Features

Tim Wu looks at the history and power of attention merchants (aka advertisers). Audio

Tighter immigration policies have led to significant falls in the number of approved Pacific migrants over the last five years.

A New Zealand naval ship will be deployed to Fiji to help tackle illegal fishing in the region. Audio

Last year, over 5,400 children went into foster care in NZ, many arriving without even a toothbrush and pyjamas. Volunteer organisation Foster Hope is working to change that. Audio

The man who ushered Papua New Guinea to independence in the 1970s has drawn the curtain on his long and illustrious political career.

Sorcery-related attacks and killings are said to be on the rise in Papua New Guinea. Audio

Producer Tim Watkin reflects on five remarkable days with former NZ prime ministers.

Fiddle, guitar, mandolin, banjo, and close harmonies are the ingredients going into The All Day Breakfast Stringband's skillet. The Montreal-based band are in New Zealand hoping to get some squaredance action. Audio

Te Ahi Kaa goes behind the scenes as the whanau at Tauranga's Huria Marae gears up for their 59th Poukai (annual visit by the Māori King). Audio

Max Towle takes another look at how the dating app is continuing to shape people's dating lives.

The New Zealand storm petrel is our smallest seabird, and one of the most mysterious. For most of the 20th century it was thought to be extinct, but in 2003 it was dramatically rediscovered in the Hauraki Gulf. Audio, Gallery

Songwriting is as much an addiction as an art, confesses Jason Lytle of the American group Grandaddy. William Dart rejoices in a return to their garden of obscure delights. Audio

Hugo Hughes is the first graduate from AUT's culinary arts school to specialise in vegan cuisine. He talks to Jesse Mulligan about meat alternatives and heading to San Francisco to cook. Audio

The NZSO had a great party for their birthday. And the concert was pretty good too!

One in five girls has a diagnosed anxiety disorder, according to Australian psychologist Steve Biddulph, who says girlhood has become more lonely, pressured and unkind. Audio

This week on At the Movies, Simon Morris reviews movies aimed at the ordinary Joe - American and Japanese. Video, Audio

David Callahan talks to Jesse Mulligan about mega donors and his new book,The Givers: Money Power and Philanthropy in a new gilded age. Audio

If you are looking for an introduction to the work of the Danish master, Carl Th. Dreyer, his final film probably isn’t the best place to start, says Dan Slevin.

Detained by Australia for more than three years on Manus Island, Kurdish journalist Behrouz Boochani must decide if he will take his fight for justice to the USA.

Lake South performs a few songs from his debut album before he heads over to France for some more Wellington Sea Shanty Society action. Video, Audio

The small settlement of Te Mata in the Waikato, is home to Red Robin Records, which uses technology from the 80s to listeners back to when the dancehall and rub-a-dub genre was in its prime. Video, Audio

Expensive Himalayan rock salts and other gourmet brands are essentially the same as the cheapest brands on supermarket shelves, Consumer New Zealand says. Audio

Meditation programmes are being trialled at Rimutaka and Waikeria prisons in an effort to help rehabilitate inmates, with organisers already seeing positive effects. Audio

Tom Nichols talks to Jesse Mulligan about the implications of the 'post truth' era and his new book, The Death of Expertise. Audio