Power

Transpower says it is still trying to figure out what caused a massive power outage to the top of the North Island on Wednesday.

A circuit supplying power to Northland and the Far North tripped… Audio

A warm winter, low hydro-lake levels, and a power station outage have knocked Tauranga based Trustpower's half year profit. Audio

Chinese-born British writer Jung Chang joins the show to discuss her latest book Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister and why she still remains optimistic about the future of her homeland. Audio

A study out of the University of Houston shows that one in four men now avoid one-on-one meetings with women in the workplace. Professor Leanne Atwater joins the show to discuss the findings. Audio

Former enemies Imam Dr Muhammad Ashafa and Pastor Dr James Wuye spent years as the leaders of violent militias fighting each other in Nigeria, but an unlikely meeting saw their worlds come together in… Audio

Thousands of households across Canterbury and Banks Peninsula are without power tonight. Orion spokesperson Linda McGregor says the power company may not be able to restore power to everyone tonight.

'Blackout' is a new fiction podcast looking at what could happen if power went down across the entire US. So imagine a world where mobile communications and the internet fail, and where news is hard… Audio

Dan Reed is the director and producer of one of this year's most talked about documentary, Leaving Neverland. He tells Jim Mora he doesn't believe the film should stop Michael Jackson's music… Audio

Scotland's Orkney Islands generate more electricity than they need via a host of wind turbines. Looking at the future of energy with Laura Watts the author of Energy at the End of the World: An Orkney… Audio

A new study has discovered why some people are worse at taking orders than others and it's all about how your brain works. Essentially, it boiled down to trust in the people giving the orders.  Audio

Water is evaporating all over the world right now, so what if we could capture the energy created by this process? That's the thrust of some interesting work going on at Columbia University. Audio

'Cryptojacking' is not the latest urban dance craze, but a way your computer or smartphone gets hijacked to mine cryptocurrencies without you knowing. Also why some heavy hitting ex-Facebookers are… Audio

Currently, Japan imports the bulk of its oil, coal and gas from overseas. Now, in an effort to become more energy self-sufficient, the Japanese government is making big investments in mining undersea… Audio

Apple buys a New Zealand company that's developed an efficient way to move power around without wires, Amazon works on a way to deliver when you're not home and Facebook experiments with the display… Audio

King Country mum Morgan Turner talks about how her family and neighbours are coping without power after last week's storm. Audio