A regular eye exam can now detect early signs of chronic conditions like diabetes and heart disease due to AI technology.

The creator of a new board game teaching children how to invest says she did not grow up knowing anything about it.

Black Ferns centre Logo I Pu-lotu Lemapu Atai'i Sylvia Brunt shares what the viral group hug was like.

A new report has found higher levels of maternal stress and large amounts of screen time during early childhood, are associated with higher levels of behavioural problems in children.

RNZ's in depth reporter Anusha Bradley shares what it was like talking to the mega wealthy in New Zealand for the new series RICH.

A top heart specialist says doctors are now having to schedule their own appointments because cutbacks to back office staff have gone too far.

Polly Markus is the woman behind Miss Polly's Kitchen - with a bestselling book and thousands of social media followers drawn to her down to earth approach to food. The Auckland based real estate agent started posting recipes online when she lost work during the 2020 lockdown, and soon amassed a large following. She shares her recipe for 'Tasty Lamb Meatballs with Jammy Harissa Tomatoes' from her second cookbook 'Seriously Delicous'.

Music therapy has been making a difference in people's lives in New Zealand for 50 years. And next weekend that milestone is being celebrated in Wellington. Daphne Rickson is an adjunct professor at the New Zealand School of Music-Te Koki - the only place you can train to be a music therapist in New Zealand. She's just written a book A History of Music Therapy New Zealand. Daphne decided to train as a music therapist when she saw the difference music therapy made to her daughter, who was born profoundly deaf. She joins Susie and Mihi to talk about how the profession has grown and the impact it continues to have.

The global financial market has taken a hit this week, but it comes with a silver lining for motorists as oil prices have slumped to their lowest level this year - does that mean petrol savings are on the way? And despite being in a recession, business confidence is soaring right now. New Zealand Herald business editor-at-large Liam Dann is here with the latest business news from around the country.

Bestselling British author and former journalist Robert Harris' new novel is Precipice, delving inside WW1 British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith's scandalous affair with a much younger woman. But this wasn't simply a matter of sexual intrigue in Downing Street. The PM shared top secrets with his mistress - and their affair became a matter of national security that altered the course of political history.