2 is ultimately a sensible idea, says Dr. Jim Salinger, but it has to be done in the right way. Audio

Tenor Simon O'Neill is in the Musical Chair this week talking about his upcoming tour here in New Zealand and the stellar career he's carved out for himself. Audio

Mary Garden feels history has overlooked her pioneering pilot father, Oscar Garden. Audio

Self-confessed language nerd, Ellen Jovin set up Grammar Table outside her Upper West Side apartment in New York and started answering questions about grammar. Audio

Alan Duff, the straight-talking author is courting controversy again. He was inspired to write his latest work after living in France and seeing New Zealand in a different light when he returned. He… Audio

Journalist Elizabeth Winkler has questioned whether Shakespeare was actually a man. She explains the reasons why some scholars hear a woman's voice behind the most famous words in the English… Audio

Wimbledon debenture tickets went on sale for the 2021-25 tournaments earlier this year at a price of NZ $150k. For that sum, fans can sit next to the royals and see 65 days of tennis over the… Audio

Short, succinct opinions from New Zealanders on subjects of their choice. Teacher and education blogger Mark Bracey offers his thoughts on some of the biggest issues facing schooling and education in… Audio

Legendary country musician Dennis Marsh has been given the Te Mata o te Ariki Award for special recognition at the Matariki Awards ceremony held at Eden Park last night. His award was to acknowledge… Audio

Expat Graeme Wood and his English partner Claire are living their dream as owners of Serenity Barge in the Champagne region of France, taking guests up and down the canals in the region on their… Audio

Short, succinct opinions from New Zealanders on subjects of their choice. Tommy Wilson from the Te Tuinga Whanau Suport Services Trust on the issue of babies being uplifted from their mothers and why… Audio

Guardian journalist Kate Lyons has just compiled a stunning series of pieces looking at the worsening drug-running route from South America to Australia and New Zealand through the Pacific Islands… Audio

25 years on since a jury acquitted O.J Simpson of murdering his wife and her companion, his trial lawyer, F. Lee Bailey is incensed that there's cloud over his innocence. He explains why he's written… Audio

Global popstar, internet sensation and LGBTQI icon Troye Sivan is on his way back to New Zealand for a major headline show in Auckland in September. The Perth-born, LA-domiciled artist who… Audio

David Robson is an author and science journalist whose new book, The Intelligence Trap, examines the reasons why smart people make stupid mistakes and offers a cognitive toolkit for ways to avoid… Audio

The Scottish Maritime Museum recently decided to adopt gender-neutral signage for its vessels, dropping "she" for "it" after two signs were vandalised. Ella Tennant, an English Language Teaching… Audio

Short, succinct opinions from New Zealanders on subjects of their choice. Screenwriter and playwright Kathryn Burnett on New Zealand drivers' issues with indicators Audio

Otago University Professor of Primary Healthcare, Tony Dowell, talks about research in the U.S which pointed to a drop in male suicides when there was an increase in the minimum wage. He has… Audio

Short, succinct opinions from New Zealanders on subjects of their choice. Food and nutrition writer Nikki Bezzant on a topic that many people often try to avoid -- alcohol consumption -- and what it's… Audio