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In her first 24 hours as Labour Party leader, Jacinda Ardern was repeatedly questioned about her plans to have children. Susan Strongman asks whether that's fair.

The bubbles and warm water which sprung up off the Kaikōura coast after November's earthquake (dubbed the Hope Springs) appear to be coming from deep in the earth's crust, scientists have discovered. Audio

The RNZ Music team choose their top picks in light of NPR's '150 Greatest Albums Made By Women'.

Is it okay if my kid eats soil? Can we use the five-second rule? Should I carry hand sanitiser? A little dirt is good for us, says microbiologist Rob Knight. Audio

The moves come after its Australian counterpart announced sweeping changes in light of the recent revelation that women only make up 21.7 percent of APRA members there. Audio

Dayna Berghan-Whyman talks about how she safely handles a steel axe wearing 35 kilos of armour and what pulled her out of 'the howly-bags' when she lost a round at the world champs. Audio, Gallery

One of these bags is the value of a year's worth of benefit fraud, and the other a year's worth of tax evasion. Toby Morris invites us to guess which is which.

When life dealt their family a rough hand, Johanna and Brittany Cosgrove created something positive, Melody Thomas meets the Nope Sisters.

If Jacinda Adern becomes prime minister quite a bit of attention will fall on her partner, TV presenter and producer Clarke Gayford. Jesse Mulligan prepared him with a probing interview. Audio

A home DNA test done on a lark led Alice Plebuch to uncover a 100-year-old mistake that changed everything she thought she knew about her family. Audio, Gallery

Flip the Fleet is a citizen science project looking at the performance of electric vehicles under New Zealand conditions. Audio

A list of top New Zealand albums by women, including a top ten (in no particular order) and 34 other albums that RNZ staff and listeners think are worthy.

Watch Cook Island-New Zealand singer and songwriter Annie Crummer and her father Will Crummer sing a traditional Cook Islands song for RNZ Pacific. Video

Shortly after her appointment as leader of the Labour Party yesterday, Jacinda Ardern spoke with Jesse Mulligan about the challenges facing her eight weeks out from the election. Audio

There is a push to clarify the rules around speaking Pacific languages and wearing traditional Pacific dress in the House.   Audio

From tonight, RNZ Concert presents highlights from the world's greatest classical music festival for live listening or streaming - including John Williams' Star Wars theme on Friday.

How the first male to survive the Niagara Falls died after slipping on an orange peel on Queen Street. 

Play On is a collection of songs written by Paul McLaney and performed by the likes of Julia Deans, Mara TK, Maisey Rika, Laughton Kora and Ria Hall.

During the 60s and 70s photographer Murray Cammick captured a huge number of up and coming kiwi bands in the rock movement that changed the face of New Zealand music. Audio, Gallery

Who is Jacinda Ardern? And can she change the government? The Wireless asks young voters if Labour's new leader will make a difference.

Fifteen years ago one of the world's leading urbanists urged civic leaders to make cities more attractive to the creative classes - it has worked rather too well, he says. Audio

With the release of her new podcast BANG! on sex and sexuality, Melody Thomas asks:"Is there anything besides sex that is so widely practised and so resolutely ignored?" Audio

In his memoir Nevertheless, Alec Baldwin spends a great deal of time worrying about money, says Dan Slevin.

"We played together and fell in love, and the rest is history.” Audio