Wallace Chapman

After a seven-year break, the TV cooking show MasterChef NZ returns to TV screens this Sunday night. Auckland restauranter Michael P Dearth is one of this year's judges, along with chefs Nadia Lim and… Video, Audio

Following a long campaign, the Dunedin Council has built a safe stair case at St Clair beach for surfers! They're expected to be opened by the end of June. Co-chair of St Clair Action Group Dr Richard… Audio

A world first forest pre-school is about to open in Manurewa. The project began in 2019 and will finally open its doors next month. To talk about the unique space and the enrolments to date, Chrysalis… Audio

The Prime Minister has managed to nail down a meeting with US President Joe Biden and his deputy Kamala Harris during her US trip. Audio

It's been 10 years since former Silver Fern Anna Harrison stunned the netball world with a rugby line-out style lift to block a shot at goal.  RNZ sports reporter Bridget Tunnicliffe joins Wallace… Audio

Jessica Gurnsey is just 18 years old and has won 20 thousand dollars in the Adam Portraiture Award. Her work, Lady Day, beat out 351 others to take the title. Audio

If you're keen on pulling a sled and ski-ing for 900 kilometres, there's an opening! The New Zealand Antarctic Trust is looking for intrepid explorers to join a special expedition to mark 150 years… Audio

A charity working with at risk youths, is hoping to stop them from becoming part of the crime wave of ram raids by mentoring them amongst actual sheep! Springboard mentor Sheralyn Cotton talks to… Audio

The tangi for Joe Hawke comes to a close today with his burial at Takaparawhau, the very place where he led the iwi occupation to save the headland from becoming a housing development. Māni Dunlop… Audio

The laws of nature tell us there is no light without dark, no death without birth, we can't have rainbows without a little rain. But the world tells us to lean into the positive and forsake sadness… Audio

Today's Bookmarks guest is Jacob Rajan, co-founder of Indian Ink theatre company. He joins Wallace to talk about what he's reading, watching and listening to in his spare time. Audio

The Unitec School of Architecture is preserving our oldest buildings with the latest technology. Their research uses 3-D modelling to record heritage buildings in digital form. Audio

Old buildings are being demolished and vegetable gardens are going in for a pātaka kai, community food pantry. A new initiative, Communities Feeding Communities is being established on Dominion Road.

A new way to avoid skin injuries on hospitalised babies has just been successfully trialled at Wellington's neonatal intensive care ward. Dr Deborah Harris, a neonatal nurse practitioner talks to… Audio