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First Pacific woman elected to serve on the Auckland super city council representing Maungakiekie-Tamaki ward. Audio

The University of Auckland launches a three part Pacific conference series with part one exploring Samoan traditional leadership, customary land tenure and religious rights. Audio

Peter Hoar reviews French pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra & producer Zoë George and Dr Aleisha Ward explore Jazz era NZ - music, dance ... and sex. Audio

Following his visits to Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has highlighted a range of deep concerns in these countries. Audio

Fiji sevens players have been mulling over new contracts while trying to prepare for World Series tournaments in Australia and New Zealand. Audio

PNG bowler Nosaina Pokana has been banned by the ICC for an illegal bowling action. Audio

The foreign ministers of Georgia's breakaway republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia are in Nauru in the hope it will lobby for their recognition as independent countries. Audio

Threats to the safety of a New Zealand seasonal worker recruiter while in Solomon Islands have underlined how desperate people are to join the scheme. Audio

The ethos of the Paralympic movement is fair and equal competition, but the International Paralympic Committee has warned that some athletes are exaggerating their disability  to get into a more…

Sports journalist Zoë George and a roster of athletic co-hosts shine the spotlight on women in sports – this month women commentating men’s cricket, dividing sport by gender, potty parity and the rise… Audio

GLINKA arr BALAKIREV: The Lark - played by Marianna Kang, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio

CHOPIN: Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise Op 22 - played by Lixin Zhang, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio

RAVEL: Jeux d'eau - played by Lixin Zhang, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio

BACH arr BUSONI: Chaconne, from Violin Partita No 2 in D minor - played by Lixin Zhang, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio

HAYDN: Piano Sonata in F HobXVI/23 - played by Marianna Kang, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio

HAYDN: Piano Sonata in B minor HobXVI/32 - played by Lixin Zhang, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio

Everything you need to know about all 29 acts performing at this year's Laneway Festival on 29 January in Auckland's Albert Park (you're welcome). Video

HAYDN: Piano Sonata in A flat HobXVI/46 - played by Modi Deng, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio

DEBUSSY: Les tierces alternées; Feux d'artifice, from Preludes Book 2 - played by Siyu Sun, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio

PROKOFIEV: Piano Sonata No 2 in D minor Op 14 - played by Siyu Sun, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio

CHOPIN: Ballade No 4 in F minor Op 52 - played by Modi Deng, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio

SCHUMANN: Piano Sonata No 2 in G minor Op 22 - played by Siyu Sun, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio

CARR: Concert Studies Nos 1 and 4 - played by Lixin Zhang, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio

WEBER: Rondo Brillante Op 62 - played by Lixin Zhang, at the 2017 Wallace National Piano Competition Audio