Kathryn Ryan

Emma Hislop reviews Dream Girl by Joy Holley, published by Te Herenga Waka University Press Audio

Dr Rina Bliss' new book examines the nature of intelligence and its elasticity. In Rethinking Intelligence - A Radical New Understanding of Our Human Potential Rina challenges the conventional wisdom… Audio

The council's budget shortfall for the next financial year is expected to reach $375m- up from $295m. Councillors attended a closed-door workshop yesterday morning to receive a budget update, ahead of… Audio

UK correspondent Harriet Line joins Kathryn to talk about a savaging of the government's plans to tackle illegal migration, led by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Justin Welby said the bill - allowing… Audio

New Zealand scientists are celebrating a major advancement in Parkinson's research, which is hoped will improve the diagnosis and treatment of the disease, and even stop full-blown symptoms developing… Audio

Do the wealthy pay their fair share of tax? Three recent reports have come to very different conclusions. An Inland Revenue investigation has found New Zealand's wealthiest families pay less than half… Audio

Aucklanders are facing even bigger potential rates rises and service cuts. The council's budget shortfall for the next financial year is expected to reach 375 million dollars, up from $295m. And on… Audio

Money expert Liz Koh joins Kathryn to talk about how banks have always been a safe haven for investors during times of economic downturn, but recent failures around the world have shaken investor… Audio

Andrew Hubbard from Citizens Advice Bureau joins Kathryn to share a new report which calls for the government to wipe the debts that clients owe to the Ministry of Social Development. Audio

This week, for New Zealand Music Month, Ian Chapman celebrates one of New Zealand's most loved but shortest-lived bands from the mid-1970s: Alastair Riddell's Space Waltz. From a #1 smash hit, 'Out On… Audio

Kelly has a heartwarming story from an anonymous local businessman who has paid for a new play ground for the Rotorua Seventh-day Adventist School on Fenton St. The street is at the core of emergency… Audio

Lynn Freeman reviews Fungi of Aotearoa by Liv Sisson, published by Penguin Random House NZ Audio

'Elevated' comfort food with a dash of story-telling will be on the menu at Wellington restaurant Floriditas this week, when renowned Korean-American chef Kristen Kish joins the team for a two-night… Video, Audio

Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about yesterday's federal Budget, the second delivered by Treasurer Jim Chalmers which forecast a surplus of A$4.2 billion - the first… Audio

Legal experts fear the information relied on by judges to make decisions may be out of date, and are questioning why these so-called "bench books" are not publicly available. Bench books typically… Audio

GPs say it is virtually impossible to get patients referred for a publicly funded ADHD assessment - and a new survey backs that up. Anyone with suspected ADHD must get an inital assessment by a… Audio

Dunedin band Cloudboy's miraculous 2001 debut album Down At The End Of The Garden has just been issued on vinyl for the first time. We'll hear two tracks from that today, alongside a song from the… Audio

In a surprise move Customs Minister Meka Whaitiri has announced she has left Labour and will stand instead for Te Pati Maori. She will not be ejected from Parliament under "waka jumping" legislation… Audio

Science commentator Laurie Winkless joins Kathryn to talk about a big study that's looked at the scale of loss of elephant habitat in Asia. Over three centuries two thirds of suitable habitat - an… Audio