Rnz: Afternoons With Jesse Mulligan

At just 27 years old, Zoe has already etched her name in the history books as the first New Zealand sprinter since the 1976 Montreal Olympics to qualify for the Games.

Jemima Huston reviews Sold a Story by APM Reports and The Good Whale by the New York Times.

Today is World Soil Day - so it's timely to speak to a man who is leading the call for a change to the way we view soil.

A hook-up app for fish head lovers? It's the brainchild of TV fishing personality Matt Watson.

There's lots of talk around finding unity around at the moment but it seems like it's not really happening.

On Our Changing World, we head to Antarctica to join an international team of researchers studying the giant glass sponges that live on the seafloor.   While the sea ice might be a flat white expanse, with very little life to be seen, the ocean beneath is full of colour and critters, and the sponges are key to this thriving ecosystem.   Project lead Dr Jürgen Laudien from the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany wants to understand what the sponges eat, how fast they grow, and how they exchange nutrients with the water around them.   We join the team in their dive tent on the ice near Scott Base, where a hole cut through the ice allows them access to the ocean beneath.  

Why Christmas movies just work according to a person who's written a fair whack of them. 

Mike Howie has travelled the world playing and now runs Auckland wine bar Freida Margolis.

A homemade version of our national dip for festive season chip and dipping occasions. Get the recipe here.

Kaikanui Aqualand has been operating since 2021 and it's just opened up for its 2024 summer season with a new feature: big red balls.

In July we talked to Mike Seawright of ReliefAid about the taxcuts for Gaza appeal. Now the charity has launched Gifts for Gaza.

A portrait Ngati Manawa tohunga (or priest) Wharekauri Tahuna by Charles Fredrick Goldie has sold at auction for just over $3.75 million dollars.

According to the Manaaki Kaimai Mamaku Trust, our current funding model for conservation is "broken".

Katy Gosset talks to financial mentors about navigating Christmas on a budget.

Dr James Rilling is a neuroscientist and a father himself whose been studying the biology and evolution of fatherhood for 15 years. 

Our Aussie correspondent looks at the fallout from the social media ban and there's an update in the Molly the Magpie saga.

Anna Rankin reviews Caroline Crampton's new book, a fascinating mix of memoir, history and literary criticism. 

Vertech managing director Dan Watson has had enough of rubbish Christmas gifts.

Jesse chats to Tourism Ireland Executive Vice President Alison Metcalfe about Ireland as a travel destination.

Global sales have slowed, and recently prices for new EVs have been slashed again and again after sales fell off a cliff at the start of the year.