Life And Society

Peter Hogg collects, repairs, and sells vintage sewing machines, and not just that, he also sells them for charity. Peter worked at the Singer sewing machine shop on Timaru's Stafford St in the 1960s… Audio

In part two of a series around cultural stereotypes, Kadambari Raghukumar talks South America through the eyes Auckland-based Colombians.  Audio

Something of an all-round Renaissance man, Kiran Parbhu joins Susie to share some favourite songs. A fourth generation Kiwi of Indian ancestry, Kiran came to fame when Maori language advocate Matai… Audio, Gallery

It ain't hard to tell when you don't communicate well so worth paying attention when you do, says English journalist Ros Atkins. Video, Audio

Lunar New Year is celebrated by billions of people all over the planet, including in Tāmaki Makaurau. Audio

A charity using recycled chip packets to make thermal blankets wants to ramp up production with predictions even more kiwi families will be in the cold come winter. The chip project uses cleaned and… Video, Audio

A charity using recycled chip packets to make thermal blankets wants to ramp up production with predictions even more kiwi families will be in the cold come winter. The chip project uses cleaned and… Video, Audio

This week we hear some spooky stories from two listeners. Loreen has a story about an inexplicable incident in Sydney while Sue shares a story about an eerie coincidence just after the death of her… Audio

The race is on to find New Zealand's Miss World contender.

Aotearoa is on a unusually fast paced audition plan to find an unmarried, childless woman aged between 16 and 27 to send for an all-expenses… Audio

Just one to two percent of the population are redheads, and those with ginger locks often find themselves alone in a crowd.

But on Thursday night, a gathering of more than 100 people turned a… Audio

It's been more than four months, and many many kilometres - but cancer survivor Kate Wightman is about to complete her journey down the length of Aotearoa. Two years ago, aged 29, the former elite… Audio

A local red headed reverend's invited her ginger bethren to gather and celebrate the bright red headed patron saint; Brigid of Ireland, who tuned bathwater into beer. The inaugural "gingas in the… Video, Audio