Former Lehman Brothers investment banker Ian Short has come home to address climate change

Artist Jack Trolove reveals stories behind his raw and emotional portraits.

Designers Institute of New Zealand CEO Cathy Veninga talks to Jennifer Dann.

Film, TV and theatre director Katie Wolfe talks about life after Shortland Street.

Vanisa Dhiru is the new president of the National Council of Woman.

Political journalist compares "Jacinda-mania" to John Key's 2011 election campaign.

Pacific mental health leader Monique Faleafa wants to build communities of care nationwide

Nadia Lim talks to Jennifer Dann about cooking, the "boyfriend test" and her dad.

Theatre maker Julie Zhu is getting 100 Chinese Aucklanders on stage to tell their stories.

Objectspace director Kim Paton is opening a new gallery for the craft and design centre.

Toby Carr was just 14 when he started his tech company DeXTech.

Laura McGoldrick and Martin Guptill recently announced the gender of their baby.

Actress and comedian Sieni Leo'o Olo talks about her Mangere childhood and her new show.

Michael Marr is pioneering the use of drones for security with new technology.

Kurdish refugee Sarkawt Abdullazada's family fled Saddam Hussein's regime in 1998.

Kingdon Chapple-Wilson broke Lorde's record for the most weeks at No.1 in the NZ Top 20.

12 Questions: Blair Strang recalls one scene that had it all for his character Rangi.

Igelese Ete reveals how he made his break in film on the Lord of the Rings soundtrack.

Greg Hall's novel tells of the darkest day in New Zealand military history.

12 Questions: Ex-Silver Fern Jenny-May Clarkson tells of a difficult transition to TV.

12 Questions: Bill English is sharing more of his personal side with the public.

Craft beer expert's surprise as Epic Armageddon won coveted IPA trophy again.

Jennifer Dann puts 12 questions to NIWA air quality scientist Elizabeth Somervell.

Jennifer Dann talks to Samoan film maker Tusi Tamasese about his new feature One Thousand Ropes.

The 29-year-old Lydia Cole has just released her sophomore album The Lay of the Land.

Agribusiness leader and company director Traci Houpapa answers twelve questions about life and work.

Former dancer Eden Mulholland's latest work is the soundtrack to Peer Gynt [recycled] in the Auckland Arts Festival.

Former Breakfast presenter Sam Wallace says: "I never actually said the cloud looked like a dick ... so I didn't get into trouble."

Roger Murray has spent two decades making monsters, gore and weapons for film and TV shows like Narnia, Spartacus and the Evil Dead.

Since opening their first GP practice in Otara, Ranjna Patel and her husband Kanti have built New Zealand's largest independent primary healthcare group.