Features

A Wellington restaurant which employs refugees at its catering business has seen a spike in orders since US President Donald Trump's came to power.

Conor McCabe and Barnaby Matthews were only separated by a few years at Hamilton Boys High and both spent a lot of time in the music department but didn't connect until many years later in Australia. Video, Audio

The de-extinction of animals has moved from science fiction to "science possibility" says an Otago University zoologist – and New Zealand would be a good place to try it. Audio

Meet Whitney, the band behind the falsetto and glistening chords of one of Sir Elton John's favourite albums of 2016. Video, Audio

Do dogs look like their owners? Susie Brow decided to put the theory to the test her pictorial results are on display in Wellington. Audio, Gallery

Munro the cat has become a familiar figure through Sharon Murdoch's regular cartoons. Charlotte Wilson visits Murdoch in her studio and gets to meet the real Munro. Audio, Gallery

Aldous Harding plays some of the songs that she’s been listening to on trains around Europe, and talks about her upcoming album, Party. Video, Audio

For a band that fills European concert halls and local outdoor vineyard parties, performing at Waiwhetū Marae is an opportunity to give something back to the community. Audio

Back in NZ for the Adam Chamber Music Festival, Beijing-based composer Gao Ping reflects on how rapid industrial change has made life in Chinese cities so hard. Audio

Guns N' Roses did not miss a lick in the pouring rain at their Wellington concert last night and the crowd lapped it all up. RNZ's Yadana Saw was there. Audio, Gallery

The measurement of a kilogram is currently based on a hunk of metal kept under lock and key in France - but that's about to change. This Way Up finds out why. Audio

In her new album, five-time Grammy winner Mary Chapin Carpenter celebrates something the entertainment industry generally condemns – middle age. Audio

In the past decade just three British bands have captured the American imagination sufficiently to earn a gold record there: One Direction, Mumford and Sons... and The xx. Audio

Writers who walk between the Māori and Pākehā worlds share their views on the place of the Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand.

Time has turned Agnieszka Holland's Holocaust survivor story into a bit of an oddity, writes Dan Slevin.

20 year-old Norwegian pop musician Aurora Aksnes is in a constant state of amazement at the world around her, as if she were discovering it for the first time. Video, Audio

With rent rises outstripping income growth by some margin, the search for rentals in Wellington and Auckland can be a desperate business.

Cosmetic surgery apps, which let users plump up characters' lips or make dark skin lighter, are aimed at children critics say. Audio

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The first things that spring to mind when video games are mentioned are seldom positive, but they can effect positive change a game maker says. Audio

This month's free classical podcast is Schubert's Piano Trio No 1 in Bb played by Calvino Trio and recorded by RNZ Concert last year in Wellington.

New Zealand's largest freshwater spring could be at risk from a proposal to increase water allocations for farming in Takaka by up to 70 percent. Audio

This Australian psych septet have promised to release five records in 2017, an extraordinary output for any band, which they largely put down to their love of time in the studio. Video, Audio

Jakob Ahlbom is bringing his theatrical work Horror to the Auckland Arts Festival, it pays homage to the multiple categories of film genre. Audio

The Wildlife Veterinary Trust in Christchurch has a small hospital dedicated to treating and rehabilitating sick and injured wild birds. Audio