In this installment of The Through Line, Karyn takes us on a musical journey from Citizen Band to The Clash. Think six-degrees of separation.

Mike Seawright went from being an investment banker to setting up an humanitarian organisation that helps families affected by the brutal civil war inside Syria. In 2020, his organisation ReliefAid had their busiest year to date, supplying displaced families with shelter and hygiene kits to help prevent the spread of Covid-19.

Dr Catherine Wall is a registered dietitian and a lecturer at Otago University's Department of Human Nutrition shares some advice to get your gut microbiomes back on track.

Chef Marcus Poa is based in Sydney where he launched Mussel Hustle Co, supplying New Zealand Green Lipped Mussels to Australia.

Envisage the soft peacefulness of the pastoral life, augmented with floral print cushions and sourdough baking. New York architect and designer Kate Reggev has written about the Cottagecore movement, and joins the show to explain.

New Zealand has its fair share of Guinness World Record holders, and his summer we are meeting some of them, starting with personal trainer Blair Williamson, who holds the record for the most Rubik's cubes completed during a marathon.

Former CEO of Consumer Sue Chetwin has been made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to consumer rights.

In this first installment of The Through Line, Karyn takes us on a musical journey from Tall Dwarfs to Bowie. Think six-degrees of separation.

Blue seems to be all around us, we see it in the sky and we see it in the ocean - but the word blue was missing from our lexicon until relatively recently. Professor Jules Davidoff has been researching colour recognition for many decades, he joins The Weekend to discuss.

Over the summer we're featuring some of the quirkier museums around the country, and we start the series with the Dunedin Museum of Natural Mystery.