Bruce Munro

Young people are experiencing mental distress in record numbers, as politicians and health providers scramble to improve young people's wellbeing, writes Bruce Munro.

Family can make you smarter, or dumber, in some surprising ways, Prof Jim Flynn tells Bruce Munro.

The 2016 Rio Olympics will be a bit peculiar. But they have nothing on the farcical 1900 Paris Olympics, at which New Zealand did, or maybe did not, win its first gold medal, writes Bruce Munro.

We trust them because they are supposed to be the experts. But how do we know we aren't being ripped off by that tradesman or saleswoman? And what can we do if we think our ticket has been unfairly clipped? Bruce Munro takes a look.

Think tax is boring? It is the front line of the battle for the future of New Zealand, says political economist Brian Roper. He talks to Bruce Munro about research revealing the war he says big business is waging against ordinary Kiwis.

Rock fossicking is more than just stamp collecting for outdoors types. Members of the 50-year-old Otago Rock and Mineral Club induct Bruce Munro into a world of ancient connections and petrified beauty.

Bruce Munro goes looking for adventure on the wild and beautiful Samoan island of Savai'i. 

Comic puppet opera comes to Otago for the first time. Bruce Munro talks to baroque music and puppet aficionado Jonathan Cweorth about this afternoon's two Dunedin shows. 

We should be talking about the pigs that were shot in the head in the name of science, Dr Mike King says.

What does this Queen's Birthday holiday mean to you? A welcome long weekend? A chance to reaffirm in song "... long to reign over us, God save the Queen''? Bruce Munro talks to some of Otago's ardent Royalists. What he hears might challenge your ideas about the relevance of Her Majesty in the 21st century. 

The University of Otago's planned $50 million animal research centre has poured fresh fuel on the growing debate about animal welfare. BRUCE MUNRO asks what science do we still need animal testing for? He also explores whether we know enough to make an informed decision.

Pornography addiction is still controversial, but it is undeniable for those living within its destructive reach. Bruce Munro talks to a sex therapist about this rapidly escalating problem and presents the stories of two Otago people burnt by porn in different ways. 

For more than half a century, Barbara Sutherland (76) has given barely a thought to the animals subjected to experiments in order to keep her healthy all these years.

People in their 50s are already experiencing the future of work. It is not pretty. But Bruce Munro talks to a historian who says it does not need to be that way.

The Panama Papers have pulled the scab off festering anger about growing wealth inequities. Is it time for the return of death taxes? Bruce Munro investigates.

What we do not know about our marine environment is as compelling a reason for establishing marine protection areas as what we do know, marine scientist Dr Chris Hepburn says. But first, real buy-in from the public is needed, environment lawyer Maree Baker-Galloway tells Bruce Munro. 

Flag referendum? Forget it. Here's six things we would much rather change, writes Bruce Munro.