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Film and TV reviewer Chris Schulz joins Kathryn to look at the latest season of dystopian tech drama Black Mirror, Jury Duty (Prime Video), which has been touted as a real-life Truman Show where every… Audio

For today's music feature we celebrate one of the lesser appreciated instruments in music, the theremin. To tell us more about this weird and wonderful instrument, we have music artist and theremin… Video, Audio

This week, RNZ’s Parliament show, The House, focused on the processes and outcomes of Parliament’s Select Committees. The Sunday show is a collation of this content. Audio

There's a saying in the Cook Islands that anything decided by the government was hashed out at Trader Jacks. The legendary bar and eatery, opened in 1986 by Jack Cooper, is known to virtually every… Audio

Tomorrow the high-profile role of the Children's Commissioner will officially be disestablished, replaced with a board of three to six members - a move many fear will significantly weaken the power of… Audio

In the mid-1800s, a gentleman's club was formed in London for men connected to literature and fine arts. Named after the poet Richard Savage, there are 16 active clubs in Aotearoa today. Over the last… Audio

What is going on with transport in Aotearoa? Prof. Simon Kingham explores what the evidence tells us about transport now and in the future, at Raising the Bar Christchurch 2023. Audio

Troy Kingi, one of New Zealand's beloved musicians, joins us to talk about his documentary exploring the fascinating 'other' islands of Aotearoa. Our Other Islands is a visually stunning celebration… Video, Audio

Parliament has hit the time of year it turns into a combination of Glastonbury and the Inquisition - the multi-pronged miniterial grilling called Estimates Hearings. Audio

The ACT Party has this month latched on to a Question Time tactic of using consecutive supplementary questions on a repetitive theme as a pile-on against the government. Audio

Among Parliament's key bills this week is one to update emergency management relationships and one to protect your bank deposits because mattresses have better uses. Grant Robertson picks his bills to… Audio

When UK based New Zealand writer Margaret Meyer visited a local museum in the town of Aldeburgh, Suffolk, it sent her on a mission to uncover the story of a group of women accused of being witches… Audio

This week's critter is the southern bladderwort, Utricularia australis, a carnivorous plant that lives fully submerged in peat bogs. A dramatic decline in population means this species is now… Audio

It's pink and perky, but don't write off the highly awaited new Barbie movie just yet, says a New Zealand film critic. Video, Audio

The world's oldest practising doctor is about to become the subject of a new documentary. 100-year-old neurologist Dr Howard Tucker has witnessed advances in medicine right through from lobotomies to… Audio

English actor Dame Penelope Wilton's warm smile will be familiar to fans of Downton Abbey, Doctor Who and the Ricky Gervais series Afterlife. Her new film The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry is a… Video, Audio

Labour says this year's Budget was simply "not the time" to overhaul Working for Families - but it has promised to spell out its plan before the election.

The Government put the multi-billion dollar… Audio

Not yet read the contenders for Aotearoa’s big-deal book awards? Here’s a cheat sheet to help you sound like you have.

Mother and daughter, Annabel & Rose Langbein are two of our most-loved cooks and celebrated food writers. We reunite mother and daughter for Mother's Day and they share their perfect Mother's Day… Audio

Known for his contemporary takes on Shakespeare, Aotearoa theatre director and scholar David Lawrence believes the bard's intentions have been long compromised by being organised into the genres of… Audio

Aotearoa's fungi are fascinating, freaky and fantastical according to Otautahi based forager and food writer Liv Sisson. We have 22,000 species, including one that hunts bugs, a lichen named after… Audio

Free doctor visits for young people are now being offered up until the age of 24 in Hawkes Bay.

Since 2016 rangatahi have been funded for free visits to the age of 18. But the programme has been so… Audio