LifeinNewZealand
Snapshots of life in New Zealand – the hope, humour and heartbreak.
We have lost thousands of lives. We have lost millions of livelihoods.
What will the new normal look like in a post-Covid world? Experts from around Aotearoa and the world debate the future with host Guyon Espiner, this episode of After the Virus focuses on our environment and climate change.
You go to any marae you see one of us whakawahine. We’re in the kitchen. We’re with the aunties. We are workers. We don’t argue about things on a marae. We get up and we do it. And we’re respected for it...
I have a hunch that the city might provide something unique to our people. This episode of He Kākano Aha is about decolonising gender and sexuality in Wellington city.
As soon as he shut the door, I knew.
It’s one of the hardest things to contemplate, let alone speak of, but a brave young couple tell their story of love and loss.
You can't go wrong with a Middle-Eastern barber. I mean just look at our beards.
Brothers Mohummed and Raed Aldani escaped war-torn Syria as teenagers, with no English and no money. In New Zealand today they are successful business owners.
His TV show was called “the worst sitcom ever”. Now Geoff Houtman’s on a hilarious journey to find out why some things fail. Spectacularly.
Geoff Houtman helped make the worst sitcom ever and it’s haunted him for 25 years. Now he’s retracing his steps to see what went wrong and what we can all learn.
Sucking on chicken feet is just the beginning of the story.
Ty Meng’s parents escaped the Cambodian genocide and went on to raise five children in Lower Hutt. Three generations of the Meng family consider how their family’s history lingers in the present.
He ingrained it in me how to be a man... butcher sheep, reverse a trailer, being able to be neutral... The point of life is to reproduce and provide.
Is masculinity “toxic”, under attack or just misunderstood? Melody Thomas heads to the pub to hear about “man cards” and much more in award-winning sex podcast BANG!
Bruce Hopkins is taking the ashes of his father and brother home to Stewart Island. He's just taking the long, long way there.
Come along as Lord of the Rings actor Bruce Hopkins walks from Cape Reinga to Rakiura/Stewart Island. In this episode of The Long Way Home disaster strikes Bruce as he looses something close to his heart.
How a slave to ‘likes’ and ‘follows’ broke free of social media
Influencer and photographer Jenny Gao became a hit on social media, but it changed her art and forced her to make some choices.
To mow or not to mow – turning a lawn into a meadow has some surprising upsides for nature.
Lawn owner William Ray turned to some ecologists to find some good reasons for not mowing his lawn – and it turns out a meadow is the perfect excuse.