Features

"When something gives me pleasure or helps me understand myself or helps me be a better person, I want to share that thing." Video, Audio

American rapper Vince Staples talks about his mum's fight to keep him out of trouble, those annoying requests to do 'funny' videos and his disdain for being labelled. Video, Audio

One way to keep birds and other animals safe from plastic rubbish is to collect it before they have a chance to eat it – with the help of a robotic catamaran. Audio

A widow and his 13 year old daughter arrive to work on a dairy farm in this story of bravery versus complicity.

When Amy Dibley came back from her OE, she needed a job – so she bought a massage table and an EFTPOS machine and headed out into the country. Audio

Central Otago's Bendigo Station is the home of our merino industry and the hermit sheep named Shrek. Now it's becoming a wine region. Audio

One of the millions of people who caught the deadly disease in 1918 was thirty-six year-old Igor Stravinsky. In Interrupted Cadences, John Drummond explores critical moments in the history of Western music when things might well have turned out differently. Audio

“What a pity if you don’t sometimes spend your nights lying on the grass looking up at the stars above you and thinking ‘I want to know a few more things about our place in the universe’.” Audio

George Block from consumer.co.nz tests out the Genius Garlic Cutter, the Big Boss XHose expandable garden hose and The Renovator Paint Runner Pro. Audio

Our species has never had it so good, according to Swedish writer Johan Norberg. He tells Kim Hill that longer lives and reduced poverty are signs we must be doing something right. Audio

A better way of identifying and targeting prostate cancer could be on the way, plus some regions earmarked for panda conservation may be too small to sustain the beloved bears. Audio

A community leader is tackling drug problems in his community in the Eastern Bay of Plenty. Audio

Tess McClure meets crayfish caravan owner Rodney Clark on the otherwise deserted State Highway 1.

At 26, South Canterbury country music star Kaylee Bell already has a stack of awards to her credit. She plays us a couple of new tracks. Video, Audio

The astonishing Wynton Marsalis is this week's Legend of Brass. Video, Audio

Multi-award winning, platinum-record selling pop country star Keith Urban talks about his eclectic music collection and the conundrum of his famous Hollywood marriage. Audio

Singer-songwriter, rascal, and NZ folk and country music advocate Bernie Griffen talks about recovering from addiction, guided by some of the music that has played alongside him. Audio

Forests planted on the East Coast of the North Island in the 1990s are now being harvested – and the local workforce is reaping the benefits. Audio

A Tribe Called Quest has released it’s first - and last – album together in 18 years. Brad Warrington weighs in on We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service. Audio

In New Zealand for his first ever show in his country of birth, Keith Urban speaks about his eclectic music collection and the conundrum of his famous Hollywood marriage. Audio

Music critic Kate Robertson makes the call that Blood Orange's Freetown Sound is the best album of 2016. Audio

Lurking in a lock-up in deepest Upper Hutt is The All Seeing Hand, a turntable/throat-singing/double-kick-drumming trio whose sound reflects the industrial wasteland around them. Video, Audio

Hundreds of species of marine animals are eating constantly but starving to death because they mistake plastic debris for food. Audio

While limited access has been achieved to and from Kaikōura, three weeks on from the 7.8 magnitude earthquake, many in surrounding settlements remain cut off. Video, Audio, Gallery