Science commentator Jen Martin joins Kathryn to look at three science studies with a strong wellbeing bent.

Wellington's Moa Point Wastewater Treatment Plant has been shut down and staff evacuated from the site.

Just 50 minutes north of Auckland is Matakana, a small village known for its Farmer's Market, stylish boutiques and art galleries. But to Madeleine Eskedahl, it's been the perfect setting for her popular crime novels.

RNZ's business editor Gyles Beckford on the unemployment rate.

Samantha discusses the new funding for the Nelson marina, vandalism of river level monitoring gear, flouting of bylaws restricting driving on the ecologically sensitive Marlborough coast and successful kiwi breeding at Nelson's Brook Waimarama Sanctuary.

Ralph McAllister reviews three of his favourite books from last year.

If you're a fan of dinner and a show Australian actor and playwright Joshua Hinton has very considerately combined both for you. He's the creator of A Place in the Sultan's Kitchen, a one-person play that details his grandmother's migration journey while making her chicken curry.

Australia correspondent Karen Middleton looks at the Reserve Bank decision to raise interest rates by 0.25% - the first hike in two years.

Could tiny sensors flushed down the loo be a solution to sewage overflows ending up on city beaches?

OpenAI's announcement last month that it planned to test ads in ChatGPT has raised concerns about what the commercialisation of chatbots could mean for users' privacy.