Susie Ferguson
Living better and longer is easy if you follow some basic rules, says longevity expert
Want to live a longer, healthier life? Get moving, eat a bit less and pay attention to your emotional wellness, says to a leading expert on the science of longevity. Audio
USA correspondent Ximena Bustillo
US correspondent Ximena Bustillo joins Susie to talk about the tough time the White House and House Speaker teams are having to garner enough support for their deal to avoid an unprecedented default… Audio
Mid-life women being let down by Pharmac, say menopause experts
Menopause doctors want Pharmac to fund alternative treatments as a worldwide shortage of a popular hormone replacement therapy worsens. Audio
Where is everyone? Ten percent still missing from the Census
Despite the millions spend on advertising, free rugby league tickets and food vouchers, more than 10 percent of the population still hasn't completed this year's Census. For Maori and Pasifika, about… Audio
Hannah O'Neill
Hannah O'Neill's recent appointment to étoile status at the Paris Opera Ballet generated headlines around the world, partly because it's so rare for foreigners to achieve it. The 30-year-old New… Audio
How to help kids learn to manage money
We celebrate academic excellence but the skill that will really benefit a child later in life is the ability to budget and save, says financial expert Liz Koh. "The most important gift you can give… Audio
Author Sue McCauley on her latest novel Landed
In her first novel in decades, author Sue McCauley explores the theme of starting over in your mid-60s amid a rapidly-changing New Zealand of the 1980s. Audio
Music that'll get your goat, with Ian Chapman
This week music commentator Ian Chapman explores rarely addressed synergies between music and goats. Playing a selection of tracks that range from very good to very baad, and from musical theatre to… Audio
Around the motu : Kelly Makiha in Rotorua
Kelly talks to Susie about the severity of the housing crisis in Rotorua and the efforts to improve the situation including Kainga Ora's building programme. Also the cost to ratepayers of dumped super… Audio
Book review: A Private Spy - Letters of John le Carre edited by Tim Cornwell
Ralph McAllister reviews A Private Spy - Letters of John le Carre edited by Tim Cornwell, published by Viking Audio
Common materials which have shaped technological development
Prior to taking an academic position teaching engineering at the University of Auckland, Neil Broom was a research fellow for 20 years, applying his engineering skills to tissue biomechanics research… Audio
Australia: Voice split, vaping hole, China breakthrough, art investigation
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Susie to talk about how the planned referendum on establishing a permanent indigenous body to advise Parliament and enshrine it in the Constitution has… Audio
Cyclone silt depleting our seabeds: marine scientist
A huge volume of cyclone silt and sediment is building up in our rivers and coastal environments, swamping sea animals and plants. Susie Ferguson speaks with Professor of Marine Science at the… Audio
Te Pukenga survey reveals staff fear, anxiety and frustration
A newly released survey of staff at Te Pukenga finds one in three staff do not believe they have a future with the new mega polytech, and the vast majority would not recommend working there to family… Audio
Senior Ukrainian defence advisor in New Zealand
Dr Yuriy Sak is an advisor to the Ukrainian Minister of Defence and has led Ukraine's strategic communications efforts since the beginning of Russia's invasion. He's in New Zealand to meet with… Audio
Sports chat with Joe Porter
Joe covers a lot of ground - including the Football Ferns drawing 1-all with Iceland, wins from the Blues, Hurricanes and Crusaders in Super Rugby. In netball, the ANZ Premiership title contenders are… Audio
Hearty fare from the kitchen of a high country station
We're off to North Otago For some hearty fare as the weather cools. Author and cook Philippa Cameron lives on Otematata Station, a sheep and beef farm, with her husband and two young children. She is… Audio
Political Commentators Neale Jones and Tim Hurdle
Political Commentators Neale Jones and Tim Hurdle join Susie to talk about the Green's "crybaby" snafu, Jacinda Ardern's valedictory speech and legacy, whether Te Whatu Ora is another government… Audio
Around the motu: Andrew McRae in Hamilton
RNZ Waikato senior reporter Andrew McRae joins Susie to detail the ongoing work in Coromandel and around Raglan to patch up roads badly damaged by Cyclone Gabrielle. No decision has been made yet… Audio
Book review: Laughing at the Dark by Barbara Else
Sonja de Friez reviews Laughing at the Dark by Barbara Else, published by Penguin Random House NZ. Audio