Children

New Zealand writer discussing The Simple Things by Bill Condon, Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell, and One Year in Coal Harbour and Everything on a Waffle, both by Polly Horvath. Audio

It's nice to be cosy in bed on a winter's night isn't it? Spare a thought for some kids who might not manage that. In South Auckland people're trying to do something about that. Audio

Auti is a robotic toy developed specifically for children with autism to encourage positive play behaviours Audio

Pupils from Wellington's Te Aro school review this year's finalists in the junior fiction category. 'A Winter's Day in 1939' by Melinda Szymanik, Scholastic New Zealand. Reviewed by Jasper and Issi… Audio

President of the New Zealand Association for Gifted Children who will speak at events during the upcoming Gifted Awareness Week. Audio

Pupils from Wellington's Te Aro school review this year's finalists in the picture books category: 'Machines and Me: Boats by Catherine Foreman', Scholastic New Zealand. Reviewed by Jasper and Amon… Audio

Kim and Kate discuss three books for 8-11 year olds by American writer Kevin Henkes: Sun and Spoon, Olive's Ocean, and Junonia. Audio

Mindful parenting and how not to fly off the handle with children in stressful situations. Audio

The Jam Bus is a new 'Play It Strange' initiative that sends a mobile recording studio - complete with an engineer and producer - to schools, where budding young musicians have the opportunity to… Audio

Dee Muller is researcher at Massey University's Sleep Wake Centre. She has a background in occupational therapy and her research interests lie particularly in children's sleep, and is also about to… Audio

Harlene Hayne explains some of the novel experiments used in her Marsden funded studies of memory in infants Audio

Joseph Driessen is an educational consultant and parenting commentator. Audio

American psychiatry lecturer and writer. His latest book is called 'Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity'. Audio

Nathan Mikaere Wallis is part of the Brain Wave Trust, and X Factor Education, Christchurch. He has been a lecturer at the Christchurch College of Education, lecturing in human development, brain… Audio

Dr Jeffrey Edleson was a Professor at the University of Minnesota School of Social Work for 29 years. He is now the Dean of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Social Welfare. Audio

Inspired by Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution Day, school children around our Capital turn into little foodies when they learn how to make homemade dumplings with Vicky Ha, Wellington's Queen of… Audio

With Phillippa Howden Chapman - Public Health Researcher from Otago University's Wellington School of Medicine. Maya Goetz - international researcher in the area of children and media, who is visiting… Audio

With Paul Tough - the bestselling US author of How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character, published by Random House. Audio