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Jemima Huston dials in to review two investigative podcasts. Audio

The 2024 National String & National Piano Competitions – presented by the Hill Family Foundation for Arts and Music and the Chiron Lewis Eady Foundation – take place in Auckland from 13–16 December. Audio

Music critic and commentator, Elizabeth Kerr speaks about the role of music critic in the Aotearoa arts ecosystem. She recalls feisty New Zealand music writers from last century, outlines her own… Video, Audio

Urban issues correspondent Bill McKay looks at one of our most vital - but overlooked - pieces of infrastructure: sewerage.  Audio

Lyell Cresswell's posthumously published autobiography is a wonderfully quirky read. RNZ Concert's David Morriss talks with one of the book's editors, Scilla Askew, about the composer and his music. Audio

What was in the infamous Hobson's Pledge advertisement in the Herald that has sparked outrage and boycotts?   Audio

An anti-deep sea mining campaigner in Papua New Guinea says Prime Minister James Marape has lied to the country by saying he supports a moratorium on deep sea mining. Audio

There are more people voting in democratic elections this year than ever before.  Audio

Performed by Sophia Gittings and the New Zealand Secondary Student's Choir conducted by Susan Densem at their Farewell Concert on the eve of their 2024 tour of China, St Matthew's-in-the-City… Audio

Parliament begins its election inquiry with a double-header and finds that blame is something of a boomerang. Audio

Love Lies Bleeding sees two women falling in love in the worst possible way. There will be blood…. Starring Kristen Stewart (Twilight), Katy O'Brien (The Mandalorian) and Ed Harris (Apollo 13). Video, Audio

Culture 101 host Perlina Lau joins Kathryn to talk about Love Lies and Bleeding (cinemas), starring Kristen Stewart as a gym manager who falls for Jackie, a bodybuilder passing through town.  Audio

When politicians fail to call out a lie by one of their own, it can have a dampening effect on democracy  Audio

A 15-year-old has become the first ever ice figure skater from New Zealand to be selected for the Winter Youth Olympic Games in South Korea. Dwayne Li will be competing for the individual men's event… Audio

When Tim Li was growing up in Taupo, his parents owned a fish and chip shop and he spent many, many hours looking at the Seafood New Zealand poster, and drawing the different fish. He and the family… Audio

Film and TV correspondent Laumata Lauano joins Kathryn to look at Netflix's Bridgerton spin-off Queen Charlotte, the new season of Pacific drama Brutal Lives and a quirky Kiwi comedy, Millie Lies Low… Audio

Fox News continues to be exposed like never before.

A trove of documents released in the defamation lawsuit against the right-wing channel has offered a glimpse at the internal deliberations over… Audio

Just back from navigating through retreating Antarctic ice, Dr Joshu Mountjoy tells Susie what's been discovered in uncharted territory. Audio