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In past years some media outlets were ambivalent about Waitangi Day - some even hostile at times. But new moves by the new government and a strong pushback from Māori gave it an extra edge this… Audio

New Zealand music written in classical styles is in good heart and growing popularity. These are some of the most-watched performances filmed by SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music, many with sound… Video

Sebastian Faulks, worldwide bestselling author of Birdsong, is back with a new thriller, inspired, he tells us by a tweet from Richard Dawkins.  Audio

University professor and comics buff Neal Curtis tells Nights how 'graphic medicine' can be used to convey important health information. Video, Audio

A bank manager discovers his fiancée's parents may not be who they say they are in The Out-Laws. (Streaming on Netflix) Video, Audio

A Christchurch restaurant that opens when its owner wants to is still doing a roaring trade without hiking its prices. Addington's Afghan restaurant doesn't advertise, has no set times and no menu… Video, Audio

For his 2022 Lilburn Lecture, composer and Arts Laureate Ross Harris dove deep into his own musical past, sharing colourful snapshots from his life and career. Audio

Perlina Lau casts her eye over the best streaming TV on offer this month. Video

It’s nearly Christmas Day, and if you feel you haven’t had a good carol singalong yet, today’s programme is just for you. Plenty of well-known carols, including a couple that will really stretch your… Audio

William Dart finds some recent songs from NZ artists that buck our general mood these days and actually sound happy. Video, Audio

Multi-instrumentalist Adam Page is the saxophone soloist in the premiere of John Psathas' concerto 'Call of the Wild', performed this Saturday evening with Orchestra Wellington. Audio

Pip Adam discusses her novel Nothing to See - one of the most talked-about books of 2020 - with Carl Shuker in this highlight of the 2020 Word Christchurch Spring Festival. Audio

Time to put your best voice forward this week in Hymns on Sunday! If you're feeling as though you haven't had the chance to have a good Christmas singalong yet, we've plenty of well-known carols for… Audio

John Bluck explores the past, future, and current state of lawnmowing in a light-hearted but informative talk in six closely-cropped chapters. Audio

If you haven’t had the chance to have a good Christmas singalong yet, then today’s programme is especially for you! Lots of the well-known carols, with a sprinkling of ones you'll want to get to know… Audio

Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about Stuff Circuit's latest headline-making investigation, big calls on our 'dying' small towns; a long-serving young MP… Video, Audio

William Dart looks at the splendid new album celebrating the Christchurch songwriter, Al Park, featuring cover versions by Jordan Luck, Marlon Williams, Delaney Davidson, Anthea Struthers and others.

Music and literature reviewer Kiran Dass picks her best books about music from 2018.

How much has changed for New Zealand's female composers in the 125 years since women's suffrage? In the 2018 Lilburn Lecture, acclaimed composer Eve de Castro-Robinson reflects on her own journey as a… Audio, Gallery

In the midst of a national disease crisis, the rural press is being shaken up. Some titles are changing hands and the country's biggest news publisher Stuff is closing weekly farming papers and… Audio

Sina Saipaia – aka Sister Sina – attracted global attention when she sang the hook to OMC’s hit single ‘How Bizarre’. She went on to record her own album, but it was never released... until now. Video, Audio

Annabel Alpers gained popularity with her solo act Bachelorette in 2005, and has since relocated to Baltimore. Jana Whitta caught up with Annabel at the American Visionary Art Museum, to get an update… Video, Audio

'Prosaic Notes from an Unwritten Journal': Composer Jenny McLeod considers Lilburn’s thoughts on tradition and language, and continues with her own personal reflections, in illustrated verse.

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There were significant numbers of Germans working as musicians and living here in New Zealand during the 19th century until 1914. Samantha Owens introduces us to a handful of these German immigrants… Audio