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Music lovers and performers across New Zealand share their memories and best wishes on the occasion of Dame Kiri Te Kanawa's 80th birthday. Video

Got a long drive coming up this weekend? Emma Rawson of Kete Books reviews five local audiobooks to keep you entertained while your eyes are on the road.

The Labour leader was in Hokitika today, a town founded in the gold rush of the 1860s, and has known booms and busts. Just like the rest of the country, it's a town feeling the full effects of the… Video, Audio

The media could scarcely ignore the startling story of a minister of justice under arrest, but the circumstances of that and her sudden resignation raised many other issues. Many in the media seized… Audio

A scoop revealing that ethnicity is factored into Auckland-region surgery waiting lists sparked strong reactions against ‘race-based healthcare’ and claims that Māori and Pacific patients were… Video, Audio

The Auckland-based Handel Quire gets this week’s programme off to a great start with Isaac Watts’ hymn Lord of the worlds above. Audio

New Zealand Football says several All Whites players heard defender Michael Boxall get racially abused during the match against Qatar in Austria this morning. 

Stephen Hewson has sport. Audio

Best of 2022 - This April, volunteers from all over Aotearoa headed to South Westland to clear gorse from the shores of the stunning Ōkārito Lagoon. Video, Audio

Beekeeper, comic opera composer and professor of anatomy: just some of the interesting occupations of the people involved in this week’s selection of hymns. Audio

Songs about death, drinking, friendship and happiness collide on the recent album Bloom from Auckland band DIRT. The 2021 album - a tribute to the band's singer Malcolm Black who died of cancer in… Video, Audio

Parliament’s precinct is being spring-cleaned and returned to order and the MPs are full of thanks, and a little causative finger pointing.      Audio

In this week’s programme we’re featuring evening hymns, and you can hear a setting of Psalm 23 – it’ll be the third in our series so far. We’re also commemorating the Feast Day of German theologian… Audio

In this week’s programme, you can hear two settings of Psalm 121: ‘I will lift mine eyes unto the hills’. One’s from the 18^th century and the other was written especially for the Queen’s Silver… Audio

For the first time New Zealand has athletes at the Winter Olympics that can be considered real medal contenders.

The 24th Winter Olympics will officially open in Beijing tonight, with the possibility… Audio

In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about a Cold War brewing between Newstalk ZB's political editor and the PM, misinformation in local papers - and the need for… Audio

Maselino Masoe was the first Samoan boxer to win a major world title, but the opportunity almost never happened.

Masoe sat down with Talei Anderson and Faivaeselopepe Anric Sitanilei to talk about… Video, Audio

Well-known favourites this week include Henry Baker's paraphrase of Psalm 23 (The king of love my shepherd is) and Dear Lord and father of mankind by John Greenleaf Whittier. You can also hear a hymn… Audio

Northlanders are breathing a cautious sigh of relief after no new community Covid-19 cases were found among the more than 1,000 tests carried out yesterday.

The Ministry of Health today revealed that… Audio

There's a focus on women hymn writer and translators in this week's programme, with hymns from Victorian-era writers Frances Ridley Havergal and Cecil Frances Alexander to some by our New Zealand hymn… Audio

Writer John Bluck shares a very personal perspective on how moviegoing in New Zealand reflects our character, history and preoccupations. Audio, Gallery

The RNZ Music team is celebrating NZ Music Month with Fresh Music Daily - new music from a different Kiwi artist every day. Video

Heard enough Baby Shark to last a lifetime? Wishing you could escape into childhood right now? RNZ Concert has the answer. Here are the best pieces of classical music written with children in mind.

It's seven sleeps to Christmas! If you're swinging by a bookshop, or even your own bookshelves to find a last minute present for someone, what are they going to want to read? RNZ producer and former… Audio

A cartoonist who's latest work is being slammed as racist says "it's not causing anymore death" Garrick Tremain's cartoon depicts two women outside of a travel agent, with a caption that reads: 'I… Audio

2020 is going to be another busy year for Sir Roger Hall. New Zealand’s most successful playwright plays his favourite tunes and tells us about his upcoming world première. Video, Audio

Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about BoJo's no-shows in the UK; Air NZ's 'expert trolling,' casual racism forgiven - and how compassionate coverage of… Video, Audio

The third reading debate of the End of Life Choice Bill made for a busy, emotional day at Parliament. For The House Phil Smith caught the action in photos. 

On Eyewitness - a look at the drug that affected the lives of 10,000 babies…the story of Thalidomide. Produced by Sonia Sly. Audio

A Napier man's wedding ring has taken a miraculous 2000km return trip thanks to an eagle-eyed Dunedinite and a bit of plain old luck.

Don Alexander, 84, lost his ring while packing up crates of… Audio

Barry Vercoe is a New-Zealand-born composer you may not have heard of – at least as far as composing goes. But in the field of computer audio, he’s something of a legendary figure. Audio