RNZ: Saturday Morning

Patrick Ryan's debut novel is a multi-generational saga that's been described as a dazzling portrait of the human spirit.

Sean Szeps, an American father of two living in Australia, uses his Instagram platform to show, as he says, 'the raw realities of parenthood with a wink.' 

Charities around the country have been reporting increasing levels of families in poverty with no signs of it slowing down. 

There are movie buffs - and then there is Col Needham. As founder of Internet Movie Database IMDb, Col says he has watched more than 16,000 films.

Simon Mills, a world leading expert in herbal medicine has led the movement to bring herbal remedies into mainstream healthcare. 

What is mana? Are you born with it, can you earn it and can you have it taken away? Indigenous rights activist Tame Iti explores what mana really means in his memoir Mana. 

A group of Kiwi researchers have held a spider olympics to find out how much of a competitive advantage introduced False katipō have over our native katipō. 

The sister of missing Omaio man Jason Butler is speaking out after news there has been an arrest in his disappearance. 

Prince Andrew is to give up his Royal titles. 

The passing of former Prime Minister Jim Bolger has been an opportunity to reflect on his life and legacy. 

There were tense scenes in the Northland town after outgoing mayor Craig Jepson called an unprecedented emergency council meeting.

Comments from Hamas and failure to open a major aid crossing point to the gaps in the ceasefire which came into force this week. 

Astrid Jorgensen's memoir teaches us how to embrace mediocrity and to find joy in the act of singing - even if you're not the best singer in the world!

Does smoking cannabis cause lung cancer? Does sitting for long periods of time cause blood clots? Professor Richard Beasley answers these questions in his national lecture tour.

Photographer Mark Smith and botanical artist Felicity Jones have spent the past seven years uncovering stories of botanical globalisation. 

Stan Walker, award-winning entertainer and style icon is taking part in a charity drive for high quality clothing to benefit the Red Cross. 

One in four New Zealanders will experience some form of anxiety or depressive disorder in their lifetime.

Popular culture has mythologised The Spartans as militaristic warriors who enjoyed nothing more than battling to the death. But how much of what we think we know is actually true?

The government plans to introduce changes to our adoption law which will be open to public submissions. 

The long-awaited Pike River movie premieres around the country next week. 

With the cost of living crisis hitting hard and unemployment on the rise, how is the mental health of employees fairing? 

New Zealand Herald business editor-at-large Liam Dann unpacks this week's economic news. 

A privacy group is warning that a proposed fix for congestion raises questions about the use and retention of personal information. 

Te Pāti Māori is trying to reset - hoping to lay to rest the fractures that have recently emerged.

Thousands of Palestinians have begun returning to their homes in the Gaza Strip after Israeli soldiers started withdrawing. 

Olivia McCord's The Floral Dream features advice, seasonal tips and simple techniques for foraging, cultivating healthy soil and sowing seeds that flourish in Aotearoa's climate.

How do you turn food scraps into pantry staples? Chef Del Holland has the answers.

Counting the Beat is a new four-part series that tells New Zealander's stories - by the numbers. Hosted by Tamati Rimene-Sproat, it explores what the latest data tells us about ourselves.

Food and style icon and MasterChef Australia's Melissa Leong is laying it all on the plate in Guts: A memoir of food, failure and taking impossible chances.

Earth Sciences New Zealand principal scientist, Graham Leonard is back this week looking at the role of social science in the delivery of disaster warnings. 

With a growing number of divorces occurring between people aged in their 50s and older, adult children are being impacted in a way that is less well understood. 

Trent Dalton is a journalist and Australia's #1 bestselling author. His new book is about the stories we want to tell the world - and those we shouldn't. 

It's World Space Week (4-10 October) and this year's theme is Living in Space. 

U Thant was the UNs' longest-serving Secretary-General and ranked the sixth 'most admired man' in America in 1971. So why he is largely forgotten today? 

Success can mean different things to different people and while most of us strive for it - not everyone achieves it. James Laughlin says it doesn't have to be that way. 

After a week of meetings to try and break the deadlock, the fate of coach Dame Noeline Taurua is still up in the air. 

AI-generated actor Tilly Norwood has sparked heated controversy across the film industry. 

Researchers say millions of children around the world with asthma could benefit from a new study led by Kiwi scientists. 

This week the first ever Overshoot Conference was held in Austria to discuss the likelihood of the earth warming by more than 1.5 degrees celsius. 

US president Donald Trump has given Hamas a deadline of noon on Monday New Zealand time to accept his peace deal or face "all hell". 

A leader of the Toitu Te Tiriti movement, Eru Kapa-Kingi announced it was severing its ties with Te Pāti Māori. 

Dr Michel Nieuwoudt is a finalist in this year's KiwiNet Awards for her work on developing a diagnostic tool that can identify skin cancers within seconds.