Nine To Noon

Science correspondent Cushla McGoverin joins Kathryn off the back of Auckland Start Up Week to shine a light on Kiwi start ups that work with photonic and quantum technologies and are helping contribute $2.18b to the New Zealand economy - about the same as the wine industry. Cushla McGoverin is a senior research fellow within the Department of Physics at the University of Auckland, and Principal I...

A new play is taking on a little-known chapter of Aotearoa's history: The dog tax that led to an armed standoff between Māori  in Hokianga and government forces.

Logan discusses the upcoming anniversary of the windstorm that left 50,000 customers without power while a 95-year-old sets a world record on his birthday.

Stella Chrysostomou from VOLUME Books reviews two books: U.X.O. by Brannavan Gnanalingam (Lawrence & Gibson), and A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam (Granta).

At 50 she set out alone to travel the full 24,000km route by foot, bike, canoe, snowshoe and ski, through mountains, boreal forest, prairie, and Arctic tundra. 

Australia correspondent Karen Middleton has the latest in the shocking attack on MP Helen Haines in which she was rammed with a car and has had to have her leg amputated. Pauline Hanson's delivered a rare apology for a cartoon that ran as part of her 'Please Explain' series that mocked the vaginal prolapse suffered by Jacqui Lambie due to injuries sustained when she served in the Defence Force. Na...

Three rivers have been selected as finalists in the inaugural River of the Year award. 

In the United States, voters will soon be making choices in the mid-terms. But what positions are voters being asked to choose candidates for? 

Nearly one in six Kiwis over the age of 55 have experienced abuse in the last year, according to new national research.

Sports correspondent Sam Ackerman has the latest from the world of sport. 

Jess Dare's latest exhibition, I will Meet You in the Garden, is currently on at Toi Tauranga Art Gallery.

There's a call for a 'Truth in Politics Act' - from a leading lawyer, could it actually work? 

Jimmy has more on the Otaki to north of Levin highway, campaigning in Manawatu and the Polish orphans who came to Pahiatua.

Estrangement between family members can be painful for both the parties involved, and the wider family who must navigate the situation.

The new Catholic cathedral in Christchurch will be the first one built in New Zealand in 120 years.  

President Trump is looking for a new press secretary after questions were raised about the former incumbent Katie Zacharia's qualifications.

30 years after being part of the UN Protection Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Captain Ben Green has returned and met some of the students he helped protect.

The country's major banks have signed an agreement to make it easier to open a bank account, which usually requires proof of ID and address. 

 New planning laws replacing the RMA are too vague to prevent development in flood-prone areas, according to planning experts.

Roger Parsons is a life long tramper and at 82 years old has become a master of adjustment to enable his love of tramping to continue.

Chef Olly Le Maitre and hospitality professional Santiago Burgos are taking that leap with their new restaurant Marlowe, based in Christchurch's CBD. 

Dale Husband is a long time broadcaster and Radio Waatea presenter hosting a Maori focused current affairs programme. Liam Hehir is a Palmerston North lawyer, political commentator and a National Party member.

David discusses access to information about health services, a local City Mission reviews  after the death of Braydon Hepworth, new schools but no  libraries and the new exhibition on Antartic Connections.

Jenna Todd from Time Out Bookstore reviews  Partita by Barbara Kingsolver and American Hagwon by Min Jin Lee. 

The new film telling the story of Tenzing Norgay, the Sherpa mountaineer who achieved the world-first summit alongside Sir Edmund Hillary.