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Cats are known to be pretty stoic creatures but there's now a new clinical tool to help diagnose feline pain. It is called the Grimace Scale and was recently developed in Canada by a professor of… Audio

Randy Newman's New Zealand visit in 2020 may have been cancelled, but William Dart looks at some of his songs in versions by Alan Price, Peggy Lee, Nina Simone, Etta James, The Von Trapp Children and… Video, Audio

Marriage Story shows (yet) another side of the great Adam Driver, reports Dan Slevin. Video

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

Our Fourth Estate is "collapsing" according to Winston Peters. This week he set out what he wants as the coalition government ponders a new policy for the media - due to be unveiled any day now. But… Audio

From locking criminals up to lobbying for their rights, Chester Borrows has gone from the police to parliament to advocating prison reform. Audio

They're still here … singers Paula Cole and Patty Waters both took long career breaks but came back as strong as ever. William Dart reviews their latest albums. Video, Audio

Over the past twenty years there has been a bumper crop of memorable and beautiful local albums that have found notable success. We are proud to offer you our top 21 albums of the twenty-first century… Audio

This Saturday on Music 101 we're counting down the top 21 Kiwi albums of the 21st century. Ahead the show, let's take a look at how the New Zealand music scene has grown and flourished over the past… Video

The firearms buy back comes to an end a month from today, but the police say the amnesty for returning banned guns will continue into next year and beyond.

That's music to the ears of gun owners, but… Audio

Dr Alexander Gerst aka "Astro Alex" has spent almost a year in space, having completed two missions on the International Space Station (I.S.S.). The European Space Agency astronaut launched on a Soyuz… Audio, Gallery

Welcome rain has set farms up for the summer but hail in Hawke's Bay and Pukekohe has caused some fruit damage. It hasn't really warmed up in the far south and grass is struggling to grow. Audio

In a possible world-first the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra is exploring a new way to help those who find the sound of a symphony orchestra overwhelming.

A brief and soulful glimpse into another human life, helping us to hear their favorite music - and each other - differently.

Part mixtape, part love-letter. Real people tell us a story about the classical track that means the most to them.

Shepherding is more a lifestyle than a job for Kate White, Lesley Pollock and Kacey Johnson. They're among the youngest all women team of shepherds tin the country. Audio, Gallery

North Canterbury farmers Melissa and Hayden Cowan have a small flock of rare black-nosed Swiss Valais sheep. Often referred to as the "cutest sheep in the world" this distinctive breed with black face… Audio

Kanye goes gospel - but is he just cashing in on the Christian dollar? Plus a woozy missive from Frank Ocean, a powerful message from Onehunga's SWIDT, and more.  Video, Audio

Each episode of The Open Ears Project offers a brief and soulful glimpse into another human life, helping us to hear their favorite music - and each other - differently.

Money is sometimes the only difference between eccentricity and madness, says Lady Anne Glenconner, who served as Princess Margaret's lady-in-waiting for over 30 years. Now 87, Lady Anne has written a… Video, Audio

There's a lot of chatter about Speckle Park cattle. The Canadian breed is the fastest growing cattle breed on the planet. New Zealand farmers are jumping on board. Beef farmers like Speckle Parks… Audio, Gallery

Farmers won't have to start paying for their emissions until 2025, as long as they make progress in finding ways to measure and price emissions at the farm level.

But in the meantime legislation will… Video, Audio

Part mixtape, part love-letter. Real people tell us a story about the classical track that means the most to them.

Bali, the Gamelan and Walter Spies. The first of two programmes by Elric Hooper and Des Wilson. Audio

Schools out and the kids take over! Teenage music fans Oscar Horner and Benny Lindsay Williams explain the listening habits of the young and share their new favourite songs. Honorary adolescent Mark… Video, Audio

NZ-born Holly Mathieson returns to conduct an all-Kiwi cast in NZ Opera's production Benjamin Britten's The Turn of the Screw. Audio

William Dart travels to the moon and beyond, charting two decades of Tom Ludvigson and Trevor Reekie's Trip to the Moon albums, and looking at their new two-man improv album, Roto. Video, Audio