Features

Jessie Wong, 23, is taking the fashion industry by storm with her luxury leather accessories brand, Yu Mei. She explains why a good bag should weather its journey with you. Audio, Gallery

Nick Bollinger hitches a ride with a set of American roadsongs with literary leanings from Hiss Golden Messenger. Audio

Some thrive amongst chaos, while others feel threatened by disarray. A new book explores the surprising advantage of mess in creativity. Video, Audio

New Zealand musicians collaborated with a world-renowned artist recently on both ancient and modern compositions in a wild ‘science experiment’. Audio, Gallery

More than fifty years after they began, The Rolling Stones have made a blues record. Nick Bollinger believes it is the last great Stones album. Video, Audio

Life in New Zealand between the 1940s and 1980s is on show in a series of photographs at the Auckland Art Gallery. Audio, Gallery

Amnesty International’s Anna Neistat discusses being five-months pregnant as bombs dropped in Syria, torture on Nauru and growing up behind the Iron Curtain. Video, Audio

Between the rise of IS and Donald Trump, Mohamed Hassan explores what it means to grow up a Muslim in the midst of the War on Terror. Audio

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Why did he step down? Who fills his shoes? What does it mean for next year's election? Political commentators Matthew Hooton and Stephen Mills discuss. Audio

More than fifty years after they began, The Rolling Stones have made a blues record. Nick Bollinger believes it is the last great Stones album. Video, Audio

Auckland singer-songwriter Lydia Cole performs tracks from her upcoming second album The Lay of the Land live in the RNZ studio. Video, Audio

Ten years ago the head of Fiji's military, Frank Bainimarama, seized power in the country's fourth coup in 20 years. Audio

Why is Christmas in December? Why do we cut down perfectly good trees to put in the lounge? And did Coca-Cola really invent Santa as we know him? Audio

Hear the latest in a string of impressive releases by Auckland singer-songwriter Greg Fleming, whose voice is raw and lived-in, like one of his burned-out characters. Audio

Neo-soul singer Sacha Vee returns home to Christchurch with a new album Luminous, after extensive musical exploration in Holland, including competing on The Voice. Video, Audio

Ten years ago the then head of Fiji's military, Frank Bainimarama seized power in Fiji in the country's fourth coup in 20 years. Sally Round asked people about their personal memories of the coup and how they see Fiji a decade on. Audio

When a surprise press conference was announced at the Beehive, reporters had no idea the PM would be gone by lunchtime.

Good news for budding musicians. Next year songwriting will be a Level 3 NCEA subject. Play It Strange CEO, Mike Chunn, has led the campaign for new qualification. Audio

An increase in crime in Northland, coupled with "chronic" police understaffing, is frustrating local business owners. Audio

Honoka and Azita were special guests at the weekend's annual ukulele festival in Auckland, listen to them on Jesse Mulligan. Video, Audio

The leader of American rock band Baroness discusses overcoming tour-related injuries, fist pumping, and being labelled a metal band, ahead of their Monday night show in Auckland. Audio

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Including Shirley Murray's Look towards Christmas, People look East by Eleanor Farjeon, and a lovely arrangement of Gabriel's Message, sung by Gondwana Voices. Audio

A Native American artist says the Pacific should take note of protests against a controversial oil pipeline project in North Dakota to prevent similar projects from occurring elsewhere. Video, Audio

A South Australia farm is producing two truckloads of truss tomatoes every day using nothing but seawater and the power of the sun. Audio, Gallery