Wisdom, wit, sparring and sparks.
'I see barbed wire, immediately I'm back in Auschwitz'
Psychologist Edith (Edie) Eger is one of the few living Holocaust survivors.
Photo: Penguinrandomhouse
Lloyd Scott: "53 years and I've loved every minute"
Lloyd Scott was a much-loved voice through the night on RNZ for the last 13 years, and on Radio New Zealand in one form or another for 53 years. He gets reflective with Kathryn Ryan.
Lloyd Scott Photo: Supplied
Lotta Dann: life after alcohol
Lotta Dann describes herself as a frantic, sugar-bingeing, internet-loving, recovering-alcoholic housewife.
Lotta Dann Photo: supplied
US 'got it wrong' says Saddam's interrogator
A former senior analyst with the CIA says Saddam Hussein hoped the 9/11 bombings would bring the US and Iraq closer as he saw the bombers as his enemies too.
Saddam Hussein at his 2006 trial. Photo: AFP / FILE
Jane Goodall: 'What we are doing to this planet is deadly'
Dame Jane Goodall is a world-renowned conservationist, primatologist, ethnologist, author and a UN Messenger of Peace.
Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King
John McIntyre: champion of children's literature
John McIntyre, Nine to Noon's much-loved children's book reviewer died at home on in June 2017, after a long battle with ill health. In this interview, he tells Kathryn Ryan he's passionate about getting good books into the hands of children.
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Ngamoni Huata, queen of poi
Ngamoni Huata talks about her life in the village at Te Pakira Marae, making poi with her whanau, her no-nonsense mottos and what she looks for as a judge at Te Matatini.
Ngamoni Huata no Tuhourangi Ngati Wahiao, Tuhoe, Ngati Rangiwewehi. Photo: RNZ/Justine Murray
Peter Fitzsimons: NZ is 'lapping' Australia
Australian journalist and former Wallaby Peter FitzSimons is causing a stir in his home country by comparing it unfavourably with New Zealand.
Photo: AFP
Brent Williams: Depression just said 'you've got to face this'
When he was in his late 40s, anxiety and depression overwhelmed Wellingtonian Brent Williams and he walked away from his partner, four children and job. He tells the story of his journey back to the world in the graphic memoir Out of the Woods, illustrated by Turkish artist Korkut Oztekin.
Brent Williams Photo: Supplied
Scott Brown - A model ambassador
The new US ambassador to New Zealand says he introduced Donald Trump's new communications director to the president.
Photo: RNZ/ Rebekah Parsons-King
Rinku's story: life after the dark
In July 2015, international student Rinku Deol walked into the office of his local MP, dowsed himself with petrol and threatened to set himself alight. Rinku speaks for the first time about what happened that day and what led up to his desperate attempt to get help.
Gobi: the ultra-marathon dog
When ultra marathoner Dion Leonard set off on a 250km run across China's Gobi desert, he expected to do the grueling race by himself. But a little stray dog refused to leave his side. When the race was over, Leonard named the dog Gobi and decided to find a way to bring the dog back with him to Scotland. But what happened next made the race seem easy.
Gobi Photo: @findinggobi
