South America

South America correspondent, Katy Watson joins Kathryn to talk about her recent trip to where the Amazon continues to burn, despite denials by Jair Bolsonaro. Brazil's Covid cases are stubbornly high… Audio

Underworld investigator Misha Glenny says the Covid-19 pandemic is going to change the nature of the drug-dealing business, working against the big organised crime cartels who traditionally control… Audio

South America correspondent Katy Watson joins Kathryn to talk about the weekend jet-ski jaunt by President Jair Bolsonaro, who continues to downplay the seriousness of the Covid-19 outbreak - even as… Audio

Paul Salopek is seven years into a decade long 'Out of Eden' walk, from Africa to South America. In 2013 he set out on foot to retrace the global migration of humankind, from Ethiopia to Tierra del… Audio

Kiwi teens are among the most inactive in the world, the first global ranking of the physical activity of 11-17 year olds has found, with 89% of our teens not meeting World Health Organisation… Audio

Brazil is tackling record wildfires in the Amazon rain forest, with planes dropping water and chemicals in an attempt to control the blazes. President Jair Bolsonaro has promised to release extra… Audio

Producer and director Steven O'Meagher's spent a lot of time on the road to interview 99 people across 20 countries for his new series, The Story of Rugby.  Audio, Gallery

Correspondent Katy Watson tells Kathryn about the latest government data from Brazil shows that the Amazon rainforest is being cleared at the rate of three football pitches a minute. Also Venezuala… 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

Katy Watson reports on the 'coup' that never happened: On Tuesday, Venezuelans woke up to news of the opposition leader Juan Guaido saying the military was backing him, and that this was the final… Audio

From Brazil, Katy Watson on the aftermath of the deadly Brumadinho dam collapse as more allegations surface about what went wrong. More than 120 people have died and there are still more than 200… Audio

Katy Watson reports from Brazil, where a far right presidential candidate, Jair Bolsonaro, (pictured) has been seriously injured after being stabbed during a campaign event. Also, the man who leads… Audio

Multi-genre Latin music group Latinaotearoa have just finished a raucous tour of Australia and New Zealand in the wake of their recently released album of reinterpretations of South American songs… Audio

The 2018 Football World Cup is almost upon us,so it's time to kick off our special podcast series Squeaky Bum Time. Audio

British philosopher AC Grayling investigates the “least worst” system of government – and the current alternatives – in a lecture at the 2018 NZ Festival Writers and Readers. Audio

True-crime writer and journalist Kathryn Bonella has travelled the world to collect unprecedented, first-person testimony from an international network of drug smugglers and their bosses, as well as… Audio

This year sees numerous presidential elections across Latin America; the crisis in Venezuela continues; and almost 90 Argentine families are due to travel to the Falkland Islands where they will put a… Audio

Peru dominated the game against the All Whites and it was only fair they won, RNZ sports reporter Joe Porter tells Rowan Quinn. Video, Audio