New York
Behind the lens with a Kiwi Pulitzer Prize winner
Norway-based former West Coaster Mel Burford didn't pick up a camera until she was 19, but in 2006 she became the first New Zealander to win a Pulitzer Prize for photography, for coverage of Hurricane… Audio
Carmine Street Guitars
Elliott Childs talks to New York based guitar builders Rick Kelly and Cindy Hulej, the subjects of Carmine Street Guitars, a documentary which is playing at the New Zealand International Film… Audio
The battle to get sick 9/11 responders the money they deserve
Nearly 18 years after the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York a battle is being waged to replenish the fund to support emergency responders and their families. The existing fund US$7.5… Audio
Simon O'Neill: Musical Chair
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
Ellen Jovin: Taking grammar to the streets
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
Angus Vail: Christchurch tribute concert in New York
Angus Vail is a New Zealand born music manager who's used his international connections to hold a concert in New York to raise money for the Christchurch mosque shooting victims and their families. Audio
New York declares public health emergency amid measles outbreak
New York city officials tackling a measles outbreak, particularly affecting the Orthodox Jewish community in the borough of Williamsburg will make it mandatory for unvaccinated people in certain zip… Audio
Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman: Milli Vanilli on the violin
Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman thought she'd achieved a lifelong dream when she landed a job as a professional violinist but she was unwittingly part of a musical sham. Audio
Angus Vail: Rocking out for Christchurch
Angus Vail, a New Zealand-born music manager is using his connections to hold concert in New York to raise money for the families and victims of the Christchurch shooting. Audio
Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett - The future of Holocaust museums
Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett is Chief Curator of the Core Exhibition at POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews and University Professor Emerita and Professor Emerita of Performance Studies at New… Audio
Conviction: true crime with a colourful private eye
Conviction's a new release from Gimlet Media centring on a colourful private eye called Manuel (Manny) Gomez and his attempts to clear the name of a teenager accused in a shooting. We play some of… Audio
Four held over New York state 'plot' against Muslims
Three men and a teenage boy have been arrested and charged over an alleged plot against a small Islamic community in New York state.
Matt Green is just walking - every New York city street
Matt Green is a man on a mission. It's a pedestrian tale from the metropolis. Matt talks to Kathryn about his quest to walk every public street in New York city. So far he has pounded the pavement for… Audio, Gallery
Jacinda Ardern and baby Neve win hearts in New York
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has delivered a speech at a peace summit, appeared on the Today show and met with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, all in one day. But her daughter Neve also stole the… Video, Audio
NZ won’t sign up to war on drugs – PM in New York
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has arrived in New York, where she has rejected US President's Donald Trump's plan to escalate the war on drugs, while also re-stating New Zealand's support for the Iran… Video, Audio
PM says US talk show appearances will focus on NZ
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she weighed up carefully the value to New Zealand of her appearing on American television shows while in New York for the UN General Assembly next week. Audio
Interpol: one of the last bands standing from the early 2000's New York rock scene.
Paul Banks from Interpol discusses how and why he fell in love with music, his 'cocky' younger years, and keeping it old school recording their new album 'Marauder' straight to two inch tape. Audio
Hamish Kilgour's magical kingdom of Finkelstein
Upon the release of his solo venture, The Clean's Hamish Kilgour shares the story of the imaginary kingdom of Finklestein that inspired this latest record. Video, Audio
New York journalist to jewellery designer
The fashion industry is a hungry beast and beyond its glossy facade are people who work tirelessly behind the scenes. But what is it like to be in the thick of it as an editor for a top international… Audio
Dame Products’ Alex Fine on women making sex toys for women
Dame Products is a crowdfunded sex toy company that aims to make highly engineered and appealing sex toys for women. Dame Products co-founder and CEO Alexandra Fine has a Masters in Clinical… Audio