Kathryn Ryan

Peter talks to Kathryn about on the three separate investigations underway into the collision and sinking on the 79-year-old Waitere, popularly known as the Blue Ferry, which left the skipper… Audio

Eden Denyer from Unity Books Wellington reviews Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson, published by Hachette Bestselling author Brandon Sanderson brings us deeper into the Cosmere universe… Audio

Kiwi Annemarie Rawson packed up herself and her husband in 2018 and moved to London for a new overseas experience in their early 60s. It wasn't the first time Annemarie had done this to her husband… Audio

Ed talks to Kathryn about US court documents detailing a brazen scheme for getting cigarettes into North Korea worth hundreds of millions of dollars. There have been mixed signals given to western… Audio

Brianne West founded the plastic-free beauty bar business Ethique 11 years ago while she was studying chemistry at university. It's now a $100 million business, exporting shampoo bars and soaps to… Audio

Anyone wanting to have their say on the five proposals for a second Auckland harbour crossing needs to get cracking - the opportunity for "feedback" closes on Monday. It's less than a month since… Audio

Film and TV reviewer Laumata Lauano joins Kathryn to talk about true-crime thriller Love & Death, starring Elizabeth Olsen and Jesse Plemons, family movie Chupa (Netflix) and Tiny Beautiful Things, a… Audio

The newly developed Common Practice Model is going to inform how literacy and maths is taught in primary and secondary schools in the coming years. But what does that mean, and what are the teaching… Audio

Tech commentator Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about Massey University's amnesty to at least 20 students alleged to have been caught cheating using ChatGPT - if they 'fess up. Rural connectivity… Audio

Che talks to Kathryn about why Southern mayors can't keep out of the news, the intentional poisoning of trees, Henry the tuatara's keeper calls it a day after 52 years and the Routeburn Classic Trail… Audio

Paul Diamond reviews Aftermaths: Colonialism, Violence and Memory in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific edited by Angela Wanhalla, Lyndall Ryan and Camille Nurka, published by Otago University… Audio

JP McMahon has his fingers in many pies, not least a Dingle Pie. The prominent Irish chef is an ambassador for Irish food: both its produce (especially wild food such as foraged seaweed) and its food… Audio

UK correspondent Matthew Parris joins Kathryn to talk about a 'critical' 24 hours in the effort to evacuate British nationals from Sudan, and a meeting between Rishi Sunak and the new head of the SNP… Audio

A programme that teaches self-regulation of emotions and behaviour to preschool children is to be rolled out in early childhood centres around the country. The ENGAGE programme, developed at the… Audio

The government needs to take more urgent and bold actions on climate change, or risk missing its own emissions targets for 2026 to 2030 according to the Climate Change Commission. The Commission says… Audio

Science commentator Laurie Winkless joins Kathryn to talk about a global view of who is most at risk of severe flu symptoms and even death. University of Melbourne did a meta-analysis of studies… Audio

It's 1917 in Messines and a shell-splinter has just hit the knee of Lindsay Inglis, a Kiwi soldier. He's given an anti-tetanus serum from a syringe the "size of a bicycle pump" and told he's just… Audio

Music 101 host Charlotte Ryan joins Kathryn to play some music from last night's Taite Music Prize winner, Princess Chelsea. Audio

RNZ Taranaki reporter Robin Martin joins Kathryn to look at the significant recent Treaty settlement in the region which, among other things, consigns the 'Mount Egmont' name for Taranaki Maunga to… Audio

Ash Davida Jane reviews Ithaca by Alie Benge, published by Te Herenga Waka University Press Audio