Kathryn Ryan

"Don't use your back like a crane"...went the public health messaging in the 80s. It was aimed at making us all think about how we were lifting - from the legs, not the back.  Audio

Amid a number of earthquakes over the past week - including the devastation in Myanmar - the release of best-selling novelist Jenny Pattrick's latest work seems particularly prescient. Audio

Fifty years ago David Bowie's ninth studio album, Young Americans, hit number 3 on the NZ album chart while the title track reached number 1 on the singles chart. Audio

Tom updates Kathryn on the latest issues in Wellington including the controversy surrounding Wellington Water, the Crown observer's latest report, the council's proposed plan to charge commercial… Audio

Laura Caygill reviews The Confidence Woman by Sophie Quick published by Allen & Unwin Audio

When Pulitzer Prize winning Australian author Geraldine Brooks' husband Tony Horwitz died suddenly - she had no time to grieve - between supporting their two sons, organising the funeral, dealing with… Audio

Australia correspondent Chris Niesche joins Kathryn to look at the looming federal election date of May 3 - with the latest polling, major policy planks and what the parties need to do to win. Audio

An advocate for tougher rules around who works with children is concerned there's no background checks required for charities volunteers.  Audio

Kidney Health New Zealand says a simple, $12 test could prevent hundreds of people languishing on waitlists for a kidney donor. Audio

An expert in bank capital says a Parliamentary committee has lost focus on questioning the big banks about excess profits.  Audio

Landscape designer and gardener Xanthe White talk about gardening in the community. From places where individuals have a plot to grow their own food alongside others, to shared berms and community… Audio

Victoria goes beyond the supermarkets, discussing a BusinessDesk investigation into the major food suppliers in this country and their use of transfer pricing. Audio

Ashburton will have a new mayor after Neil Brown announces he will not be re-running, a user pay system for public bathrooms has been proposed after $30k of vandalism, and Jonathan has updates on… Audio

Quentin Johnson reviews My Gorbals Life by Allan Gilfillan McLachlan published by Sheena Ross Publishing Audio

Dr David Baker's Nobel Prize-winning breakthrough of designing new proteins has the potential to stop cancers, pandemics, fix plastic pollution, and rein in carbon emissions.  Audio

The fallout continues from the editor of The Atlantic being added to a national security chat on Signal. Audio

When a company wants to try a new idea they usually have to carry out market research that can take months. Audio

Sir Ron Young has just finished as chair of the Parole Board after nearly seven years.  Audio

Fences are so ubiquitous in New Zealand that we don't even think about rules. Audio