Jesse Mulligan

There's a new version of beloved Hairy Maclary in town that's going to be helping out going places where it's too dangerous for regular canines and humans. Scary Mclary has been invented. Audio

Bumblebee keeping exploded in New Zealand, supported by the need for pollinators on commercial farms. Dr Nelson Pomeroy is the author of a new book called Bumblebee Keeper: A personal story of… Audio

The FIFA Womens World Cup is kicking off this week and the event is inspiring many girls into football. But before the opening ceremony on Thursday, there's another very special football game that… Audio

Our very own RNZ producer Tony Stamp's been busy working away on a project looking at music history in Tamaki Makaurau - narrowing it down to two influential clubs that changed the city's nightlife. Audio

Using computers, crosswords and chess are more likely to help older people avoid dementia than knitting, painting or socialising a Monash University study has found. Audio

Leading climate scientist Dr Kevin Trenberth says temperatures don't increase steadily upwards,but increase like a staircase with the biggest jumps near the end of an El Niño event. Audio

D.C. Maxwell's got his debut album coming out next month as well as a tour in Australia and New Zealand in September. He shares his single released on Friday from his album Lone Rider. Audio

17 players are heading to the handball World Championships in Croatia this August. It's a huge milestone for New Zealand's U19 National Team...handball is one of the most popular sports in Europe. Audio

Every Tuesday, the owner of Woodville's Smoke 'n Wood restaurant puts on a community dinner. Karen Joblin serves home style comfort food to around 70 people for a pay-what-you-can donation. Audio

An extract from dahlia flower petals has been found to improve blood sugar regulation in a clinical trial led by the University of Otago. Alexander Tups is an Associate Professor  at the Centre for… Audio

A suitcase was found floating in the Waitematā Harbour in 1966. Its contents kicked off an international manhunt and one of Aotearoa's biggest fraudsters. Joseph Sheehan BEM was a detective on the… Audio

Michael Blowers was a police officer, family man and pillar of the community. He was also stealing drugs from the police exhibit room and giving them to his mistress to sell. RNZ's Charlie Dreaver… Audio

It's quite rare to see an original Murray Ball Footrot Flats cartoon for sale Around five thousand of his pieces were donated to the Alexander Turnbull Library by his family. But one appeared on… Audio

Storing carbon dioxide in geothermal wells could be a cheap way to mitigate climate change, and New Zealand is well placed to do it according to researchers at the University of Canterbury. Too good… Audio

As we've seen in recent weather events, floods and slips go hand in hand. Martin Brook is an Associate Professor of Applied Geology at the University of Auckland. He has studied slopes in both… Audio

True crime writer Scott Bainbridge takes us through the unsolved murder of pharmacist Arthur Blomfield, who was bludgeoned to death in his Auckland store, Mackay's Dispensary, in 1931. Audio