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As we've just heard the cost of putting kai on the table has taken the biggest annual leap in 36 years. The price of groceries went up 14 percent and the price of fruit and vegetables prices jumped 22… Audio

Research reveals that more than half of New Zealanders are experiencing mental stress about living costs. Food prices took their biggest annual jump since 1987 and have gone up - 12.5 per cent - year… Audio

New Zealand's cavalier attitude towards workplace safety is taking a grim toll - largely on young men involved in dangerous trades.  Audio

Vanda joined us the day before the funeral of the Queen. Now she joins on the evening of the coronation in the UK. Audio

Dictaphone Blues began as a bedroom project for Edward Castelow in 2006. Now a four piece live aural incarnation, Ed and his band join us to play a live session. Audio

Dennis Marsh, Gray Bartlett, Eddie Low and Brendan Dugan are now all playing together as the NZ Highwayman and are in the Auckland studio this week for NZ Live. Video, Audio

A new parental leave register going live this week lists the range of support businesses are offering employees who are expecting a child. The new database covers one in six people in the workforce… Audio

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio

Tāmaki Makaurau band Tiny Ruins has been a staple of our indie-folk scene since their first EP dropped in 2010. This week, we recorded singer-songwriter Hollie Fullbrook and the band… Video, Audio

For today's NZ Live performance we've got Auckland-bassed rock 'n' rollers Mini Simmons in the studio. Audio

The rate of growth in the cost of living has slowed, but it's still at levels not seen since the 1990's.

Rising food prices and housing costs drove a 1.2 percent rise in the consumer price index for… Audio

The National Party is promising to reverse a ban on live animal exports if it's elected to government.

The ban has only just come into effect, with the last shipment of animals leaving Napier this… Audio

The National Party has made an election-year appeal to farmers - unveiling a laundry list of promises to "supercharge" the sector.

Among the proposals are a promise to slash red tape, restart live… Video, Audio

It is estimated $150 extra a week is what every household needs to find, just to keep pace with the rising cost of living.

Yesterday official food prices saw their biggest annual increase in more… Video, Audio

After becoming a tetraplegic seven years ago, Gareth Lynch was forced to develop resilience – an invaluable skill he says many of us aren't taught. Now, the Wheel Black (wheel chair rugby All Black)… Video, Audio

Auckland quintet The Loving Arms released their debut album Dreaming Over You last month. The country-soul band have been playing around town at Big Fan and Anthology Lounge, recently bringing… Video, Audio

Inflation is high, many people are tighening their own belts to deal with the high cost of living at the moment. But how have we coped in the past with high inflation? To discuss, we speak to lecturer… Audio

Christchurch resident Karen Brill bought a walking bike 18 months ago, which she says has let her get her life back. She has gone from struggling to make it to the letter box to walking about 6km a… Audio

House prices keep falling - with the average now 13-point- 3 per cent less than a year ago - that's according to Quotable Value. But, just how is that affecting the market? Are there people - out… Audio

New Zealand band Dimmer's 2001 album I Believe You Are A Star is regarded as one of the best ever made in Aotearoa. RNZ recorded a unique 20th-anniversary performance in Auckland. Audio

Hymns to celebrating Easter Sunday include two New Zealand hymns, a hymn from the 8^th century and the 21^st century classic In Christ Alone. Audio

LISTEN: Pop star Benee teams up with the NZSO for a spectacular show of her award-winning songs in amazing new symphonic arrangements inspired by Disney, James Bond, even 90's trip-hop treatments… Audio

Dunedin was promised a brand spanking new hospital - but will cutbacks compromise it? Audio