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A magazine programme hosted by Kim Hill, with long-form, in-depth feature interviews on current affairs, science, modern life, history, the arts and more.

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    Debut darling: Patrick Ryan's Buckeye

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2025 19:35


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

    Sean Szeps: Instagram Dad

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2025 22:01


    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.' 

    Rebecca Macfie: Unpacking poverty in Aotearoa

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2025 24:00


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

    IMDb founder Col Needham: A life in movies

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2025 21:02


    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: Herbal remedies in mainstream healthcare

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2025 15:39


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

    Tame Iti - MANA

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2025 30:56


    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. 

    Spider Olympics

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2025 9:16


    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. 

    Sister of missing man speaks out

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2025 7:07


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

    Breaking news: Prince Andrew to give up Royal titles

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2025 4:33


    Prince Andrew is to give up his Royal titles. 

    Chris Finlayson remembers former PM Jim Bolger

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2025 7:35


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

    Kaipara council at odds

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2025 5:10


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

    Latest from the Middle East

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2025 11:10


    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 on the joys of mediocrity

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2025 18:58


    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!

    Richard Beasley's unexpected medical findings

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2025 22:38


    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.

    Case Studies: The history of global plant transport

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2025 30:56


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

    Stan Walker on claiming his style

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2025 18:38


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

    Groundbreaking new treatment for anxiety and depression

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2025 18:42


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

    Sparta: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Superpower

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2025 26:32


    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?

    Barbara Sumner: NZ's adoption law loophole

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2025 15:15


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

    Melanie Lynskey and Robyn Malcolm: Pike River

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2025 27:14


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

    Mental health in the workplace

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2025 8:42


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

    Economic situation report with Liam Dann

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2025 7:48


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

    Will time of use charging take a toll on our privacy?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2025 7:48


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

    Fronting up: Te Pāti Māori

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2025 10:56


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

    Latest from Israel and Gaza

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2025 11:51


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

    The art of growing cut flowers

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2025 11:56


    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.

    Del Holland: From scraps to staples

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2025 19:50


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

    Tamati Rimene-Sproat: Counting the Beat

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2025 16:38


    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.

    Melissa Leong: No Guts, No Glory

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2025 25:35


    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.

    Graham Leonard: The science of warnings

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2025 9:35


    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. 

    Minimising the impact of grey divorce

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2025 14:23


    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: Gravity Let Me Go

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2025 26:43


    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. 

    World Space Week: Ask an Astrobiologist

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2025 24:35


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

    Thant Myint-U: The forgotten Peacemaker

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2025 26:08


    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? 

    James Laughlin: Seven principles for success

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2025 16:13


    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. 

    Netball stand off continues

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2025 5:06


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

    Much Ado About Tilly

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2025 9:12


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

    Game changing research on childhood asthma attacks

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2025 9:03


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

    Climate change: how is NZ doing?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2025 7:03


    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. 

    Latest from the Middle East

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2025 7:37


    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". 

    Toitu Te Tiriti's split with Te Pati Maori

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2025 10:17


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

    Identifying skin cancer - in seconds!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2025 22:39


    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. 

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