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Signs of 'miraculous' results at the country's first 'wet house'
The benefits of providing alcohol-dependent men with a safe haven have surprised a city mission. Audio
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The ups and downs of separation
21 Aug 2024A break-up or a separation signals the end of a relationship, but really, it's just the beginning. Audio
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This is the best toastie in the country - so what's the secret?
21 Aug 2024The Great New Zealand Toastie Takeover winner says his winning entry was inspired by a recent trip to Italy. Audio
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Feature interview: D. Graham Burnett
20 Aug 2024Every day, every time you switch from reading an email to checking a text to scrolling social media, the attention economy is mining your data for information… Audio
Signs of 'miraculous' results at the country's first 'wet house'
The benefits of providing alcohol-dependent men with a safe haven have surprised a city mission. Audio
Fears more manufacturing plants will close to high energy costs
There are fears more manufacturing plants will close due to soaring energy costs, which could results in hundreds more job losses. A large forest products company, Winstone Pulp International, told… Audio
The ups and downs of separation
A break-up or a separation signals the end of a relationship, but really, it's just the beginning. Audio
This is the best toastie in the country - so what's the secret?
The Great New Zealand Toastie Takeover winner says his winning entry was inspired by a recent trip to Italy. Audio
Wonderful World of TradeMe with Tiana Barns
The country's flashest apartment is listed for sale this week - TradeMe's Tiana Barns tells us about the penthouse atop Auckland's Metropolis building Audio
Time to get thrifty
It's time now for a new season of 'Thrift' and this week is all about having a good time. When the cost of living kicks in and people tighten their belts, having a nice night out can be one of the… Audio
Feature interview: D. Graham Burnett
Every day, every time you switch from reading an email to checking a text to scrolling social media, the attention economy is mining your data for information that can be bought and sold. It is a form… Audio
Morning Report Essentials for Tuesday 20 August
On today's episode, the Government is accused of taking a wrecking ball to every Maori achievement and driving race relations back 50 years, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon joins us, co-author of a… Audio
Study reveals cost of alcohol harm in New Zealand
A new study has found that in New Zealand alcohol is responsible for more than 900 deaths, 12 hundred cancers (1250) , and almost 30-thousand hospitalisations in 2018. The work carried out by Otago… Audio
Cheap ways of having fun
Whether you like dancing, drinking or hanging with friends - or even all of the above - everyone needs to cut loose sometimes. So how can we do it on the cheap? Katy Gosset finds out how people hit… Audio
Here Now
In the third episode of a 4 part series on black womens' lives in New Zealand, Kadambari Raghukumar finds out about navigating race, queerness and identity in Aotearoa through the eyes of researcher… Audio
Why caring for others isn't a weakness
We like to think of ourselves as independent, but the truth is we depend on someone caring for us at the start of our lives, the end of our lives and in-between. And yet we elevate the idea of going… Audio
Cock-a-doodle-do or Cock-a-doodle-don't: Should Marama get chickens?
News reader Marama T-Pole has been weighing up getting some backyard chickens. To push her into finally making a descision we've lined up an interview with backyard chicken expert Pam Adams. Marama… Audio
Can you get ketamine for depression in New Zealand?
Todd Hilleard tried half a dozen different antidepressants before turning to much less common prescription.
Māori Millionaire: financial literacy champion and changemaker
Te Kahukura Boynton (Ngati Kahungunu, Ngai Tuhoe, Te Whakatohea) has been reading personal finance bestsellers, since she was eight - now her podcast Māori Millionaire has over 30,000 followers. Audio
"The personal is political" - BIPOC Women in New Zealand (Part 3)
From being a cultural producer and advocate, to a doctoral candidate- Makanaka Tuve has been a bit of an icon in Auckland's African diaspora for several years now. In this third part of the series… Audio
Such great heights - how tall women have found their place
Tall women can stand proud, says a tall journalist, who set out on a mission to collect stories of other tall women and model body confidence for her daughter. Audio
Americans explain rush week to New Zealanders
Rush week at the University of Alabama is the pinnacle of over-the-top university life in the US.
Food: Sticky date pudding
Martin Bosley joins us with a great recipe for what is looking like a rubbish weekend (weather wise). He also has some ideas for fancying up the classic recipe. Audio
