Features

Television is plundering cinema for ideas, and with decidedly mixed results; Max Towle writes in The Wireless.

Nick Bollinger has a taste for the nouveau-psychedelia of Wellington band, The Nudge. Audio

A Corrections officer who came up with the idea of a prison battle of the bands tells Kathryn Ryan how performing music as rehabilitation can help reintegration on release from jail. Audio

Claims that Donald Trump shared official secrets with Russia are the most serious ever levelled against a sitting president, a Harvard law professor says. Audio

With the general election looming, a group of teenagers wants to make sure their peers have their say come voting day. Audio

Precariously straddled on the Clarence Fault, New Zealand’s most isolated high country station has held its first autumn muster since the Kaikōura earthquake. Alexa Cook reports.

Hijacking NZ Music Month: a group of music-lovers who identify as women, non-binary or trans share their stories from a collective 70 years in the music business. Video, Audio

A novel following two children living in war-time Nazi Germany has won the top fiction prize at the New Zealand Book Awards.

Handel's 'Messiah' performed by the NZSO with the Tudor Consort and four great soloists last December is now online for listening again.

Alexander Ekman, top international director and choreographer, is back working with the Royal New Zealand Ballet for the midwinter touring programme Three by Ekman. Audio

Steven Adams is a proud Kiwi, the country’s highest-paid sportsman and easily its finest ever basketball talent, but has never represented the Tall Blacks.

Tami Neilson delivers a history lesson in her upcoming tour as she sings the gospel songs that laid the foundation for rock 'n' roll. Audio

A Whanganui woman is calling on New Zealanders irked by missing hyphens, or errant apostrophes, to join her crusade to correct grammar mishaps. Audio, Gallery

When it comes to achieving big goals, sometimes a nudge is better than a push, a new book claims. Audio

Despite the discrimination of the time, two Sikh men saw service for New Zealand in World War I, now an exhibition aims to tell a little-known military story. Audio, Gallery

The band break down their album The New Happy song-by-song for our friends at The Wireless.

While vitamin C is useful to help ward off colds, it could also have benefits as an adjunct treatment for more serious diseases such as cancer, a researcher says. Audio

News of two more Kiwi sports stars behaving badly across the ditch prompted swift and extensive criticism in the media. But the wider context was kicked into touch. Video, Audio

A young man beat cancer but suffered brain damage. Three years on ACC is still refusing to pay, finds Max Towle.

Pop your headphones on and enjoy alt.country from Sturgill Simpson, the Felice Brothers and the Handsome Family, and spot of reggae from Desmond Dekker in Nashville Babylon. Audio

A Wellington rapper is bringing 20 years of hip hop experience into the classrooms of low decile schools in the city's eastern suburbs. Audio

Music can make or break a film. Wellington's Phoenix Foundation have made a name for themselves, scoring films and TV shows including Eagle versus Shark, Boy, Hunt for the Wilderpeople and Step Dave. Audio

"We're bent over with our bums in the air trying to look for little mushrooms under logs and what have you." Audio, Gallery

Christchurch Dilemmas - Some properties damaged in the Christchurch earthquake are being sold unrepaired. What are the implications?