Spiritual Practices
PNG struggles to change sorcery mindset
More reports are emerging from Papua New Guinea of violence against people accused of practicing sorcery. Audio
Swami Agnivesh: Indian justice crusader
Kathryn Ryan speaks to Indian holy man, Swami Agnivesh, who gave up his name, caste, family, career and material belongings to become a crusader for social justice for millions in his homeland. Born… Audio
Secular education case heads to Human Rights Tribunal
A group has taken a case against religious education in state schools to the Human Rights Review Tribunal.
The atheist minister
The Reverend Gretta Vosper is a minister, author... and an atheist, and she's fighting expulsion from the church for her views. Audio
Nights' Pundit - Religion
Religious studies Prof. Douglas Pratt from University of Waikato on the advent of the Religious Diversity Centre. Audio
Emily Voight
Journalist Emily Voight on her quest to find the Asian Arawana - a fish with near mythical properties. Audio
Chch feng shui rebuild
Planner Charlotte Thompson talks about her idea of using feng shui in the earthquake rebuild. Audio
Desmond Tutu readmitted to hospital
South African cleric and anti-apartheid leader Desmond Tutu has been readmitted to hospital to treat an infection following surgery last week.
Nights' Overseas Reports - Uganda
Uganda's Daily Monitor journalist Tabu Butagira reports on the Republic of Uganda. Audio
Brother Guy Consolmagno: astronomy and religion
Kim Hill talks to astronomer and Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno, Director of the Vatican Observatory and President of the Vatican Observatory Foundation. He is part of a group of world-leading experts… Audio
Statistics to reconsider religion categories
Statistics New Zealand is thinking about changing the religion categories for the Census. Audio
Corsica parents block school mums in headscarves
Five women wearing the Islamic headscarf have been prevented from entering a nursery school in Corsica by other parents, local media report.
Mother Teresa declared a saint by Pope Francis
Mother Teresa of Calcutta has been declared a saint of the Roman Catholic Church, fast-tracked to canonisation just 19 years after her death. Video, Audio
Sam Crofskey and Joseph Hullen: thriving in Christchurch
Kim Hill talks to Sam Crofskey, the owner of C1 Espresso in the Christchurch CBD, which reopened in 2012 after the Canterbury earthquakes and will celebrate its twentieth anniversary this year. He… Audio
Leigh Hopkinson: stripping and empathy
Kim Hill talks to Leigh Hopkinson, a New Zealand-born, Melbourne-based writer and editor, whose first book is a memoir about her years working in striptease - Two Decades Naked. Audio
Elizabeth Hay: Canada and nostalgia
Kim Hill talks to Canadian writer Elizabeth Hay, a former radio broadcaster, and the author of many short story collections and novels, most recently, His Whole Life. She speaks at two WORD… Audio
Nights' Overseas Reports - Brazil
Editor of the International section of Estado de Minas, the main daily newspaper of Minas Gerais, Pablo Pires Fernandes reports from the Federative Republic of Brazil. Audio
Ryan Griffen: Aboriginal superheroes
Kim Hill talks to indigenous Australian director Ryan Griffen, creator of the Australia/New Zealand produced television series Cleverman, a futuristic drama with roots in Aboriginal mythology. Double… Audio
Larry Pratt: guns and scripture
Larry Pratt is Executive Director Emeritus of Gun Owners of America, a national organisation dedicated to promoting the Second Amendment constitutional freedom to keep and bear arms. Audio
Jacinta Ruru: law from a Maori perspective
Kim Hill talks to Professor Jacinta Ruru (Raukawa), who has been the only Maori Law Faculty staff member at the University of Otago since 1999. She has designed a new experience of learning law that… Audio
