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Painter, poet, curator and writer discussing two new collections of poetry: Shaggy Magpie Songs by Murray Edmond, and Generation Kitchen by Richard Reeve. Audio

British adventurer who sailed into the Southern Ocean in mid-winter, a journey he wrote about in his book Captain Bungle's Odyssey: Singlehanded Round the World. Audio

Lynda Chanwai-Earle discovers that balance is quintessential to Vietnamese food and philosophy when she follows a Secret Dining Trail with the Wellington on a Plate Festival to learn where to find the… Audio, Gallery

New Zealand writer, and ambassador for the first NZ Bookshop Day in October, discussing three picture books: The Lion and the Bird by Marianne Dubuc; Shhhh! I'm Sleeping by Dorothee de Monfried, and… Audio

Former Wellington dancer now based in Brussels who has returned here with her latest show, All Ears, which uses the stage as an ad hoc laboratory for a series of unusual recordings and acoustic… Audio

There's Malaysian Indian, Malaysian Chinese and ethnic Malay cuisine reflecting the diversity of centuries old cultures. Lynda Chanwai-Earle joins other foodies on a secret dining trail as part of the… Audio, Gallery

The Tongan language is being celebrated all over New Zealand this week, by a diverse range of groups from pre-schoolers and churches to those in prison. Audio

The prominent Northland kaumatua, Dover Samuels has told the Waitangi Tribunal a generation of Maori children were subjected to painful and degrading beatings for speaking te reo at school. Audio

Spicy Pigs ear and one hundred year old egg can be surprisingly delicious. Lynda Chanwai-Earle joins other foodies on the secret dining trail as part of the Wellington on a Plate festival to learn… Audio, Gallery

Principal of Collingwood College, and Professor of Education, at Durham University, and co-author of The Dyslexia Debate, which examines cognitive, brain-based, genetic and educational aspects of… Audio

"Langar is about embracing every human, about feeding everyone. All are welcome to partake in the Sikh community meal."

Little is known about the Wellington Sikh community which first opened its… Audio, Gallery

Kim Hill reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 22 August. Audio

Painter, poet, curator and writer discussing the new collection by Morgan Bach, Some of Us Eat the Seeds, and anticipating National Poetry Day. Audio