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Best of 2019 – From the five millionth Kiwi to the benefits of being messy and how we can live better, more thrifty lives, here are ten stories about how we live now.

RNZ Music is delighted to be the first to share the new live video from Wellington folk trio Ida Lune. ‘No Harm in Hope’ is the debut single from their self-titled album, due out in April. Video

With their high-energy mix of alt pop and rock weirdness, Ha the Unclear are one of our favourite NZ Live acts. Now the Auckland-via-Dunedin band are spreading their infectious sound around the… Video, Audio

Charlie Dreaver investigates the issues around strengthening apartment buildings to make them more resilient to earthquakes. Video, Audio

Chief Coroner Judge Deborah Marshall and Acting Assistant Commissioner Bruce Bird address the media about the identification and coronial processes following the Whakaari/White Island eruption. Audio

RNZ Music is proud to present this stunning live recording from South Auckland three-piece Valkyrie. ‘Closer’ was recorded and shot against the beautiful backdrop of Auckland’s Huia Point. Video

Lyttelton based musician Lindon Puffin performs his song, I Hate Christmas (But I Love Christmas) along with members of the Lyttelton School Choir. Video, Audio

Almost 150,000 children in New Zealand come from families that are unable to afford enough to eat, good shoes and warm clothes.

Those figures are included in the 2019 Child Poverty Monitor report… Audio

Noelle McCarthy talks about the environment and environmental politics with film director James Cameron, and Dunedin's new Mayor, Aaron Hawkins. Recorded at Otago Museum. Audio

The Teskey Brothers are in the RNZ studios for NZ Live ahead of their two shows at The Powerhouse in Auckland this weekend. Video, Audio

In New Zealand, leaders from Dunedin's Samoan community have met with management of the local paper to express the hurt and harm caused by a cartoon making light of the Samoa measles epidemic. Audio

Bougainvilleans have relished the opportunity to take part in their region's historic independence referendum, with the vote count to begin this weekend.  Audio

Pieced together from evidence in archives, newspapers and family lore, Bettina Bradbury tells the riveting true story of a woman (Caroline Kearney) forced to travel half way across the world with her… Audio

About 50 activists flew the Morning Star flag at New Zealand's Parliament on Monday to mark the 58th anniversary of the declaration of West Papuan independence. Audio

On Monday, December 2, 53 people have died in Samoa from measles, many of them young children.

Nineteen children are in critical care in hospital and there are hundreds of new infections daily.

New… Video, Audio

This week we're very excited to start bringing you some of the incredible original kiwi Christmas songs written for our recent competition. Audio

Whanganui-based musician Anthonie Tonnon's rail journey across the country last year was a love letter to passenger rail in Aotearoa. He plays us some new music from the upcoming tour Rail Land 2019.

Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism is a book with a seductive title but contains a serious argument. Audio

Harrowing stories about Northland's housing crisis have been revealed at a Hui in Whanagrei with some people saying they resorted to living in treehouses.

The Minister for Maori Development Nanaia… Audio

RNZ Music is proud to present this special live version of ‘The Day I Thought About Dying’, the raw and affecting new single from Wellington-based musician Solomon Crook. Video

Sheikh Hasan Rubel was shot three times inside the Al Noor Mosque on Deans Ave. The 34-year-old accountant suffered injuries to his stomach, legs and feet and spent ten weeks in hospital, and has had… Audio

Pacific governments are working to ensure there is no loss of maritime jurisdiction because of climate change. Audio

If you've ever dreamed of abandoning your life in the city and fleeing to some quiet corner of the coast - Deborah Hide-Bayne can tell you exactly how to do it. She 'escaped' to the Coromandel from… Audio

Research released this morning has crunched the numbers on just how many working poor there are in New Zealand - 50,000 working households living in poverty across Aotearoa. The research commissioned… Audio