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40 summer health and wellbeing dilemmas solved
From sea lice bites to hot dogs & mates who refuse life-jackets, we've got the answers.
From slippers to subscriptions: A Christmas advertising retrospective
What the festive seasons ads of yore say about the marketing of Christmas.
Can the tech revolution make future air travel sustainable & safer for Kiwis?
Aviation industry embraces widespread change to keep us flying in face of climate change.
NZ’s Sporting Year: 2024 is the year of the NZ sportswoman
The year was dominated by unprecedented Olympic success, led by our female athletes.
Listener weekly quiz: December 11
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Fried egg-flavoured potato chips and aphrodisiac menus: 2025 food trends predicted
What you might be eating and drinking in 2025.
Listener weekly quiz: December 4
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What working with the dead and dying has taught me about living
Four people tell how being up close with death has changed their outlook on life.
From Coldplay to heavy metal: What your playlist says about you
Musical tastes reflect our personalities but when it comes to lyrics, there's a surprise.
Betrayals of faith: Sexual misconduct at the highest levels of the NZ Catholic Church
The bishop, the priest and a would-be nun: Woman fears others might be at risk.
Listener weekly quiz: November 27
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Human-induced evolution sees native insect change colour
Humans are rapidly disrupting ecological interactions that evolved over millions of years.
End of the wine? The mining threat to Central Otago’s vineyards
Central Otago locals fear fast-tracking mining could do more than tarnish the landscape.
Black Friday sales and Christmas spending: How to make your money go further
Take an investment focus to shopping to maximise your money.
The Listener weekly quiz: November 20
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The Bigger Picture: Waiata over the bridge
Hīkoi mō te Tiri in opposition to the Treaty Principles Bill.
Listener weekly quiz: November 13
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A whakapapa of trauma: Aaron Smale on what we have yet to learn about abuse in state care
Ghosts of war and the 28th Māori Battalion come calling as government apology takes place.
Is NZ’s charity clothing donation model broken?
Charities face surprising clothing shortage amidst billions of dollars of wardrobe waste.
Listener weekly quiz: November 6
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Unsustainable: The rise of greenwashing in New Zealand - and why we need tougher rules
We're awash in green claims, so what can be done to ensure they stack up?
The bold new regenerative tourism project taking NZ youth on a journey of hope
A new and innovative global approach to indigenous tourism lifts young NZ voices.
Why economies fail: Stark lessons for NZ from a 2024 Nobel Prize winner
Nobel laureate Daron Acemoglu’s theories on why economies fail should make Kiwis nervous.
Cobb & Co toiletries? The eccentric branding and quirky ads of yesteryear
Nostalgia alert: A look back to the bizarre, the bold, the brave and bigoted ads of 1974.
Should we finally ditch Guy Fawkes?
Is an event that causes fires, injures the unwary and terrifies pets past its useby date?
Listener’s weekly quiz: October 30
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Intensive farming in the cold Deep South could damage the image of our biggest industry
But farmer groups are opposing rule changes to safeguard the welfare of cows.
The Hewitson Profile: Giving all kids a chance
The Chief Children’s Commissioner has shown a willingness to speak out.
The Kiwi connection: Why women of Manawatū set up the Polish Army League
Their mission was to support Polish servicemen.
80 years on, what Polish refugee children taught New Zealand
Our earlier immigration policies raise questions about how today's refugees are received.
Kiwi poet Jeffrey Paparoa Holman explores a distant relative’s admiration of Hitler
Holman painstaking pieces together his great-aunt’s questionable actions in Nazi Germany.
Listener’s October viewing guide: What’s new to watch for Labour Weekend and beyond
The best television across free to air and streaming platforms in October.