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Songwriter Paul McLaney has set Shakespeare's soliloquies to music for Play On – a stage show and also an album. He performs 'To Be or Not To Be' from Hamlet with Fur Patrol's Julia Deans and The… Video, Audio, Gallery

Sessions Four, Five, Six and Seven from The Big Sing Finale 2017 at the Aotea Centre in Auckland.

Tonga's government is to spend $US25 million on upgrading its disaster management systems. Audio

Join us for video coverage of the secondary schools choral competition The Big Sing Finale 2017. Today sessions one, two and three live from the Aotea Centre in Auckland.

New Zealand's Maori Party has included and amnesty for overstayers as as one of its policies for Pacific peoples, in the lead up to the general election. Audio

An emeritus Oxford professor of refugee law says Australia has painted itself into a corner by refusing to resettle maritime arrivals. Audio

Aussie charmer Kirin J Callinan visited NZ recently. We wrangled him into the studio while he was here to perform 'Family Home', and talk us through his fearsome array of pedals. Video

Protests continued on Manus this week as Australia's High Court confirmed the legal status of the detention centre while Canberra continue moves to close it down. Audio

Kiwi fiddle player Flora Knight and Canadian guitar-picker Sean Donald play tracks from their self-titled debut album. Audio

Today we'll discuss Clean Hands Save Lives by Kirsten McDougall. Email us your thoughts before 3pm. jesse@radionz.co.nz. The writer of the best email wins a copy of Kirsten's new novel, Tess. Audio

Following the recent movement of the Cook Islands in the process of decriminalising homosexuality, there are still a handful of Pacific nations that view homosexuality as a crime. Audio

Police in Papua New Guinea's Enga province say they are enforcing a truce between tribes who have been fighting over the recent Kandep election. Audio

Guam's governor Eddie Calvo says his island is prepared for the worst despite an assurance there is only a one in a million chance of the US territory being hit by a North Korean nuclear missile. Audio

Community groups in Guam are calling for peace amidst bellicose rhetoric from the United States and North Korea. Audio

An Anglican nun working with victims of violence in post-conflict Solomon Islands says the lack of adequate trauma counselling is perpetuating violence. Audio

Community groups in Guam are calling for peace amidst bellicose rhetoric from the United States and North Korea. Audio

Following more fighting in the town of Wabag at the weekend, at least twenty people are confirmed to have died in election-related violence since vote counting began last month in Papua New Guinea's… Audio

Samoa's attorney general says he supports a proposed increase to tax on alcohol in order to thwart violent crime. Audio

Wellington band Moon Lander perform live in our Wellington Studio. The group describes itself as a psych-pop project and was started by Anthony Lander and features Logan Valentine on guitar, Oli… Audio

Lawlessness related to Papua New Guinea's election continues to fester, with more deadly violence in the Highlands region. Audio

The Prime Minister of Samoa, Tuilaepa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi, has been in New Zealand this week promoting his memoir 'Palemia'. Audio

New Zealand's Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade select committee is examining the PACER Plus trade and aid agreement prior to making final ratification recommendations to Parliament. Audio

Seventy-five years ago today, allied forces began a major offensive against the Japanese in the Pacific. Audio

Residents in Christchurch's Southshore enjoy enviable access to both the estuary and the ocean, but what does the future hold for this special spit? Video