Features

New York pop/soul singer Parson James meets New Zealand rapper Randa - and they play for each other material they've never performed before. Video, Audio

To celebrate World Radio Day, RNZ Concert invites you into a world with flashing lights, endless cables, its very own anxieties and its very own language. Audio

New Zealand women are paid on average $7 an hour less than men. Prue Hyman says the heart of the problem lies with under-valued, low-pay work. Audio

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A handful of rabbits introduced in Invercargill in the 1860s soon became a plague devastating agriculture on the South Island. Audio, Gallery

Seven-time Grammy Award-winning jazz and pop singer Al Jarreau has died in Los Angeles at the age of 76.

The Swedish songwriter reflects on the journey of self-doubt and creative discipline that led to his glorious new album. Video, Audio

NZ On Air funding is now available for online outlets to make documentaries. Mediawatch looks at the first major documentary paid for with the public purse. Video, Audio

Australian writer Ben Law has explored the problems of growing up gay and Asian in Queensland in the ‘90s in a new TV show. Audio

Worst nightmare moments, greatest triumphs, special connections ... today RNZ Concert presenters invite listeners to join in celebrating World Radio Day, a UNESCO initiative.  Audio

Parties were painted as serial moaners and ‘stuck in the stone-age’ as insults flew thick and fast in the first week back at Parliament. Audio

When Dali Jobson arrived at Auckland Airport in January on a flight from Fiji, she was carrying a cultural heirloom highly regarded by many in Fiji: a polished whale tooth, known as a tabua.

Medical scientists are turning to the natural world for inspiration. Think patches inspired by worm secretions and sutures inspired by porcupine quills... Audio

The Grow Room is a creative space in Auckland that's home to a increasing collective of music producers, who've garnered a lot of buzz in just a few years. Tony Stamp visits. Audio

Joe Harawira is preparing to judge the haka at Te Matatini for the fifth time - he tells Te Ahi Kaa at every national competition the bar is raised. Video, Audio

Lucy Zee chats to some of the 1,000 people who gathered at Aotea Square to protest Donald Trump's travel ban.

Lisa Allan has a strong feeling she once travelled with ancient Polynesian mariners from Rapa Nui to New Zealand.

This week - our Olympians win big at the Halberg Awards, and an All Black is cleared of taking a banned substance but what about the collateral damage? Audio

New Zealand rapper Randa and New York pop/soul singer Parson James meet to play each other some new material. Video, Audio

A welcome return to NZ Live for another of our successful musical exports. Tattletale Saints, currently full-time residents of Nashville, are back home to tour their new album. Audio

Fields around Pukekohe are now striped with rows of onions gently curing in the sun – but local growers are worried UK buyers may not want any of our onions this year. Audio, Gallery

Matt Nippert was the journalist who broke the story that super-wealthy US businessman Peter Thiel had gained New Zealand citizenship. He ponders the hows and whys with Kim Hill. Audio

Former All Whites captain Tim Brown has launched a range of eco shoes made from merino wool - and they're catching on in the US. Audio

NZ freelance journalist Emma Beals has covered the civil war in Syria since 2012. She recently won an award for her work to protect fellow independent conflict journalists. Audio

The state of our gut seems to play a role in keeping us healthy and even happy. Science journalist Michael Mosley talks about which foods and products actually help. Audio