Death
Author Claire Bidwell Smith
About her new book After This which explores what happens to us when we die. Audio
Four people wiped out in car collision with a logging truck
Two children, and a man and a woman are dead and an eight year old boy is in hospital with serious injuries after their car hit a logging truck in Northland this afternoon. Audio
Atul Gawande: being mortal
American surgeon and writer, whose new book is Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End. Audio
Former chief executive tackles death taboo in NZ
The woman behind the Crimestoppers phone line is turning her attention from tackling crime to one of New Zealand's biggest taboos - speaking about death. Audio
Three dead after crash in Central Otago
It's believed the three people,who were killed when their van collided with a truck and trailer just south of Wanaka were tourists. Audio
Spiritual Outlook for 26 October 2014
Exploring end-of-life care for Māori patients and their whānau. Audio
Mortician Caitlin Doughty on how to have a good death
Caitlin Doughty is a twenty-something licensed mortician and funeral director with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre, who took a job at a crematory after her first degree -… Audio
Study shows signs of life after death
Scientists claim they have the first hard evidence of a patient hearing resuscitation instructions while he was dead. Audio
NZ Nurses reveal grim realities of caring for Ebola patients in Sierra Leone
When New Zealand nurse Donna Collins first put on her full protective gear on to work with ebola patients in Sierra Leone she feared she would look like a martian and frighten people already terrified… Audio
Jayant Pinto: smell and death
Specialist in sinus and nasal diseases, and lead author of a recently published study on how the inability of older adults to identify scents is a strong predictor of death within five years. Audio
The Everydayness of Death
It's not that death is a taboo subject, it's just that we've been encouraged not to talk about it. With Dr John Troyer from the University of Bath's Centre for Death and Society. Audio
Spiritual Outlook for 3 August 2014 - Facing Death
If you knew more or less when you were going to die, what would you do? One Auckland man faces up to that prospect… and he talks to David Steemson for Spiritual Outlook. Audio
Community Coffin
The Golden Bay community coffin is used about 12 times a year. It was designed in 2002 by Takaka resident Henry James, with the support of community worker Sheryl Nalder and made by local… Audio
Community Coffin
The Golden Bay community coffin is used about 12 times a year. It was designed in 2002 by Takaka resident Henry James, with the support of community worker Sheryl Nalder and made by local…
AudioNew study identifies serious failings in the coronial system
The University of Otago study was funded by the Law Foundation, and looked at more than 600 coronial inquiries that took place between 2007 and 2012. It's key finding was that the preventive and… Audio
Death of a child
Prue Jamieson shares her experience of rebuilding her life after the death of her teenage son from cancer, and has advice on how to help people in that situation. Audio
Gravedigging wananga with Chas Paki
Assumptions can no longer be made that everyone understands tikanga Māori when it comes to Tangihanga, let alone the physical expectations when it comes to digging graves for whānau members. Chas Paki… Audio
Listener Feedback to 29 March 2014 programme
Kim Hill reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 29 March 2014. Audio
Dr Penny Sartori - Near Death experiences
British intensive care nurse and academic Dr Penny Sartori's new book 'The Wisdom of Near-Death Experiences' explores near death experiences, and caring for patients who are close to death. Audio
Jon Underwood interview
Jon Underwood, who established the Death Café movement in Britain, says he did so in order to create an environment where talking about death is natural and comfortable. Audio