Features

Work and school schedules that suit early risers could be the cause of more widespread depression among night owls, according to UK researcher Jessica O'Loughlin. Audio

We are always looking at ways to improve the experience we offer you, our valued listeners. This is the first in an occasional series intended to keep you up-to-date with what’s happening at RNZ Concert.

Mediawatch - When Jacinda Ardern changed her media schedule earlier this year, it raised heckles from commentators who felt she was ducking scrutiny. Audio

Group houses with shared costs for housekeeping and meals are an affordable and healthy way to accommodate older New Zealanders, says architecture lecturer Bill McKay. Audio

Four of the top ten best-selling new vehicles in New Zealand in 2020 were double cab utes. Yet ten years ago neither utes or SUVs featured among our best-selling vehicles. Audio

Quinn Morgan (Ngāti Tūwharetoa/Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi) was recently named the Ahuwhenua Young Māori Farmer of the Year. Audio

Celebrate the shortest day & Matariki with winter-time music recorded by RNZ Concert.

Today's kids spend around 75 percent of their time outside of school on screens, so parents need to actively guide them through the digital world, says social researcher Mark McCrindle. Audio

William Dart looks back at a 1998 CD release, on which heavyweights of the American literary world like Norman Mailer, Maya Angelou and Stephen King sang their favourite songs with hot backing musicians for a good cause. Audio

VIDEO - RNZ visual journalist Sam Rillstone weighs in on the God of Mischief's solo show.

Troy Kingi says his "folky singer-songerwritery" new album Black Sea Golden Ladder is his most personal yet. Video, Audio

Health promotion within schools is a lot more effective than any campaign, says education researcher Katie Fitzgerald. Audio

Pubs closed at 6 o’clock, TV was in black and white, and recent touring performers included The Vienna Boys Choir and Vera Lynn. These twelve shows in four cities over seven days had a seismic cultural impact on New Zealand.

No cell phone coverage is no issue for budding farmer Phil Varley and his partner Catherine Campbell who are developing a 21-hectare block near the North Canterbury coast. Audio, Gallery

Shane Te Pou (Ngai Tuhoe) is a former Labour Party staffer and union official turned writer and political commentator. Shane talks life, and chooses his favourite songs on this episode of The Mixtape. Video, Audio

Week in Politics - The government's new scheme to increase the uptake of electric vehicles divided Parliament this week, as the National Party vowed to reverse it.

Wellington soul singer-songwriter Louis Baker is back with a new EP, Love Levitates which reflects an older, wiser, and more poetic approach to music-making.  Video, Audio

Biochemist Warren Tate hadn't heard of the disease that would become a big part of his life - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - until his 14-year-old daughter got it. Audio

Marking World Refugee Day and the start of Matariki this week. Audio

Lyttelton songwriter Candice Milner plays tracks from her new album Depressional Season. Video, Audio

Stan Walker's 'Tua' is the first number-one song on the new Te Reo Māori Top 10.

Nick checks out a brand new album from Wellington composers Jasmine Lovell-Smith and Jake Baxendale, and reviews the NZ Jazz Awards. Audio

Yesterday saw the release of Troy Kingi's fifth album Black Sea Golden Ladder. It marks the halfway point for the Tai Tokerau singer's 10/10/10 series. The folk-inspired album sees Troy team up with Delaney Davidson on his most personal record yet Video, Audio

After a 6 year hiatus, Ladi6 and Parks have announced the return of The Alpha Sessions. The Alpha Sessions are a run of shows where Ladi & Parks transfer their studio set up, to smaller, intimate venues/clubs and work out new songs, improvise, deconstruct and rebuild classics, with the aim to allow the freedom of improvisation and response to audience energy. The shows are recorded and taken back to the studio to finalise and expand on what will eventuate into the next Ladi6 album. Audio