Kids
Author Karen McMillan details her island-hopping adventure
Move over Famous Five, there's another bunch of kids with their pets having amazing adventures - this time through the Pacific. Audio
Trailer: Suzy & Friends
Suzy Cato and Trevor Plant present a podcast made for Kiwi kids. Based on the award-winning Suzy & Friends radio show, it features audio stories, kids talking about books, tamariki telling jokes, Fun… Audio
News News News - children-driven media onstage and online
The public's trust in the media is at an all time low. Perhaps it's time to simply hand over the newspapers, cameras and microphones to our children, to get their take on the news. This is the premise… Audio, Gallery
How children saw New Zealand's Covid-19 restrictions
Researchers asked kids to draw comics as a way to understand how they're coping with the pandemic. Dr Julie Spray led the study and talks to Wallace about what they learned from kids' lockdown art. Audio
UK dad transforms son's sketches into surreal wonders
With thousands of kids locked down you may be sporting a bit more fridge art than usual.
What if those childhood imaginings could kind-of-be brought to life? That's what UK dad Tom Curtis has been… Video, Audio
How to help your kids with homework - without doing it for them
How can parents find the delicate balance between helping a child with their homework, and overhelping - or even doing it for them? Education lecturer Melissa Barnes has analysed more than 400… Audio
Drawing inspiration from kids and slime
Christchurch-based author Belinda O'Keefe has just been announced as the winner of the Storylines Tom Fitzgibbon award for her book A Recipe for Disaster. She joins the show to discuss winning the… Audio
Nanogirl's new adventures
Nanogirl and her nanobot CLAIR are getting ready for their latest science adventures...
Drop into the lab and see what they're up to - it's noisy and explosive! Audio
Confronting the epidemic of stress and anxiety in girls
Studies confirm that anxiety levels have skyrocketed in girls. Dr. Lisa Damour's new book Under Pressure looks at why this is happening. Audio
Pressure driving kids away from competitive sport - Sport NZ
Major sporting codes in New Zealand are set for a dramatic shakeup as they admit they're driving kids away from competitive sport.
Sport New Zealand says there's too much focus on winning and too… Audio
Want More Nanogirl's Great Science Adventures?
Nanogirl is off on more great adventures so we can answer your science questions.
In the meantime... Audio
Navigating the back-to-school blues: tips from a child psychologist
Kids' anxiety levels tend to go up as their return to school looms. Dr Emma Woodward suggests people use the Three Ps of positive psychology as a framework for talking to their kids about how they… Video, Audio
How to help your kids get money-smart
Parents can set their kids up for financial independence by giving them some key money lessons early, says Australian investment advisor Scott Pape. He gives us some tips from his new book The… Audio
The Green Bay and Gore libraries providing free or low-cost holiday activities
Former West Auckland toy-lending librarian Anne Riley and Gore library manager Lorraine Weston-Webb talk about their services and how families make use of them. Audio
Kidding Around
Each year dairy goat farmer Robyn Averill has to come up with hundreds of names for newborn kids. It's no easy task. Audio
Kidding Around
Each year dairy goat farmer Robyn Averill has to come up with hundreds of names for newborn kids. It's no easy task.
AudioElderly pay when cyclists use footpaths - advocate
Dr Ben Rossiter from Victoria Walks presents a pedestrians perspective on the campaign to change the law to allow children and those aged over 65 to ride their bikes on our footpaths. Can walkers and… Audio
Mother continues push to make cycling on footpath legal for kids
A Lower Hutt mother and cycling enthusiast is a step closer to getting a law change allowing people - especially children - to ride on the footpath. Kathryn Ryan speaks to Jo Clendon who successfully… Audio
From Muriwai to the World: 12 year old's vegetarian cookbook
Clara's Cookbook has been voted the best children's cook book in the world in the Gourmand Best Cookbook Awards. Put together by a 12 year old from Muriwai, Clara Donne was just ten when she finished… Audio