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Cookbook extaordinaires Rosa and Margo Flanagan share three festive dishes that make plants the stars of the dinner table. Audio

Tina Duncan is a self-taught cook, caterer, cooking school tutor and the author of Plated: A lifetime love affair with food. Audio

Recipe relics from New Zealand’s food past might be unpalatable to modern tastes, but we should be grateful to the cooks who created them says comedian and vintage cookbook collector Te Radar.

Struggling to score a Great Walk spot? RNZ’s resident tramping experts (Māori News Editor Jamie Tahana, Political Reporter Anneke Smith and Specialist Correspondent John Gerritsen) recommend some…

Had it with hot cross buns? Auckland food writer, photographer and stylist Fiona Hugues shares her recipe for an Italian-inspired alternative.

Can’t face a hot cross bun this year? Here are some other ways to get a taste of Easter - including beer, cocktails, chocolate and a very untraditional baked good.

With lives lost and countless homes and businesses devastated, it may seem trivial to talk about gardening, but for many our gardens are a source of joy and a place that helps us recover after a… Audio

Could entrenching part of the Three Waters legislation set a dangerous precedent? Audio

Get your wheels, your shoes, your fishing rod and reel – the old Māngere Bridge has been replaced and is opening to the public.

For more than 100 years the communities of Onehunga and Māngere Bridge… Video, Audio

Julie Biuso tells Jesse Mulligan how listeners can make a delicious oven-baked mushroom risotto - perfect for cold nights at home. Audio

Lithium is in hot demand around the world and a New Zealand company has come up a more sustainable way of extracting it. The Detail finds out more about what Geo40 is doing differently. Audio

Don’t call it ‘background music’. These are tunes to set the mood, and that mood is ‘productive’. This playlist is designed to accompany you through your day working from home: in your lounge, study… Video

We learn about traditional kai harvest practices as Mere Skerrett prepares for the imminent tītī harvest season in in Murihiku Southland. This episode is in Te Reo. Audio

Kathryn speaks with the two women lead the team who created the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in just ten months. Oxford University Professor of Vaccinology Dame Sarah Gilbert started designing a… Audio

The Wild Twins have carved a reputation as keen adventurers. But being dropped in the South African wilderness with no food, water, shelter or clothing to film Naked and Afraid challenged the pair's… Video, Audio

Northland's drought crisis is getting worse with the regional council on the verge of restricting water usage in 23 coastal communities.

The acquifers in those areas are dangerously low - so low that… Audio

A new Department of Conservation report is highlighting how vulnerable Aotearoa's wetlands are to climate change. The report is one of the first of its kind for DOC and uses existing information from… Audio

Tuvalu is the poster boy for small island countries suffering from climate change and its very existence and that of its people is under threat. Despite the gloomy outlook, Tuvalu has big plans for… Audio

Right now asparagus is as good as it's going to get, says Julie Buiso. She shares a recipe for a delicious, filling and cheap pasta and some other asparagusy tips. Audio

Mei Peng is investigating whether we each have a 'sensory fingerprint' that determines how we react to food. Audio

Mary Holm is away so today and Thursday the 6th September we have gardening expert Lynda Hallinan in to answer your gardening questions - including how to deal with snails and slugs! And when to plant… Audio

At thirteen Taeko Yoshioka Braid survived a moment of history that changed the world forever; the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Produced by Lynda Chanwai-Earle. Audio, Gallery

Geologists on board the JOIDES Resolution research ship are attempting to drill into the flanks of the submarine hydrothermal Brothers Volcano. Audio

Melody Thomas wants to know why people hate Ed Sheeran so much... and why they love him.

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Annabel Langbein’s latest cookbook Essential (her biggest yet) includes recipes for roast turkey, roast chicken and glazed ham. She gives some advice on how to rustle up a last-minute Christmas feast.

Simon Morton and Alison Ballance present a three-part series exploring the science of sweat, virtual reality and Vitamin C. This week, the function of a much-maligned bodily fluid that plays a vital… Audio, Gallery

With the Trump administration withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement and some US states and companies stepping up to fill the gap, is there now pressure for more or less action over climate… Audio

Every year, hunters and locals from Manawahe head out onto farmland and into the hills to shoot rabbits and other pests for the district's bunny hunt – a community event with games, skinning… Audio, Gallery

A new study suggests e-cigarettes may be a gateway to smoking real cigarettes. Also scientists are using genetic sequencing technology to understand how quinoa can grow in super harsh conditions. Audio