Susie Ferguson
Top Stories for Thursday 18 August 2022
Top Stories for 18 August 2022 Hundreds of Nelson residents have been evacuated and some homes have been inundated as rain continues to fall in the region. There's also concern about rising river… Audio
Top Stories for Wednesday 17 August 2022
Top stories for Wednesday 17 August 2022 Rogue Labour MP, Gaurav Sharma, has been unanimously suspended from caucus we'll have all the developments with Political Editor Jane Patterson Heavy rain is… Audio
Top Stories for Tuesday 16 August 2022
Top stories for Tuesday 16 August 2022 The Buller, Westland and Tasman districts are preparing for flooding and landslips, as rain begins to fall in the South Island Jacinda Ardern calls a special… Audio
Top Stories for Monday 15 August 2022
The All Blacks win their second Test in South Africa - but it's still not clear whether Ian Foster will remain as coach, We spoke to the Prime Minister about bullying complaints laid by back bench MP… Audio
Film & TV - Still Here, Girl in the Picture, Sea Beast
Film and TV correspondent Laumata Lauano joins Susie to talk about Still Here (TVNZ), a four part docu-series celebrates the small but mighty Pasifika community in inner-city Auckland who have… Audio
Sibling rivalry - cause for concern or just part of growing up?
It can drive parents mad, but psychologist Dr Rachael Sharman of the University of the Sunshine Coast says sibling rivalry is a perfectly normal - and in fact, even necessary part of the developmental… Audio
Tech: Taiwan cyber attacks, NHS suffers DDoS, 100m affected by worker's data theft
Tech commentator Tony Grasso joins Susie to talk about the cyber attacks on Taiwan amid rising tensions with China, a DDoS attack on Britain's National Health Service. He'll also look at why insider… Audio
Book review - A Riderless Horse by Tim Upperton
Harry Ricketts reviews A Riderless Horse by Tim Upperton, published by Auckland University Press. Audio
An exceptional sporting career: cricketer Ross Taylor
The curtain came down on the international career of Black Caps batter Ross Taylor in April this year. After 16 years representing New Zealand, his 450th and final game was at a One Day International… Audio
UK - PM race gets nasty, another heatwave, warnings of winter price hikes
UK correspondent Hugo Gye joins Susie to talk about fears within Conservative ranks that an increasingly nasty campaign to be leader by Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak will damage the party, the cost of… Audio
Social enterprise energy retailer seeks help to 'end power poverty'
The country's only kaupapa Māori , social enterprise energy retailer says 130,000 households experience energy poverty, and it needs help to end that. Nau Mai RÄ was established a year ago. It is… Audio
Driven to distraction - pothole woe up and down the country
Cars are being ruined and frustration is growing in communities around the country over the state of our roads. Residents, particularly those in rural areas say the roading network is in a terrible… Audio
Financial Planner Liz Koh : Examining your money mindset
This week is Money Week and Money expert Liz Koh discusses the Retirement Commission's underlying theme of Your Money Mindset. If you want to know why you struggle to get ahead financially even though… Audio
Book breathes new life into the legend of Pelorus Jack
Risso's dolphins are extremely rare in New Zealand, yet Pelorus Jack stuck to his routine of greeting ships in the Sound for nearly 25 years. Audio
Business commentator Rebecca Stevenson : fake meat and private jets
Rebecca asks whether McDonald's is McDone with Beyond Burger's plant-meat?. She addresses how the fake-meat firm's failed pepperoni plan shows the mountain Beyond Burger has to climb to make its… Audio
National leader on Uffindell: "I should have been told"
The National party leader Christopher Luxon has just fronted media over the revelations about the Tauranga MP Sam Uffindell. Sam Uffindell was kicked out of Auckland's King's College when he was 16… Audio
Book review: Kohine by Colleen Maria Lenihan
Michelle Rahurahu reviews Kohine by Colleen Maria Lenihan, published by Huia Publishers Audio
Our father, Barry Crump
Barry Crump was the ultimate kiwi icon - a rugged outdoorsman, and quintessential kiwi bloke. His books sold millions of copies and his Toyota TV ads with the hapless Scotty entertained us all. But… Audio, Gallery
USA correspondent Ron Elving
Ron talks to Susie about job growth in the US in a shrinking economy, a victory in Congress for President Joe Biden with the Senate passing major spending bill, the Inflation Reduction Act. Also… Audio
Seen but unheard: The experience of Maori and Pasifika
New research out this morning has looked at the way Maori and Pasifika postgraduates in STEM are treated within the university space - and it paints a concerning picture. The paper includes the… Audio