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Comedian, actor and writer Kura Forrester drops into Culture 101 to talk about what she’s been watching and listening to when she’s not in rehearsal.

The National Party has made a big play for the centre vote with a tax plan specifically designed for middle income earners.

Its 'Back Pocket Boost' promises extra income for working families, made… Audio

All Blacks lock Scott Barrett has been cleared to play in the opening game of the Rugby World Cup after recieving a red card in the warm up test against the Springboks on Sunday. Barrett was sent off… Video, Audio

Herbs announced to play The Others Way Festival in December. Audio

When the Cat's Away is reuniting at Auckland Town Hall for a one night special on October 1st to celebrate and farewell their friend and fellow band mate Margaret Urlich, who died last year. It's the… Audio

Parker Jackson-Cartwright, sounds like a law frim but, standing at close to 175 centimetres tall, (5'7" in the old language) Jackson-Cartwright is the shortest import the Breakers have ever signed… Audio

Working in a busy south Auckland hospital emergency department isn't exactly where you would expect inspiration for a live theatre play, but that's exactly where Dr David Galler's material has come… Audio

French embassy in Samoa will play a central role on regional issues. Audio

The Silver Ferns have eased through their pool at the netball world cup in South Africa and are safely onto the next phase of the competition.

On Sunday night they crushed Singapore 80-19, after… Audio

Bank scams are rising exponentially, so much so that $183 million has gone out of New Zealanders' accounts over the last year.  Audio

Years ago, before they'd met, Joel Tobeck's highly recognisable face attracted a kiss from Kim Hill at a Wellington theatre. The versatile 52-year-old actor and musician reunites with Kim to talk… Video, Audio

Davidda is an indie artist based in Tamaki Makaurau, Aotearoa.

Big on story-telling and romanticising mundane daily tasks, this Paeroa-bred wahine pours a refreshing cup of familiarity and mystery… Video, Audio

Barbie isn't the only thing kicking off today. The FIFA Women’s World Cup gets underway here in Auckland this evening. The Football Ferns taking on Norway at Eden Park from 7pm, and one New Zealand… Audio

Maggie Tweedie talks to Sudan Archives ahead of her show in Aotearoa next week. Video, Audio

New Zealand director & screenwriter Roseanne Liang has been going from strength to strength. She was recently announced to direct action movie Maude v Maude, starring Halle Berry and Angelina Jolie… Audio

The All Blacks play their first test of the year in Argentina on Sunday morning and will be well aware they can't take the home side lightly.

The Pumas have toppled New Zealand twice in their last… 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

Soloist with the Auckland Philharmonia, the American flutist will perform the concerto written especially for her by composer and friend Kaija Saariaho. Video, Audio

Thieves are targetting Auckland's Tsunami sirens, despite they fact they apparently cannot be modified to play music.

But it is leaving some areas without an early warning system, if disaster is… Video, Audio

A New Zealand short-film called The Polycees that explores the secret world below the Beehive premiers soon. It's a kids film with the idea to help pre-teens explore ideas of democracy and politics. Audio

Husband and wife duo Dame Miranda Harcourt and Stuart McKenzie have become central to the film and theatre world. It's all in the family: while Miranda's mother Kate is one of Aotearoa's most… Audio

In the early 1980s journalist Russell Brown jumped ship from his boring newsroom job to become deputy editor of Rip It Up, a music magazine capturing and feeding a thriving urban culture Brown was… 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