Offices
China correspondent: "The world's most populous country is on hold"
The outbreak of the coronavirus in China has impacted the world's most populous country in almost every way possible, leaving it in a shut-down state. Globe and Mail Beijing correspondent Nathan… Audio
Shane O'Mara: walking can help combat depression
Neuroscientist Shane O'Mara is an avid walker who has just released a new book that is something of a hymn to the most basic of exercises, In Praise of Walking. He joins the show to discuss the… Audio
Are offices colder for women?
Our thermostats are sexist, a piece on Newshub suggests. They've enlisted the help of a University of Auckland lecturer to figure out why women are often colder in offices than men. Audio
Freakonomics Radio: How could open-plan offices be less terrible?
Journalist Stephen J Dubner explores the "hidden side of everything" with "Nobel laureates, provocateurs, intellectuals, entrepreneurs, and various other underachievers" in the super-popular podcast… Audio
New Work and Income office to keep staff and clients safe - MSD
Four years after a shooting at the Ashburton Work and Income office left two staff members dead, the first fully re-fitted Work and Income office, complete with new security features, is open for… Video, Audio
Plant productivity
Alex Haslam is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Queensland who's studying the link between office decor and workplace productivity. Audio
Office politics
Something anyone who's ever held a white collar job has had to deal with - a wide range of personalities in the office environment. Oliver James is a psychologist and broadcaster who has written about… Audio
Ngā taputapu kei roto i te tari - objects found in the office
Tūru – chair, rorohiko – computer, pene – pen, papa pātuhi – keyboard, rātaka – daily planner, kōpae mārō – hard drive, waea – telephone, rama – lamp. Audio