Disability
Westminster Pilgrimage
Reading music in braille is a daunting challenge especially when you're a member of a choir. Audio
Sally Gardner
Prolific award-winning British author who worked in costume design and illustration before deciding to write for children full-time. Her books, including Tinder, Maggot Moon, and I, Coriander, have… Audio
Mark Anderson, Jony Easterby and Kathy Hinde: For the Birds
Leaders of the team of artists who have created the walk-through art experience For the Birds in the native forest of Otari-Wilton's Bush during the New Zealand Festival. Audio
Morgan Godfery: rethinking New Zealand
Wellington writer, commentator and trade unionist who specialises in Maori politics and international indigenous issues. He is the editor of a new collection of essays, The Interregnum: Rethinking New… Audio
Mallory Ortberg: texting classics
Co-founder and editor of website The Toast, and advice columnist for Slate. Her first book, Texts from Jane Eyre: and Other Conversations with Your Favourite Literary Characters reimagines… Audio
Student Start Ups
Table tennis brings out the competitive streak and these young business people hope to be hitting the right shots in the marketplace soon. Audio, Gallery
Braille tablet
Sile O'Modhrain and her colleagues at the University of Michigan are working on a full-page tactile display screen that refreshes as you read it. Audio
Jerron 'Blind Boy' Paxton: bringing back the past
Twenty-seven-year-old multi-instrumentalist, who lost most of his eyesight by the age of 16. His music assimilates the raw American jazz, blue, folk and country music of the 1920s and 30s, and he… Audio
Moving Earth, Shifting Patterns
It's been nearly five years since Christchurch woman, Helen Grice, was paralysed in the February 2011 earthquake. She talks to our disability issues correspondent, Katy Gosset, about life in a… Audio
Assistance dog changes lives for Palmerston North family
A Palmerston North family are hoping to pay it forward after realising the impact an assistance dog has had on their lives. Last year, after three years on a waiting list the family was given a black… Video, Audio
Champions - 14 February
From primary school sports to the Olympics, athletic mastery plays a major role in our sense of achievement. In this week's TED Radio Hour, four TED speakers explore the minds and bodies of champions…
Kiwis in Aus shut out of disability services
Severely disabled children born in Australia are being denied access to the National Disability Insurance Scheme because their parents are New Zealand citizens.
Advances in assistive technology
Advances in technology are making some every day tasks easier for people who are visually impaired. Assistive Technology consultant Jonathan Mosen has been blind since birth. He says thanks to the… Audio
Andrew Butler: determining death
Kim Hill talks to litigator Andrew Butler, one of New Zealand's leading experts on our Bill of Rights. He acted for Lecretia Seales, who went to the High Court last year in an attempt to win the right… Audio
Wheelchair doesn't stop friends for worldwide trip
What would you do if one of your friends was diagnosed with an incurable degerative disease? Video, Audio
Good vibrations, Evelyn Glennie
Classical musician Dame Evelyn Glennie is one of the world's finest virtuoso percussionists whose solo work is unrivalled, with 80 international awards under her belt.
She is also profoundly deaf… Video, Audio, Gallery
How to age well
New Zealand has an aging population, and so often that's painted as some kind of doomsday scenario. But with medical advances, education, awareness and personal activity trackers, many can expect to… Audio
Boy trapped inside HNZ house
A boy faces once again being trapped inside his home or spending months in hospital while he waits for Housing New Zealand to find a house with wheelchair access. Audio
An Unusual Nana
The experience of the family of Elizabeth Beattie with her Nana, Marjorie, as she dealt with New Zealand's mental health system throughout her life. Audio
