Beauty
Maturing beauty expectations
Grey hair and wrinkles are finally becoming something to celebrate. Audio
Bushy beavers and bald Brazilians
Welcome to Hair and Loathing, a new four-part podcast series about women and body hair. Yep, we are talking bums, boobs, thighs, toes and tummies. You name it, it’s probably got some hair on it! In… Audio
Culture, colonisation and the short and curlies
Western women have been pushed around by powerful marketing for around a century to maintain the hairless beauty standard, but that's not the same for all ethnicities. In episode four, presented and… Audio
Top skincare tips from 'the most powerful woman in beauty'
British blogger Caroline Hirons has just seen her new skincare tips book, Skincare: The Ultimate No-Nonsense Guide, become the first beauty title to top the Sunday Times Bestseller chart in 18 years.
…3MM: Reverend Frank Ritchie on Easter in Covid-19 lockdown
Three Minutes Max, New Zealand commentators with succinct opinions. Reverend Frank Ritchie reckons the centuries old story of Easter has some good parallels to the situation we find ourselves in right… Audio
Griff Rhys-Jones' Great Kiwi Road Trip
Griff Rhys-Jones has been in New Zealand filming his new series, Griff's Great Kiwi Road Trip, which premieres next Sunday. Along with seeing the sights, he's on a quest to find out what it means to… Audio
Why older people should be able to change their age
Should people who look and act younger than they are be legally allowed to change their age in order to avoid ageism and discrimination? Joona Räsänen is a bioethicist at the University of Oslo in… Audio
Beauty Spot - a guaranteed moment of musical loveliness
Every weekday after the 8:00am news, RNZ Concert listeners are guaranteed a moment of musical loveliness in the Beauty Spot. Video
Beauty Sick
A Professor of psychology at one of the top U.S. universities, Dr Renee Engeln, has written a book called "Beauty Sick". Audio
Prop styling in New York
New York-based Kiwi Rachel Stickley knows all about styling props. When she's on the job her art tools are at the ready and she could be doing anything from sourcing furniture to melting lipsticks and… Audio, Gallery
Growing a brand in a fickle digital world
Kelly Thompson is the ultimate multi-tasker. The former Wellington makeup artist and photographer is based in Melbourne and is best known for her beautiful fashion illustrations and personal style. Audio, Gallery
Model Talk
Sonia Sly meets two New Zealand models to talk about life on and off the runway. Audio, Gallery
Snapping their way to success
Fashion photographers in New Zealand are competing for limited opportunities in an increasingly congested market. Sonia Sly speaks to emerging photographers Luke Foley-Martin and James O'Neill about… Audio
The Wireless: When your phone tells you beauty = whiteness
Mava Moayyed of The Wireless talks about her recent piece on how Huawei smartphones include a troubling "beauty" function that can automatically adjust every self-portrait. Audio
Blog Life
What does it take to become a digital influencer and how does one set themselves apart in an environment that is fast becoming oversaturated with blogs and Instagram accounts? Sonia Sly meets… Audio
Face Forward: NZFW Model Castings
The heat is on as designers make a push to complete their A/W 16 collections for New Zealand Fashion Week, 2015. But part of their process is also about finding the right talent to showcase their… Audio
New Zealand Retro: Beauty pageants
Guests: Caroline Daley, Candace Savage and Anjelique Jones. Audio
Bonnie Howland: mascara and sight
Student at AUT, and founder of Indigo and Iris, one of the social entrepreneurship schemes at this year's startup accelerator programme, Live the Dream. Audio
Ari Seth Cohen : Fashionably Old
Ari Seth Cohen is the creator of Advanced Style a street-style photographic blog documenting, in his words, the "fashion and wisdom of the senior set." The blog has since inspired a book and a… Audio
TED Radio Hour: What Is Beauty?
Beauty surrounds us, draws us in, gives joy and creates conflict. In this programme, five speakers conjure up beauty both ancient and modern, and suggest reasons why humans are hardwired to crave and… Audio
