Features

Chessie Henry’s family had their lives shaken from their foundations in the Clarence Valley when Monday’s 7.8 earthquake struck. She shares her story.

Bagatelles, Chinese poems, Noah's Ark and a sad little piece for solo flute - all feature in this week's offering from Kiwi music recovery project, Resound.

Julieta the latest film by Pedro Almodóvar opened in cinemas on Thursday. Dan Slevin revisits three of Almodóvar's post 2000 offerings.

We celebrate one of New Zealand's finest documentary photographers with a collection of interviews.

William Dart looks back at Steve Abel's first two albums, Little Death and Flax Happy, and gives his take on the new one Luck/Hope. Audio

This week Simon Morris reviews two movies, both starring Amy Adams, that are being tipped for Oscar nominations and Dan Slevin talks to the director of Hell And High Water. Video, Audio

Guests on the red carpet at the New Zealand Music Awards tonight will experience a Māori welcome. It's a response to the exclusion of the Māori music award from last year's T.V. broadcast. Audio

Shocked by Donald Trump's win and the 7.8 magnitude quake, Toby Morris ponders what he can and can't change and how he - and we - can help a shaken world.

When the big one hit, Awatere Valley nurse Rachael Westenra immediately left to check her elderly patients were okay.

Dorothy Caldwell has been dubbed the world's oldest navigator. At 98 she is helping her son Alastair Caldwell navigate the Haka classic car rally.

The election of Donald Trump has stoked fears of a backlash against minorities. In NZ, ethnic communities are wondering what impact his win will have on them? Video, Audio, Gallery

Wynn Hamlyn Crawshaw is a young designer who moved from a career in construction to developing his own womenswear label. Audio, Gallery

A woman who was on a rafting trip when Monday's 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck says she slept in the open by the Clarence River as rocks fell near her.

Mark Thompson is the New York Times CEO and former director general of the BBC. His new book examines political rhetoric, spin and biased reporting. Audio

Jean Wishart, the editor of the New Zealand Woman's Weekly from 1952 to 1985 has died. Audio

RNZ's Simon Morton has been exploring some of the badly damaged parts of Kaikoura on his mountain bike and has been shocked at what he's seen. Audio, Gallery

Mose Allison 'the William Faulkner of jazz' has died aged 89, hugely influential he was covered by artists as varied as The Who, Georgie Fame and The Clash. Video, Audio

When Sandy Denny died aged 31, it seemed a tale of unfulfilled musical promise. That case is made strongly by a new two-disc set spanning the ten years in which she recorded. Audio

Sufferers of mental illness are often encouraged to talk but Pacific people in New Zealand tell Koro Vaka'uta they feel trapped by a culture of silence. Video, Audio

Nixi Killick was barely out of Melbourne fashion school, when her unique brand of quirky future-focused fashion caught the eye of the pop diva Lady Gaga. Audio, Gallery

What, exactly, is snow? How - and where – is it made? Why is it white? What is an avalanche? Audio, Gallery

Johnny Marr was guitarist in The Smiths, one of the biggest bands of the early 1980s. Since then he has forged a formidable musical career, and now he has written a book. Video, Audio

Some quake-stricken settlements along the closed section of State Highway 1 are beginning their third day without water, power or a route out.

Singer-songwriter Sandy Denny died at just 31 in 1978, Nick Bollinger looks over a new collection of solos and demos from her brief yet brilliant career. Audio