George RR Martin interview
By David Larsen in From Our Archive
Issue 3736 16th Nov 2013
The author of A Game of Thrones eschews the "Disneyland Middle Ages" to describe worlds of inequality and violence.
From Our Archive
Mandy Hager: tackling the big issues
By Rebecca Lancashire in From Our Archive
Issue 3652 8th Nov 2013
A social conscience is part and parcel of being a Hager and it runs through Mandy Hager's novels for young adults.
David Cunliffe: politician and poet - a 2008 profile
By David Fisher in From Our Archive
Issue 3543 Listener Plus 27th Aug 2013
In 2008 David Fisher met an ambitious, centrist new health minister who didn't want to be PM.
Profile: Labour deputy Grant Robertson
By Guyon Espiner in From Our Archive
Issue 3747 26th Aug 2013
Labour's No. 2 isn't the next big thing yet, but he could be our first gay Prime Minister, wrote Guyon Espiner in this 2012 profile.
Profile: Labour MP David Cunliffe
By Guyon Espiner in From Our Archive
Issue Listener Plus 3782 25th Aug 2013
In this 2012 profile, David Cunliffe insisted his failed tilt at the Labour leadership freed him to concentrate on making a difference.
From our archive: Bruno did his thing
By Nick Bollinger in From Our Archive
Issue 2880 8th Jul 2013
Remembering the life of the late, great Bruno Lawrence: musician, actor, anarchic icon.
From our archive: A tooth in time
By Kim Griggs in From Our Archive
Issue 3297 1st Jul 2013
How "palaeontology's Mona Lisa" came to rest in New Zealand.
From our archive: Bill's excellent adventure
By Finlay Macdonald in From Our Archive
Issue 2810 26th Jun 2013
In 1994, then-38-year-old Bill Gates was already bored of the term 'information superhighway'. Finlay Macdonald interviewed him during a whistle-stop tour of New Zealand.
Mark Lundy: Three hours to kill
1 CommentsBy Denis Welch in From Our Archive
Issue 3346 Listener Plus 17th Jun 2013
The Privy Council is hearing Mark Lundy's appeal to overturn his double murder conviction. In 2004 Denis Welch outlined the case against him.
Anzac biscuits - the best recipes
4 CommentsBy Fiona Rae in From Our Archive
Issue Listener Plus 25th Apr 2013
Lois Daish's investigations into the history of the Anzac biscuit revealed the earliest published recipe, and a modern update.