Features

Insight: The government wants community providers to hand over clients' names and details in order to improve systems.How much personal data should we give up in exchange for social services? Audio

No songs, no socks: New Zealand has discarded the trappings of pride in what has always been a rich man's pastime. Let's keep it that way, writes Finlay MacDonald

Local awards boost the reputation of New Zealand producers overseas, say Hawkes Bay apple and blueberry growers Graham and Marian Hirst. Audio, Gallery

Apart from a man vomiting in the front row of one of her shows, her tour's going swimmingly. Video, Audio

The Modern Māori Quartet join Alex Behan for a kōrero and a performance to celebrate Matariki and their upcoming album. Video, Audio

Part of the reason people are suspicious of severe depression is that we're all a little depressed, says writer Daphne Merkin. Audio

From the RNZ archives: a five-part series on our favourite non-conformist, Frank Zappa.

From tomorrow Google's live chat app will be no more. The Wireless pays tribute.

The race is on to develop wearable technologies that will make our lives better, easier and more productive... in theory, at least. Audio

The rising of the Matariki star constellation announces Te Tau Hou, the Māori New Year. Dr Rangi Matamua talks about its meaning. Audio

Musicians are always looking for their own voice, and it took connecting with Māori creativity for Royal to find his. Audio

The nutritious Māori potatoes (taewa) grown at Koukourārata Marae have been selling like hot cakes at farmers' markets around Christchurch – and all profits are going back to marae. Audio

Lots of children pick up and instrument, but who perseveres and how? Clarissa Dunn and Cynthia Morahan look at some of the ways children experience music in Aotearoa. Audio

Lots of children pick up an instrument, but who perseveres and how? Clarissa Dunn and Cynthia Morahan look at some of the ways children experience music in Aotearoa. Audio

The CEO of Uber steps down, the rise of the messaging app, and what time of day do you get your news? More likely in bed than on the commute to work, according to a new report. Audio

Aldous Harding on a man vomiting in the front row of her Brooklyn show recently: "People who don't like [my music] can be like, 'Heard someone threw up at Aldous' show. Hashtag my thoughts exactly'." Video, Audio

Trevor Reekie features music from Ethiopia, desert blues that won a Grammy, an electronica composition from Lebanon and an interview from Grammy Award winning American jazz vocalist Gregory Porter.

Rodger Fox's Wellington jazz band bring in some brass. Check out the 360-degree video. Video, Audio

We look ahead to the Lions and All Blacks' first test and the Women's Cricket World Cup. Audio

Young people are moving into the Helsinki's biggest state-run rest home as Finland grapples with a housing crisis. Audio, Gallery

Next year a NASA spacecraft will travel to within 6.2 million kilometres of the sun – that's seven times closer than any spacecraft before and close enough to get very, very hot. Audio

This week: Aldous Harding, female guitarists that rock, The Modern Maori Quartet, MC Tali chooses songs and tells yarns on the Mixtape.

Most of the colours we see today are chemical creations, but across history some weird and wonderful ingredients have been used to brighten things up. Video, Audio

Ready for another whacky story after the fun of Little Red Riding Hood (not quite)? Well, you need to listen to Yvonne Morrison’s The Three Bears (sort of).