Technology journalist Bill Bennett joins Susie to talk about how a move to "digital minimalism" is seeing younger parents reinstalling home phones to combat smartphone burnout, or switching to "dumb" phones. But how does that work in New Zealand where the old copper phone network is about to be turned off? A Chinese court has ruled it's illegal to replace human workers with AI and major battery manufacturers are moving to deploy sodium-ion batteries for home energy storage - could this be a majo...
May 06, 2026•20 min
Local worries over council reform, drive to prevent deaths during Road Safety Week, winter PJ drive, and new bridge underway for Tongariro River Trail. Jesse Archer is with LakeFM in Taupo.
May 06, 2026•9 min
Jane Westaway reviews Departure (s) by Julian Barnes, published by Penguin Random House.
May 06, 2026•5 min
Caterpillar is a drama about three generations of a family of women living together: one struggling to hide her dementia, a tetchy teen with acting aspirations and a middle-aged filmmaker who's trying to juggle her career and home life.
May 06, 2026•27 min
UK correspondent Steph Spyro details what's on the line for the Prime Minister in Thursday's local elections, antisemitic hate crimes are up with 140 offences logged last month by London's Metropolitan police. New figures show almost two pubs a day are closing in Britain, the foreign office is working to get Britons on a virus-hit cruise home and Sir David Attenborough will turn 100 this week - what's planned to celebrate it? Steph Sypro is the Daily Express' deputy political editor
May 06, 2026•8 min
A number of Nelson artists are disappointed their wares have been removed from the Suter Art Gallery's shop.
May 06, 2026•9 min
A new report from Youthline finds young people are facing a perfect storm of mental health distress, rising living costs and digital pressures.
May 06, 2026•19 min
Science correspondent Allan Blackman looks at how the Hindenburg disaster has haunted the development of hydrogen technology and why that might be changing.
May 05, 2026•8 min
Lauren Keenan clearly paid little attention to advice she received to never set a novel in New Zealand. She's just published her fourth historical fiction novel, this one following the lives of two women - Keita and Catherine, as their lives intertwined in 19th century New Zealand.
May 05, 2026•17 min
In the latest data out this morning, the unemployment rate fell slightly in the first quarter of the year. RNZ's economics correspondent Gyles Beckford.
May 05, 2026•5 min
Alexa Cook joins Susie from the Hawke's Bay with the latest from the region.
May 05, 2026•13 min
Sonja de Friez reviews Other People's Bodies by Megan Nicol Reed, published by Allen & Unwin.
May 05, 2026•6 min
Big pharma is often a divisive industry, but almost everyone is interacting with the outputs of the biotechnology industry on an almost daily basis.
May 05, 2026•20 min
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Susie to look at the new blow delivered to mortgage holders, with the OCR lifted for a third time in the face of rising inflation. It comes as more clues are delivered by the federal government that cuts are likely in next week's Budget.
May 05, 2026•10 min
University of Otago researchers are following a cohort of more than 80 pregnant women to uncover why intense food cravings and aversions are so common in pregnancy.
May 05, 2026•10 min
Why is the chatbot business booming and what are the ethical considerations?
May 05, 2026•15 min
A leading economist says businesses could exploit the war in the Middle East to raise prices.
May 05, 2026•13 min
The Wellington Phoenix women line up a big second leg semi final against Brisbane Roar in Porirua this weekend, while Auckland FC's mens team goes on to the next elimination final in the A-League. Glen also discusses pricing for TVNZ games at football's World Cup in June and July. And in rugby league the Warriors continue winning.
May 04, 2026•12 min
When he did make it home, the old way was gone, so Tarn, along with his parents and a new bride, headed to a new life farming near Te Awamutu.
May 04, 2026•17 min
Fletcher Building is continuing its aggressive restructuring by selling its wire mesh business at a loss and exploring the divestment of its residential arm to focus on its core manufacturing and supply operations.
May 04, 2026•20 min
Piers discusses the importance of a new maintenance depot in Masterton in improving Wairarapa's train service, the possibility of local council amalgamation.
May 04, 2026•12 min
Harry Broad reviews The Only Way Is Up:On Foot To Rome by Jennifer Andrewes, published by Parallel Lives.
May 04, 2026•5 min
Dr Pasricha says the fundamentals of going number two are often left unattended and contribute to widespread gut issues and toilet anxiety.
May 04, 2026•24 min
Amid a backdrop of severe domestic economic strain and record-low approval ratings, President Trump announced plans to guide hundreds of ships trapped by the Iran war out of the Gulf.
May 04, 2026•12 min
'Boycott the Bezos' has surfaced after Amazon's Jeff Bezos and his wife were confirmed as the main benefactors of the event.
May 04, 2026•8 min
The World Stroke Organisation last week released a warning that climate change, and the environmental factors exacerbated by it, increase the risk of having a stroke.
May 04, 2026•12 min
New research has set out just how overstretched New Zealand diaysis service is. Data from the Australian and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry shows half of all renal service in New Zealand operate above capacity with the Auckland renal service operating at 150 per cent of usual capacity.
May 04, 2026•18 min
Kennedy discussed the walkway that connects 10 kilometres of coastal forest reserves on the northern shoreline of Auckland's Manukau Harbour. These linked reserves are said to be the largest coastal native forest remnant on the Auckland isthmus - around 50 hectares.
May 03, 2026•10 min
Otto and Vicki McGirr made the initial move but now their four daughters are involved in the business.
May 03, 2026•13 min
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.
May 03, 2026•27 min
