Friends

Wallace Chapman and panellists David Cormack and Sally Wenley discuss mental health funding, the moral panic around ramraids, and friendship. Audio

Matariki will be celebrated on June 24 next year. While most people are happy for any excuse to take a day off work, a new poll from Research New Zealand shows that less than half of us rate the day… Audio

A recent study out of Australia showed that about a third of people there would rather spend time with their pets than people, with women more likely to prefer their furry friends to humans. And it's… Audio

Caroline Barron embarked on a search for her father's birth family in her new book, Ripiro Beach. She wanted to find out more about where she came from and who she is. But some of what she discovered… Audio

The latest report by Research NZ on the impact the Covid-19 virus is having on Kiwis' lives has just been released, with results suggesting that one in three Kiwis are only occasionally listening to… Audio

The eighth weekly survey on the impact Covid-19 is having on Kiwis' lives found people were simply looking forward to having more freedom as the country headed into alert level 2, and the top priority… Audio

Positivity, consistency and vulnerability are key to having more fulfilling friendships, according to founder and CEO of American friend matching agency Girlfriend Circles.com Shasta Nelson, whose… Audio

Self-improvement guru Dale Carnegie always said listening was key to getting ahead in life. Journalist Kate Murphy takes a closer look at the art of listening in her new book, You're Not Listening:… Audio

Dartmouth College Professor David Blanchflower has studied data across 132 countries to measure the relationship between wellbeing and age and come up with a U-shaped happiness curve, which reaches… Audio

Could having too many friends be bad for you? The answer is yes, according to Oxford University Professor Robin Dunbar who studies human social networks. Audio

We all know that people with good social interactions are happier with their lives, but what if you could put a monetary value on having a best friend? Well, that's exactly what research author and… Audio

Friends' Is Turning 25, so our Question of the Day is, what did you love or hate about the show? Audio

In 'Chat 10 Looks 3' two well-known Australian journalists and media personalities- Leigh Sales and Annabel Crabb- share their friendship, and details of their lives outside work. We play some of… Audio

Atta Elayyan's image has been widely shared, since he died in the Christchurch mosque attacks. Alex Perrottet met with the futsal player's close friends Ronan Naicker and Mahmoud Moh'd, who brought… Video, Audio

Columnist Frank Robson has asked why so many friendships dissolve as we age. It's thought that in our younger days, we're more likely to forgive quirks and failings but slowly grow out of our… Audio

The editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan has penned an opinion piece about being 40 with no friends, close or otherwise. We ask the panelists about their friendships, the enduring ones and the ones that… Audio

What makes a spinoff good, bad, or just blah? Can you build something new and glorious around a fan favourite character or will they lose what makes them special, if they take a starring role? Audio