Features

Leontyne Price rose to super-stardom at a time when African-American artists were only just beginning to achieve major recognition in the operatic world.

Levi Patel explains how he injects so much emotion into his intimate compositions, and what he hopes his audience will get out of listening to them. Video, Audio

Dr Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed talks with Kim Hill about what is triggering the unprecedented outbreak of global social unrest which has followed the 2008 financial crash. Audio

Electricity does the same thing whenever it comes out the plug - so how do you decide who to buy it from? George Block from consumer.org.nz looks at our increasingly crowded electricity market. Audio

The venom of one of the world's most dangerous spiders could protect brain cells after a stroke, Australian researchers have found.  Audio

Ed Sheeran's new album is dominating music charts all over the world right now. How can this be? Music 101's Alex Behan speaks to Paul Kennedy, who compiles the NZ Chart about how the charts have changed, and what it all means for music. Audio

A bid to repatriate Katherine Mansfield's remains to her Wellington birthplace has been labelled as ghoulish and inappropriate by New Zealand author C.K Stead. Audio

The Wireless casts an eye over the winners of the iD Emerging Designer Awards.

Globe-trotting folk singer Nadia Reid returns to the RNZ studio with tracks from her new album Preservation. Video, Audio

At 88-years-old, Bill Goodwin is New Zealand’s oldest active surf life guard. As the surf club season nears its end, he’s showing no signs of slowing down. Audio

The young Franz Schubert learned piano from his older brother and played viola in the family quartet. His genius with chamber music grew directly from there. Audio

Local website Coup de Main's positive approach to music journalism is the secret to their success. Rose Riddell and Shahlin Graves from the site talk us though some favourite tracks. Audio

Feature - Older gang members are trying to lead their families in a different direction but, as Aaron Smale writes, they face opposition on multiple fronts. 

Last night's Adele concert featured fireworks, tributes and plenty of crowd favourites, leaving no one in doubt of her pop royalty status, writes Laura Tupou.

Short-term vote-winning policies are often promoted in election years, but are we governing with long-term goals in mind? Jonathan Boston shares his thoughts on planning for the future. Audio

Last night's Adele concert featured fireworks, tributes and plenty of crowd favourites, leaving no one in doubt of her pop royalty status, writes Laura Tupou.

From tonight, as the sun sets over the domain, Auckland's War Memorial Museum will become a blank canvas for the 360 degree projection of  a life size iceberg. Audio, Gallery

Members of the academic and Pasifika community are paying tribute to the intellect, heart and spirit of Teresia Teaiwa - a renown scholar, poet and activist who died on Tuesday. Audio

As a mother of six and grandmother of 17, Robyn Pearce knows a few things about time management. She talks to Kathryn Ryan about her latest book Getting a grip on parenting time. Audio

For thirty years between the 1950s and 1980s thousands of unwed mothers in New Zealand were forced to adopt out their children.  Audio

More than 100 saxophone players will march from either end of Cuba Street, meeting in the middle to battle it out as part of the CubaDupa festival in Wellington this weekend. Audio

William Dart explores the meditative and finely-crafted world of American singer-composer Meredith Monk, starting with her most recent album On Behalf of Nature. Audio

Graeme Downes of The Verlaines, and a music Lecturer at the University of Otago, discusses why Adele's 'Hello' is such a huge hit. Video, Audio

Tens of thousands of Adele fans will be saying 'Hello' to Auckland from tonight, bringing traffic chaos and packed hotels for the next few days.