Why are broad beans traditionally planted on Anzac Day? And how can you make your own compost full of beneficial microorganisms?

Despite missing the top of his beak, Bruce the kea is the alpha male at Christchurch’s Willowbank Wildlife Reserve. Professor Ximena Nelson explains how Bruce’s innovative behaviour has challenged their perceptions of what’s possible.

You'll know him as Dr Chris Warner from Shortland Street, but actor Michael Galvin is also an award-winning playwright. His latest, War Hero, is inspired by the 1939 autobiography of Archibald Baxter, a conscientious objector during World War I.

The astonishing story of twin sisters born in rural China - one grows up with her family, the other is snatched away, caught up in the machinery of the state's one-child policy.

Journalist and author Jimmy Thomson believes there is one group of soldiers who have been overlooked: the combat engineers or ‘sappers’. It was their job to clear the way for others to follow and Thomson says that makes them the first ANZACs.

Geoff Stear was a young medic in the British Army when he was sent to the Falkland Islands as part of a military clean-up operation. It would leave him with lifelong PTSD. A dog named Charlie helped him get his life back.

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