Features

Love letters between Jackie Kennedy and a then-British ambassador to the US have been uncovered and are about to be sold. Audio

9Bach perform songs rooted in Welsh culture and the sounds of the natural world, using contemporary looping technology alongside traditional instruments. Hear songwriter Lisa Jen talk, ahead of their performance at WOMAD this month. Audio

Mickey Mouse is estimated to be worth more than $US6 billion a year to Disney, and the corporation fights hard to keep it that way. Audio

"An assured step." That's the verdict on Lorde's new single 'Green Light' from Yadana Saw from RNZ Music. Video, Audio

Two mathematicians are showing origami and crochet can be a pathway to better learning mathematics. Audio, Gallery

The contraceptive pill has revolutionised women's health and reproductive rights, but many side effects have barely improved.

With the first single from Lorde's highly anticipated second album out now, we take a look back at her career thus far.

Ten years ago, Georgina Beyer - the world's first openly transsexual MP - brought down the curtain on her eight-year career in government. Audio

Rhythm is in Myele Manzanza’s blood. He spent his formative years busking on drums, moving on to future-soul act, Electric Wire Hustle. His solo sound is a fusion of jazz, hip-hop, and African rhythms. Video, Audio

Contrary to the indie slacker stereotype, David Longstreth is a super-hard-working, ambitious guy and Dirty Projectors is the latest and best-realised result of those ambitions. Audio

A founding member of the Eagles with a successful solo career, Don Henley shares his history through song, ahead of bringing his band to New Zealand. Video, Audio

The first Ashleigh Young knew of the $230,000 Windham-Campbell prize was the call to say she had won it. Audio

Who would have thought that a TV show about watching people watch TV would be such a hit? Gogglebox is now showing in New Zealand. Video, Audio

Clint Buffington finds and collects messages in bottles - and he's found over 80 so far. Audio, Gallery

A focus on creativity and flexibility needs to be at the forefront of our education system, British education specialist Sir John Jones says. Audio

A founding member of the Eagles with a successful solo career, Don Henley shares his history through song before bringing his band to New Zealand. Video, Audio

He foiled a Jesuit plot to educate him in London, then ran away to sea, which was how he first came to visit New Zealand in 1960. Read all about this popular presenter's colourful life, In the Spotlight.

What are the worst flat meals you’ve ever eaten, cooked, or thrown in the bin after a single mouthful?

Ngāhuia Te Awekōtuku has been at the forefront of the gay liberation movement for nearly five decades, she reflects on a life of activism with Kathryn Ryan. Audio

A traditional Hawaiian canoe, travelling the world promoting marine conservation, has arrived in Rapa Nui after a more than 16 day journey from the Galapagos Islands. Audio

Enjoy music from Son Volt and Ryan Adams; Eb & Sparrow, Mark Mulcahy, T Bone Walker, and there's a tribute to the late Robert Fisher of alt-country collective Willard Grant Conspiracy. Audio

Dan Slevin takes a look at the tenth annual French Film Festival in Wellington and makes some suggestions.

Art dealers have been variously described as pioneers, impresarios, lice and rogues, a new book reveals their often colourful tactics. Audio, Gallery

Hundreds of people are risking life and limb by crossing into Canada from the US in freezing temperatures. Audio