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Negotiators from the Marshall Islands and the United States have finally signed off on their COMPACT III.  Audio

Clive Taylor's place in Raumati Beach is quite easy to find. You'll know it from the mock 1950s gas station he's installed out the front, complete with original Shell, BP and Big Tree signage, oil… Audio

Dan Slevin experiences the phenomenon that is Taylor Swift – in concert. Video

Neale Jones, Tim Hurdle and Bernie O'Donnell analyse Saturday night's election results. Neale Jones was Chief of Staff to Labour Leader Jacinda Ardern, and prior to that was Chief of Staff to Andrew… Audio

Peter Porteous is a musician based in Dunedin who organises an experimental music festival called Lines of Flight. The idea was bred from a friendship he shared with mate and late collaborator Peter… Audio

Samoan New Zealand dancer John Vaifale (Lalovaea and Solosolo) is packing his bags to head to Germany and represent Aotearoa at the Red Bull Dance Your Style World Finals on November 4.  Audio

A trip into Dusky Sound in 1974 led to Victoria Jaenecke's lifelong connection with Richard Henry. Appointed in 1894 as caretaker of Dusky Sound's Resolution Island, Henry spent 14 years - much of it… Audio

It's being called Auckland's worst pollution event in nearly 50 years. It's two weeks since a massive sewer line collapsed in Auckland, leaving hundreds of litres of human waste pouring into the inner… Audio

Until his late 50s, Invercargill man Michael Kingpotiki would tell a "wee while lie" when he was given something to read, saying he didn't have his glasses handy. The truth was that the former farm… Audio

Actor, comedian, broadcaster and author, Michael Palin, has documented the extraordinary life and tragic death of a First World War soldier - his great-uncle Harry in latest book Great-Uncle Harry: A… Audio

Artist Taloi Havini began life in Bougainville but fled with her family to Australia aged 9 due to a civil war which claimed 15,000 lives.  Audio

Uproar, a new movie inspired by the Springbok Tour of the 1980s comes with a star-studded cast - Julian Dennison, James Rolleston, Minnie Driver, Rhys Darby, and a scene-stealing role from Julian's… Audio

The 1957 hit musical 'The Music Man' follows the tale of brazen swindler Professor Harold Hill who arrives in River City, Iowa, promising uniforms, instruments and lessons for a new town band. Jess… Audio

Touring to five regional centres across the North Island from 6 to 25 October Upu sees performances by seven leading actors of almost 40 texts by Māori and Pacific Island writers.

Among the writers… Audio

Every week on Culture 101 we invite a guest to share their love of culture and shout out to other artists. This week it’s - Tami Neilson - a beloved musical artist who has brought vividly alive the… Video, Audio

An Invercargill council worker says his desire to read to his grandchildren inspired him to put his hand up, admit he was illiterate and begin learning to read and write in his late 50s.

Three years… Audio

Described by Sam Brooks in The Spinoff as the largest catwalk show in the world, an art exhibition blown up to epic proportions, and the closest New Zealand gets to Broadway, the spectacular World of… Audio

Richard Fidler speaks with Jack Tame about The Book of Roads and Kingdoms, bringing to life the dazzling cosmopolitan culture of Baghdad during Islam's Golden Age. A highlight of the 2023 Auckland… Audio

Nuclear weapons have unfortunately been brought to the fore once more with Russia's invasion of Ukraine despite most experts agreeing deployment is unlikely. No nation has detonated a nuclear weapon… Audio

Collaborators Sophie Linday and Peau Halapua talk to Bryan Crump about the incidental music they've created for Sophie's play, ÉMILIE, the story of Émilie Du Châtelet, the woman who translated the… Audio