As the world digests the latest dire climate warnings, Southern Clams is reaping the rewards of investment in world-class energy-saving technology.
The resurgence of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan shows NZ cannot depend on the US in the way it has in the past, an international affairs specialist says.
The surprisingly early, enduring, shockingly excluded existence of Indians in New Zealand is the subject of historian Jacqueline Leckie’s new book, writes Bruce Munro.
Doug Flett, former New Zealander of the Year, talks to Bruce Munro about highs, lows and what it takes to spend almost three decades as one of the country’s foremost rescue helicopter paramedics.
Boris Johnson is being called out for hypocrisy over Belarus.
Otago has some of the most polluted air in NZ, but the ORC has put its air quality work on hold until 2025. The council’s decision could have dire health consequences for some Otago residents, shocked and dismayed experts tell Bruce Munro.
The Olympic Games appear to be edging towards a radical shakeup that could be a bold "heart and mind" exemplar of inclusion. Bruce Munro reports.
This is a "high noon" moment for global relations, Professor Robert Patman has told Global Insight.
Oamaru teenager Lydia Harvey disappeared in early 1910, only to turn up months later as a key witness in a high-profile London sex-trafficking case. More than a century later, her life has much to...
See full episode belowThe brutal and see-sawing war in Ethiopia could have serious repercussions for New Zealand and other trade-dependent nations, Professor Robert Patman says.
The Pentagon’s UFO report was a damp squib. But there are unexplained aerial sightings that are compelling much closer to home. Bruce Munro looks at the evidence and asks, what does the existence, or non-existence, of aliens mean for us Earthlings?
For decades it has been John Gibb asking the questions, while compiling thousands of stories for the ODT. Bruce Munro turns the tables on the veteran journalist, who has retired.
Economic and global realities might force firebrand hard-liner Ebrahim Raisi to become a pragmatist now that he is president of Iran, Professor Robert Patman says.
Woe betide ye corporations, consumer power is on the rise. When it comes to cheques they might have lost the battle but consumers look likely to win the war, experts and advocates tell Bruce Munro.
Watch video highlights:Russia has reacted angrily to the Ukraine national football team's new jersey that bears a map which includes Crimea, a region annexed by Russia in 2014.
The Brass Monkey Rally is having its final fling. Bruce Munro talks to those who, for four decades, have made it the biggest annual winter motorcycle pilgrimage in New Zealand.
The Govt has announced the end of a decade of immigration-fuelled growth that rewarded some and hurt others. The increase was unsustainable, but what comes next needs careful consideration and two key initiatives, Prof Paul Spoonley says.
- Full interview belowSamoa is likely to get a peaceful transition of power to its first female Prime Minister.
The Dunedin Ratepayers’ and Householders Association played a decisive role in city affairs. Bruce Munro recounts its jubilant formation 118 years ago and turbulent early days, including its victory over a plan to siphon the city’s sewage out to sea at Smaill’s Beach via an aqueduct.
"In terms of military power, this is the supermarket versus the corner shop," Prof Robert Patman says of the deadly conflict between Israel's military and Palestinian militants.