Now in his 80s, Emeritus Prof Sir Alan Mark is still making headlines championing the environment. Bruce Munro talks to Sir Alan about being a witness and an unrelenting participant in more than half a century's significant struggles for nature conservation.
Literally, tivaivai means ''patches''. But the true meaning lies with the whole, Keni Moeroa tells Bruce Munro.
New research shows more of us have stopped giving to charity. But the seriously wealthy are stepping into the gap, writes Bruce Munro. So what's the problem?
The recently released University of Otago Consumer Lifestyles Study reveals the lifestyles, consumption choices and behavioural trends of New Zealanders, Bruce Munro writes.
World Peace Day is a week away. But how far away is world peace? Bruce Munro talks to National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies' Professor Richard Jackson.
There has been a big jump in the number of New Zealanders not giving to charity, a University of Otago study shows.
Questioning her own emotions about her passport led artist Johanna Zellmer, of Dunedin, to stage a touring exhibition, produce a book and discover a new way of working, writes Bruce Munro.
The death of Nakita Strange, when a ute and a car full of young people collided at a Dunedin intersection, made headlines last month.
New Zealand's myriad decaying shipwrecks hold many secrets. Bruce Munro asks whether our neglected and potentially history-making maritime heritage needs to be better researched and protected.
Winter is biting deep and heating bills are soaring high. Why, after a six-year, half a billion dollar nationwide home-heating programme are so many of us still living in cold, damp, unhealthy houses? Bruce Munro asks what needs to be done to get real change.
Trade ministers from 12 countries have been working feverishly to further entrench an economic system that Prof Jane Kelsey says puts us at risk of social, political and financial crisis. Bruce Munro talks to neoliberalism's New Zealand arch-nemesis about trade deals, the urgent need to find an alternative model and whether Kiwis have the wherewithal to lead the charge.
Unexpected tension exists in New Zealand over killer robots. Kiwis are at the forefront of artificial intelligence, they lead the global anti-killer robot campaign and they are being accused of dragging the chain on the issue, all at the same time, writes Bruce Munro.
Voluntourism, a new phenomenon, is set to reshape global travel. Bruce Munro asks why people are paying good money to deliberately ruin their overseas trips by including voluntary work in their holiday itineraries.
Central Otago high school pupils tackling cyberbullying feature in a documentary tonight.
Johnathan Hillstrand's misfortune is our viewing pleasure, the Bering Sea crabbing captain tells Bruce Munro.
JB Munro is stepping down. The former head of IHC, fundraising maestro and global disability advocate talks to Bruce Munro about the polio-victim foster child who left school without any qualifications and went on to play a pivotal role in the most significant advance in disability rights in the history of New Zealand.
Needle and wool enthusiast and business owner Morag McKenzie tells Bruce Munro that knitting has become an entertaining and social creature.
Could the real reason people like you be that your name suits your face? Bruce Munro takes a look at the surprising power of names to shape us and our lives.
Teina Pora's case spotlights the likelihood more potentially innocent people are locked up in our prisons. Bruce Munro talks to members of the Innocence Project who are working hard to get cases re-heard but say much more needs to be done.
Forget a chunk of what you think you know about how Maori got to New Zealand. Bruce Munro talks to Prof Atholl Anderson about his startling conclusion that the first colonists were exiles with no way of returning home.
