Should we finally ditch Guy Fawkes?
Is an event that causes fires, injures the unwary and terrifies pets past its useby date?
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Listener’s weekly quiz: October 30
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Intensive farming in the cold Deep South could damage the image of our biggest industry
But farmer groups are opposing rule changes to safeguard the welfare of cows.
The Hewitson Profile: Giving all kids a chance
The Chief Children’s Commissioner has shown a willingness to speak out.
The Kiwi connection: Why women of Manawatū set up the Polish Army League
Their mission was to support Polish servicemen.
80 years on, what Polish refugee children taught New Zealand
Our earlier immigration policies raise questions about how today's refugees are received.
Kiwi poet Jeffrey Paparoa Holman explores a distant relative’s admiration of Hitler
Holman painstaking pieces together his great-aunt’s questionable actions in Nazi Germany.
Listener’s October viewing guide: What’s new to watch for Labour Weekend and beyond
The best television across free to air and streaming platforms in October.
Listener weekly quiz: October 22
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NZ’s levels of workplace bullying are startlingly high. Do we need stronger laws?
Bullying and harassment costs Aotearoa billions each year - and destroys lives.
New Zealand’s worst migration maritime disaster remembered: They drank the blood of the dead
HMNZS Manawanui sank off Upolu without loss of life, unlike NZ's worst maritime disaster.
Listener weekly quiz: October 16
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Aged care crisis: Means test minefield
Should the state pay the health costs associated with residential care?
Aged care crisis: Too few beds, rising costs and a failing health system
Rest home crisis means New Zealand is no place to grow old.
World-famous Dunedin Study points to ways to slow down ageing
Dunedin is now an epicentre of ageing science, with followers from around the globe.
Listener weekly quiz: October 9
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City of the future: The good life in a new-look Wellington
Harvard Graduate School of Design students reimagine Wellington for a greener future.
A dream of a forever home on a gusty peak doesn’t quite go to plan
Who were we – that young couple? It’s hard to say reliably what characteristics defined us
When silence isn’t golden: The case for 'active bystanding' to make public transport safer
Movements to encourage NZers to become 'active bystanders' are gathering pace.
Listener weekly quiz: October 2
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Do we now regret the work-from-home revolution?
Covid prompted a change to the way we work, but was it for the better?
What it’s like to be: Told at 60 you have Alzheimer’s disease
Dementia advocate on life after a young onset diagnosis: You have to keep on living life.
The Bigger Picture: Heartbreaking stat behind hoiho’s bird of the year win
Hoiho is avian popularity contest’s second two-time winner - why it really needed the win.
Listener weekly quiz: September 18
If you were at a honbasho, what sport would you be watching?
Moving mountains: The maunga sacrificed for the Waikato Wars
Poet & GP Glenn Colquhoun on memories stirred by walking Great South Rd.
Orange Ohinemuri a wake-up call on historic mining waste
Colour outshone toxicity, but flow of mine waste into historical river is a wake-up call.
Mahé Drysdale: Why he stuck his oar into Tauranga politics
The Hewitson Profile: How rowing great won the Tauranga mayoralty as an outsider.
Buyer beware: What we want others to know about our retirement village experience
Selling up to move into a retirement village proved a sobering experience for this couple.
Space clean-ups, astro-mining and moon tourism: NZ's role on the final frontier
How NZ is helping with the world's new space race.
Why your son might be struggling to stay afloat—and how you can fix it
US expert reveals hidden struggles of NZ boys along with ways to turn their lives around.
How blending languages redefines who we are
Language is inseparable from identity and identity is defined by the people.