Chaired by Thomas Sainsbury this discussion explores LGBTQ+ life in New Zealand. It features four panellists with decades of involvement in the gay scene, as creators, advocates and agents of change: Louisa Wall MP, Prof. Welby Ings, Professor Emeritus Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, and award winning artist and filmmaker Tanu Gago.

Chaired by Mihingarangi Forbes, today's edition of Smart Talk from the Auckland Museum explores how scientific and traditional approaches to knowledge can inform how we care for the Pacific.

Four experts explore the practice and ethics of CRISPR gene editing with Russell Brown: Prof. Tim Dare, Associate Professors Peter Fineran and Maui Hudson, and Dr Heather Hendrickson.

The former New Zealand prime minister talks with Noelle McCarthy about sexism, power and the changing role of women in politics and international life.

Noelle McCarthy leads a discussion about what the #MeToo movement really means for Aotearoa/New Zealand. With Kirsty Johnston, Zoë Lawton, Rhonda Tibble and Henry Law.

Victor Rodger explores the personal, cultural and political aspects of transgender and non-binary identity with Georgina Beyer, Lexie Matheson, Nikolai Talamahina and Aych McArdle.

Rose Matafeo talks with Jessie Moss, Ladi6, Dianne Swann and Geneva Alexander-Marsters about life and work for women in the music scene in Aotearoa.

In the final of RNZ's Smart Talk discussions Rose Matafeo talks with some of New Zealand's leading musicians - Jessie Moss, Ladi6, Dianne Swann and Geneva Alexander-Marsters about

Russell Brown talks about confronting entitlement with the former MP Georgina Beyer, academic Richard Pamatatau, activist Julia Amua Whaipooti and artist Tāwhanga Nopera.

This edition in the 2017 series Smart Talk from the Auckland Museum explores the theme of power and privilege. Russell Brown talks about confronting entitlement with the former MP and Mayor of Carterton Georgina Beyer, journalist and academic Richard Pamatatau, activist Julia Amua Whaipooti and artist and scholar Tāwhanga Nopera.