Kathryn Ryan

In 2006, Albert Park College in inner city Melbourne was closed after enrollments plummeted. A group of determined parents rallied and convinced the education department to give the publicly funded… Audio

RNZ Pacific Journalist Koroi Hawkins Audio

Three Bay of Plenty friends are turning up the heat on the centuries-old Scandinavian tradition of sauna and giving it a distinctly kiwi twist. They're building handcrafted mobile saunas which can be… Audio

Museum and heritage leaders say they are caring for precious taonga but outside of Te Papa in Wellington, there is no government funding for this work. They say they are also struggling with… Audio

The National Party has released its education policy, the same week a government document redefining the curriculum has also been released, termed a common-practice model. This is against a backdrop… Audio

Film and TV correspondent James Croot joins Kathryn to look at local movie Red, White and Brass (cinemas), about a Tongan church group that formed a marching band to get into a World Cup rugby match… Audio

The average Kiwi child first encounters internet porn at 12. To prevent the unsafe and unrealistic sex depicted in porn from being normalised for a child, therapist Jo Robertson recommends parents… Audio

Technology correspondent Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about the difficulties people face in recovering their social media accounts - particularly Facebook - if they've been subject to a hack or… Audio

Quentin Johnson reviews A Small Town in Ukraine by Bernard Wasserstein, published by Penguin Random House Audio

British-Trinidadian award-winning poet, novelist, lecturer and much-admired musician, Anthony Joseph won this year's T.S. Eliot Prize for his collection of poetry called "Sonnets for Albert", based on… Audio

Kathryn is joined by UK correspondent Matt Dathan to talk about former PM Boris Johnson explaining his position on Partygate at a heated select committee hearing overnight, telling MPs that… Audio

Submissions are rolling in against a proposal to cut funding to Auckland's Citizens Advice Bureau. Auckland Council is currently consulting on a plan to cut the organisation's $2 million in annual… Audio

The Shipping Federation says a new coastal shipping route between Napier and Gisborne should be the first of many more. The Government's announced a $3m dollar subsidy last week to allow the Rangitata… Audio

It starts with a chat to a mysterious stranger at a beach bar in Mexico - and leads to a big case of mistaken identity thanks to a fedora with a faded pink feather. Kiwi Nick Davies has just released… Audio

First it was chickens, now music correspondent Ian Chapman gets downright catty with his choice of music today - with some classical cats, feline fusion and mouser metal. Ian Chapman is a Senior… Audio

Robin talks to Kathryn about the Ministry of Health's response to new research which accuses authorities of a long-standing campaign to silence evidence about the health impacts of dioxin emissions… Audio

Cynthia Morahan reviews Dirty Laundry by Disha Bose, published by Penguin Random House Audio

Long before the misdeeds of Anna Sorokin, Bernie Madoff and the Tinder Swindler came to light, a man named Albert Rosenberg was perfecting the art of the con.  Audio

Australia correspondent Chris Niesche joins Kathryn to talk about the review into Hillsong Pentecostal Church spending, after an independent MP used parliamentary privilege to level allegations… Audio