Features

Tiki Taane features in this week's Mixtape, choosing music and telling us about the ups and downs of his life and career, as well as the current NZ tour of stage production Tiki Taane Mahuta. Video, Audio

Featuring music from NZ, China, Senegal and an in-depth interview with twice Grammy nominated, Rahim AlHaj, who was born in Baghdad where he was imprisoned for his activism under the realm of Saddam Hussein. Audio

The 1967 All Blacks have been described as the team that forever changed the way rugby was played. Audio, Gallery

Neither fierce storms, an on-board fire, a broken mast, running out of rations or falling overboard could deter Conrad Colman in his quest to sail solo around the world.   Audio, Gallery

Tommy Rhattigan was a seven-year-old boy in Manchester when he was lured to the house of Myra Hindley and Ian Brady with a promise of bread and jam. Audio

A 100% a capella half hour featuring Dudley Benson, The Persuasions, one of the most popular acts at this year's Womad Festival – South African band The Soil, and American group Chanticleer covering Kurt Weil's 'Lost in the Stars'. Audio

Insight - The rise in methamphetamine use is breaking up families and piling pressure on schools, mental health workers, police and rehabilitation clinics. Audio

Delegates from 26 countries gather in Auckland from today to plan effective search and rescue practices across the Pacific. Audio

Mediawatch - The housing shortage surged to the top of the news agenda this week with political promises of more new homes in a hurry. Audio

Susan Strongman of The Wireless finds out what happened to the cat American singer-songwriter Ryan Adams saved via Twitter during his 2015 New Zealand tour.

An international maritime safety expert, engineers, social scientists and an architect who's built underwater habitats are among those who gathered on Tahiti to discuss plans for a floating island in French Polynesia. Audio

The red palm weevil is threatening global date supplies – this could mean fewer date scones, and more importantly, could contribute to greater political instability in Africa and the Middle East.  Audio, Gallery

Tiki Taane shares his mix of protest songs and tales of wayward youth on Music 101's Mixtape. Video, Audio

Parliament restrains the power of government partly by asking pesky questions. But it's harder than it looks. Audio

How do meat, wine, dairy and wool influence our social and cultural — as well as economic — life? Join us for the Butcher Shop series of public discussions.

A tragic love story is set in the time of the pharaohs when Egypt was at war with Ethiopia.

Ariel Levy says her new book The Rules Do not Apply is about "surrendering the illusion of control". Audio

It was a pitiful wool cheque that spurred Lyn Neeson and her daughter-in-law Monique Neeson into making a fabric from their wool. Audio

Massey University acoustics researchers have been working with childcare centres that are keen to lower noise levels and protect the hearing of young children. Audio

Plants that can sniff out explosives and microbes that fight obesity were two of the ideas pitched at a recent conference in New York where 250 scientists from 10 countries discussed the ethics of creating genomes. Audio

Thomas Goss details what's unique about Holst's orchestral galaxy tour. Audio

"If you want to sound like a Pokemon, Pikachu or whatever you want to sound like, knock yourself out." Video, Audio

Seth Haapu is a multi-instrumentalist, song writer and singer, and he's released an EP of songs entitled 'Volume II'. Audio

NZ is reputed to have more working dogs per capita than anywhere else in the world – an estimated 200,000. So what's in a day's work? A groundbreaking study is using canine fit bits to find out. Audio, Gallery