Easter Monday Podcast Options

10:07 AM.High heels are fast disappearing from the high street and office, leaving some to question whether they still have a place in the modern work environment. Is anyone still wearing shoes a cobbler can… Read more Audio

9:41 AM.Behind the scenes workers across Britain have been beavering away to replace the royal monogram from Elizabeth II to Charles III. Commemorative pieces are already on sale and in Stoke-on-Trent, the… Read more Audio

9:07 AM.Tony and Fi give advice on autumn planting and answer your questions. Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Nadia Lim shares the view outside her window and a recipe for cosy Easter gatherings. Read more Audio

8:27 AM.People love lists. And books. People love lists and books and the central character of this story... is a list of books. Nearly seventeen hundred titles meticulously logged with a manual typewriter. A… Read more Audio

11:08 AM.An hour of a journey through music on The Through Line. All the tracks are connected, with Karyn explaining the links as we go. Sit back and enjoy!  Read more Audio

10:47 AM.Wellington Chocolate Factory was the first bean-to-bar factory in the country, and now produces the only certified organic chocolate made right here in Aotearoa. Its been busy creating special treats… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Designer Evie Kemp loves to breathe life and colour into old and second hand furniture. She has honed this skill from childhood and she tells Karyn her secrets. Read more Audio

10:12 AM.Autumn is a wonderful time of the year and we dig out a few woollen jumpers, it's also a great season to be in the garden preparing for winter and spring. April is also the time for harvesting the… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Australia's Federal election campaign is in full swing before Aussies go to the polls on May 21st. Scott Morrision's foe Labour leader, Anthony Albanese has had a bumpy start to the campaign… Read more Audio

9:42 AM.The research is in, wearing your outdoor shoes indoors is a big no-no. A recent study from environmental chemists in Australia found that people were bringing in a myriad of nasty bacteria into their… Read more Audio

9:12 AM.Two things are a given on Easter- chocolate and holiday traffic. Waka Kotahi journey manager, Liam Ryan tells Karyn what motorists should expect this Easter Monday. Read more Audio

9:07 AM.The boarders may now be open, but New Zealanders are still flocking to the water in what was known post-lockdown as the great boating boom. Boat sales have continued to grow, with the latest Trade Me… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.The Prime Minister is today embarking on her first international trip in almost 800 days. She'll arrive in Singapore first, before travelling to Japan later this week. Trade will be at the forefront… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.A group of engineers are working to reduce childhood concussions in our national sport. In 2019 there were almost three thousand ACC claims for rugby players with concussion; and more that half were… Read more Audio

8:11 AM.As inflation bites and house prices stay stubbornly high, banks are now encouraging less tradition methods of home ownership. Currently, if a median-income household saved 15 percent of their income… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Karyn Hay goes on a journey through the world of music from one artist to another. She starts with New Zealand composer and musician Louisa Nicklin.  Read more Audio

10:50 AM.Is a glut of fejoas, apples and pears starting to put a strain on the fruit bowls? Never fear, Helen McNamara from the Hawkes Bay culinary institute The Cook and Grow Project is here to help with the… Read more Audio

10:20 AM.David Mountain is a writer, speaker and editor based in Edinburgh in Scotland and has recently published his first book: Past Mistakes: How We Misinterpret History and Why It Matters.  Read more Audio

10:05 AM.A new book has been published looking at the history of the punk scene in Auckland in the 20th century. From AK79 to the Class of 81 tracks the world of the punk scene through the eyes of the then… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Artist Christian Nicholson has a new exhibition opening soon at Art by the Sea Gallery in Takapuna in Auckland called "Ready to Roll: the Kiwi Music I Grew Up With". He joins Karyn to talk about… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.What do we plant at this time of year in different parts of the country? And what problems might we be running into? Gardener Adrian Sutherland runs the thriving Facebook page One Minute Gardening and… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.Award winning New Zealand photographer Robin Hammond has just landed again on New Zealand soil. He's been documenting the quarantine process while also still working with aid organisation Witness… Read more Audio

8:37 AM.Self isolation, plague, closed borders, quarantine. These are all words we've become very familiar with over the past year, but they have their roots in plagues of the past. Historian and medievalist… Read more Audio