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Ever wondered what's involved in getting an orchestral concert to air? RNZ Concert’s Music Alive host Clarissa Dunn and Senior Music Producer David McCaw share some insights. Audio

Vaccine passes are now live and the government's website has this morning been swamped with requests.

This signals, hopefully, a summer with greater freedoms for people who are vaccinated against… Audio

 Former presenters Fenella Dobson-Bathfield and Rikki Morris join Jesse to remember the show. Audio

For today's music feature RNZer and Brad Warrington aka dj Sticky Fingaz has pulled together a playlist of the most memorable live performances of all time and will be playing us some tracks.  Audio

There's been plenty of talk about New Zealand living with Covid restrictions, while the rest of the world is 'back to normal'. Rosie Carnahan-Darby, living in Los Angeles is setting the record… Audio

On this special evening the trio lay down an astonishing set of tracks old and new, featuring appearances from Bailey Wiley and Diggy Dupe, live at the Auckland Town Hall as support act for Che-Fu &amp… Audio

Lawyers representing Afghans under threat from the Taliban say New Zealand must do more to save their lives.

The High Court in Wellington is hearing a challenge to Cabinet and Immigration decisions… Audio

The skyrocketing number of children living in motels is being called a 'moral failure' by the National party.

There was an increase of 280 tamariki in motels in the three months to September - now… Audio

The government is running out of motels to place families in as the housing crisis reaches record levels, with children among those hardest hit.

There are now 4512 children living in motels - an… Audio

Postponing, rescheduling, cancelling, even rebranding... Organisers of the country's biggest arts, film and music festivals are having to make huge calls on the fate of their events in the light of… Audio, Gallery

Māori health leaders say the lives of their people are literally at stake as Auckland Covid-19 case numbers threaten to get out of control.

Dangerously low Māori vaccination figures and their… Audio

The Government has laid out its plans for how the hospital system will cope with a growing number of Covid-19 cases.

The short answer is: the hospital system won't need to, because the vast majority… Audio

Brett Eccles of Eccles Entertainment NZ promoter is has just announced Billie Elish to be coming next year - and also tours local artists such as Lorde, Troy Kingi and Fat Freddys Drop. He joined… Audio

What do you do when the much vaunted takeaways, or a picnic in the double bubble under Covid restrictions alert level 3 just don't cut it? Waiheke woman Lisa Talbot has the answer. Get a friend or… Audio

The Pandora Papers is the biggest data leak ever, and a startling insight into the way the other half a percent lives and structures their affairs.  Audio

Residents in Lake Ōhau are rebuilding their lives and homes while slowly restoring the scorched landscape after last year's devastating fire.

Today marks one year since fire tore through the remote… Video, Audio

Lively debate in Samoa's parliament a welcome sign of a health democracy. Audio

New Zealand will welcome five times the usual number of new residents by the end of next year.

In what the government describes as the biggest immigration decision in living memory, 165,000 migrants… Audio

Mark Beehre has spent a decade working on his latest book - a collection of photos and stories of 27 young, gay men born after the passage of the Homosexual Law Reform Bill. He started the project… Audio

A Covid-19 modeller says the current Delta outbreak is here to stay.

Daily cases have been bouncing around in the 20s and teens for the past week and have yet to fall below 10.

Wigram Capital's… Audio

Jesse talks to the Beths lead vocalist Elizabeth Stokes and Jonathan Pearce about the release of their live album AND film. Audio

Waiata Anthems celebrates the best new waiata and offers a chance to honour the champions and pioneers of te reo Māori who paved the way for future generations. Due to lockdown, the artists were… Video

Nau mai ki Te Wiki o te Reo Māori whānau! What better way to celebrate Māori Language Week than with this beautiful performance by TE KAAHU, the new reo Māori project from alt-pop artist Theia… Video