Children

New Zealand author discussing three novels for middle readers: Ghost Hawk by Susan Cooper, The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate, and One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia. Audio

Te Reo Maori may be on an international endangered list, but in a new teaching scheme in Auckland, six thousand North Shore children are now learning to speak it. Audio

Ellie Laks is the owner of more than 170 rescued animals and author of a new book My Gentle Barn. Audio

Poet, singer-songwriter, teacher and occasional broadcaster who is currently writer-in-residence at Victoria University, and just had a new poetry collection published, Waha/Mouth. Audio

Anusha Bradley speaks to six families involved in a long term study as the latest report explores what makes a child vulnerable. Audio

Earlier this week Anika Moa picked up the Apra Best Children's song of the year for 'Colours are Beautiful', and the Tui for best Children's album, for her album Songs for Bubbas, inspired by her… Audio

Eighty-year-old writer, Jean Watson is an anonymous elderly woman living in a modest Wellington flat. But in southern India she is revered as the famous 'Jean Aunty'. Thirty years ago she sold her… Audio

New Zealand writer discussing The Simple Things by Bill Condon, Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell, and One Year in Coal Harbour and Everything on a Waffle, both by Polly Horvath. Audio

It's nice to be cosy in bed on a winter's night isn't it? Spare a thought for some kids who might not manage that. In South Auckland people're trying to do something about that. Audio

Auti is a robotic toy developed specifically for children with autism to encourage positive play behaviours Audio

Pupils from Wellington's Te Aro school review this year's finalists in the junior fiction category. 'A Winter's Day in 1939' by Melinda Szymanik, Scholastic New Zealand. Reviewed by Jasper and Issi… Audio

President of the New Zealand Association for Gifted Children who will speak at events during the upcoming Gifted Awareness Week. Audio

Pupils from Wellington's Te Aro school review this year's finalists in the picture books category: 'Machines and Me: Boats by Catherine Foreman', Scholastic New Zealand. Reviewed by Jasper and Amon… Audio

Kim and Kate discuss three books for 8-11 year olds by American writer Kevin Henkes: Sun and Spoon, Olive's Ocean, and Junonia. Audio

Mindful parenting and how not to fly off the handle with children in stressful situations. Audio

The Jam Bus is a new 'Play It Strange' initiative that sends a mobile recording studio - complete with an engineer and producer - to schools, where budding young musicians have the opportunity to… Audio

Dee Muller is researcher at Massey University's Sleep Wake Centre. She has a background in occupational therapy and her research interests lie particularly in children's sleep, and is also about to… Audio

Harlene Hayne explains some of the novel experiments used in her Marsden funded studies of memory in infants Audio

Joseph Driessen is an educational consultant and parenting commentator. Audio

American psychiatry lecturer and writer. His latest book is called 'Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity'. Audio