Features

Open plan classrooms for 300 children, self-managed learning, and Bob Marley in lieu of the school bell - is Haeata the way of the future?

About 3000 people gathered an hour outside of London this month for media conference billed as “a riot of free speech.” Mediawatch hears it was an inspiring place to be at a time of bad news.​ Audio

The school system has been under constant change since National came to power in 2008. Insight,asks whether schools, and children, are better off. Audio

Callum Allardice and Jonathan Crayford are the big winners at the 2017 Jazz Music Awards. Audio

On Valentine's Day 1997, Big River FM hit the airwaves in the Northland town of Dargaville. Today, thanks to passionate volunteers, the radio station is stronger than ever. Audio

Twenty-four year old Iona Cristina Goicea has taken first place at the 2017 Michael Hill International Violin Competition. A competitor in 2013, Goicea said she wouldn't return until she was capable of winning.

The US Department of Defense is developing vanishing air vehicles that can make precise deliveries of critical supplies after a natural disaster – then vaporise into thin air. Audio

William Dart assuages his guilt for past omissions by sharing some fine tracks that didn't make New Horizons playlists in the first half of 2017. Audio

It's time for William Dart to assuage his guilt for past omissions. Halfway through the year, he gathers together a number of tracks that failed to make earlier programmes. Audio

Karin Bos and Tineke van de Heide – registered nurses originally from the Netherlands – are living the dream on a farmlet in Banks Peninsula. Audio

Forced marriage happens in NZ more often than we like to think – a new members bill before Parliament wants to change that. Audio

New research suggests 34-week-old foetuses can see in the womb, plus the Zika virus could be used to treat brain cancer and measuring a white dwarf star with light. Audio

After Andy Keeghan and Toni Randle's worlds collided at the Sydney Conservatorium, their musical partnership developed into a love story and the band Eyreton Hall. Audio

A music scene is built by a community. Why should it be hushed by a few noise complaints? Musician Anthonie Tonnon looks at the future of live music venues in New Zealand.

This week, Team NZ moves onto the next round in the America's Cup and the British & Irish Lions try to turn their tour around. Audio

Mavis Cheyne creates all kinds of objects – including complete homes with fittings and fixtures – in tiny scale and amazing detail. Audio, Gallery

It's Trinity Sunday, and our hymns include Thou Whose Almighty Word and St Patrick's Breastplate, as well as Reginald Heber's great hymn Holy, Holy, Holy. Audio

The "Euro-skeptic headbangers" of the Conservative Party will be even more powerful now that their party has fewer MPs and no majority, says a politics professor. Audio

New Zealand's Benjamin Baker vies with his violin tonight for the prestigious prize. Watch the video stream or listen live on RNZ Concert. 

Sand is one of our most widely used natural resources, but is the world running out of it? Audio

Justine Murray learns about the power of mirimiri (massage), Rongoa Māori (natural tonics) and spiritual guidance at a holistic health expo in Whakatane. Audio

Dig into the Treasure Chest and find New Hope - stories about refugee families from Syria who have found a new home in New Zealand.

Niki Bezzant spent several weeks – and many oven hours – researching the roastie methods of famous cooks, local foodies and Facebook friends. She tells us what she learned. Audio

Combining elements of jazz, Afro-beat and electronica in a cosmic and apocalyptic brew, The Comet Is Coming are the Saturday night headliner at the 2017 Wellington Jazz Festival. Audio