Nat (of 'Nat's What I Reckon' fame) was one of the few people who was able to truly benefit from the restrictions that lockdown brought, with his hugely popular cooking tutorials providing light relief and top food tips in equal measures.

We've all been told about the myriad benefits of mindfulness, but a recent study out of the University of Buffalo has found that mindfulness actually provides little or no benefit when individuals are coping with active stressors.

The latest Restaurant Association Hospitality Report shows that nationwide sales for the hospitality industry hit $12.1 billion in the year ending March 2020, before unsurprisingly plummeting when Covid-19 reared its ugly head.

Mediawatch looks at how our media companies have weathered the storm of Covid-19 in 2020 - and how we've ended up with more independent and locally-owned outlets than we've had for years. The chief executive of Stuff Sinead Boucher bought the company for one dollar earlier this year. What will she do with the company in 2021?

Our weekend panelists  Dame Diane Robertson and Michael Barnett discuss the Royal Commission into the Christchurch mosque shootings, fireworks, housing, Auckland's roads and the lingering effects of concussion in sport.

Megan Rae lives a life many people on the planet can only dream of. She has a PhD in linguistics and runs a school at one of just two Italian universities specialising in languages, Ca'foscari University of Venice. She's Calling Home.

Professor Miia Kivipelto had an audience with Jacinda Ardern this week when she was awarded the 2020 Ryman Prize for research into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's Disease and dementia.

There's one particularly cunning type of pricing strategy that marketers use to get you to switch your choice from one option to a more expensive or profitable one. It's called the decoy effect. Professor Gary Mortimer explains.

A new survey from Research New Zealand has found that almost ninety percent of New Zealanders think we should take action against the big companies that appear to have profited from Covid-19 wage subsidies.

A new local series is breathing new life into the genre by giving us a genuine glimpse of life in small-town New Zealand. 'Taranaki Hard' gets up close and remarkably personal with a diverse bunch of young people in the town of Waitara.