Rnz: Afternoons With Jesse Mulligan

Alicja Nowacka is based in the Cognitive Psychophysiology Lab at the University of Auckland. Her research explores how people maintain emotional and cognitive bonds with those who've died.

The main event of the Hunterville Huntaway Festival is the Shepherds' Shemozzle.

We head to beautiful Le Bons Bay, just north of Akaroa, where a fundraising effort is underway to purchase a large piece of land to create a public reserve.

The FMA recently published its annual KiwiSaver report for the year and there were some big changes recorded. Mary breaks it down and explains what it means for your money.

Today we're digging into the history of an iconic Kiwi event, the New Zealand Grand Prix.

Today Jemima Huston reviews The Prosecutors, true crime stories as told by two prosecutors. She also discusses Legacy, a podcast about famous figures.

New Zealand Army Corporal Paddy Whare discovered her great grandfather's service in two world wars almost by chance.

Blenheim marathon swimmer and endurance athlete is on a mission to conquer the Ocean Seven.

This week, we head south to Tautuku in the Catlins.   It’s the site of Forest & Bird’s largest conservation area – the Lenz reserve is 550 hectares and is part of the catchment for the Tautuku and Fleming rivers.   And it’s home to a host of threatened native birds and critters.   Claire Concannon catches up with project manager Francesca Cunninghame to learn about a small wetland bird and its ongoing battle against introduced predators.

October is Spooky Lake month, and writer and hobby limnologist Geo Rutherford takes us on a tour of some of the creepiest lakes on earth.

This uses leftover cooked and cooled rice to make this flavour-explosion of a salad.

Today on Heading Off we are focusing on Tokelau, three tropical coral atolls in the southern Pacific Ocean.

Emily Turnbull's husband, Darryl Paton died by suicide five years. Emily then established an initiative called Chatterbox - bench seats which encourage connection and conversation.

Dr Jessica Turner and her team from the University of Waikato is uncovering how robots are edging into spooky territory.

Let's go back to 1974, when five young jewellery makers were about to open a collective to sell their work in central Auckland.

At the top of the South Island, the Kahurangi National Park and adjoining areas are home to many plants and animals that aren't found anywhere else on the planet. Kahurangi means precious; to be prized and award-winning writer Dave Hansford wants all New Zealanders to understand why the biodiversity and beauty of this region is exactly that, prized and precious. His new work is more than a coffee table book with stunning pictures of the landscape and wildlife. It's a plea to protect this sacred and wild land from the political, economic and social forces that jeopardize its future. The book is called Kahurangi: The Nature of Kahurangi National Park and Northwest Nelson

Afternoons' resident friend across the ditch talks about stories making news in Australia.

Claire Mabey discusses her pick from the Booker shortlist; previews author Patrick Ness' visit to New Zealand and enthuses about The Changeover by legend Margaret Mahy and it's 40-year anniversary.

Tim Batt is in the Auckland studio to look at ways outside forces are trying to influence the US election.

Philip White shares his experience as an intern with the Blue Wilderness Research Unit in South Africa.