Spiritual Practices

One man remembers a trip to South Africa forty years ago, which had a life-long impact on his career. Audio

Muslims in Invercargill say suggestions they are being radicalised in their Mosque is nonsense. Audio

Wellington's St Peters Anglican church on Willis St, established in 1848, has a long history of providing succour for the poor and under-privileged and taking a strong stand on controversial topics… Audio

It's Veask at the Bodhinyanarama Buddhist Monastery in Stokes Valley, Wellington. It's Buddha's birthday, Buddha's enlightenment and Buddha's final passing. Lynda joins the community at the Monastery… Audio

Entrepreneur turned modern-day monk who tells his story in the memoir Boundless: a Wayward Entrepreneur's Search For Peace. Audio

Arranged marriages are popular again, especially amongst our young professionals within the South East Asian community. Lynda travels from the Hindu Temple in Kilbirnie, Wellington to Auckland's Tapac… Audio

This week Sonia Sly meets Amit Dhull and Sri Rajasekar, two men whose lives have intersected through a love of cricket. Together they have undergone a process of 'transformation' through life's… Audio

Theoretical physicist, broadcaster, and author of a number of books, including Paradox: The Nine Greatest Enigmas in Science. Audio

Professor of History at Princeton, and a Fellow of the British Academy talking about her book, Acts of Union and Disunion: What Has Held the UK Together and What is Dividing It? Audio

Mike Gourley profiles the Lutheran tradition, its founding principles and practice. Audio

American author (The Color Purple) and activist who will visit New Zealand in May for the Auckland Writers Festival. Audio

British writer whose books include the memoir The Child That Books Built, the novel Red Plenty, and non-fiction books Backroom Boys: the Secret Return of the British Boffin, and Unapologetic: Why… Audio

David Steemson talks to two women who met through church. Cathy and Liz were two outstanding church women in their country town. Liz, the vicar's wife and Cathy married to a local farmer. But then… Audio

Christmas 2014 will mark the 200th anniversary of the gospel first being proclaimed in New Zealand. Or does it? Justin Gregory investigates the arguments for and against. Audio

Rob Thorne's background includes making experimental and guitar music through the 90s in Palmerston North, but now the Ngati Tumutumu man is focused on playing Taonga Puoro, Maori Instruments. He's… Audio

One of the last widely-agreed bastions of musical bad taste, new age music has been largely ignored outside of spiritualist bookstores and massage places until late last year, when Seattle-based… Audio

Recovering from addiction with help from the Buddha. Audio

Wellington architect Hugh Tennent is fostering an unusual design niche for himself. Combining a passion for Buddhist meditation with a love of architecture, Hugh has designed and overseen the building… Audio