Features

If you had Googled ‘final election count’ last week the top result would have told you Donald Trump won the electoral college and popular vote - the story was false. Audio

Andrew Penman from Salmonella Dub speaks about the artistic community and the amazing music that's been created in in Kaikōura, and the current challenges for the town. Video, Audio

The world's best cover songs, as suggested by RNZ listeners and curated by Afternoons along with musicologist Nick Braae. Video, Audio

Alastair Caldwell, 73, is a former Formula 1 racing team manager who's rallying around New Zealand with his 98-year-old mother Dorothy. Audio, Gallery

How do fans and critics influence musicians? And how can an audience shape an album? A discussion between some of New Zealand music’s sharpest minds. Audio

Tourists with campervans or vehicles in Kaikōura are settling for the long haul, with inland access to the town blocked off and no indication of when it will reopen. Video

The vivid, beautiful 19^th century wallpaper that made the names of leading aesthetes such as William Morris was laced with poison - specifically arsenic. Audio, Gallery

Lab mice are leading scientists on a wild goose chase, with only one in nine drug trials that succeed in animals making it to the market. Audio

Andrew Penman from Salmonella Dub tells Alex Behan what the 7.8 earthquake has meant for the band’s spiritual home of Kaikōura.

Robberies are on the rise and many victims are ethnic New Zealanders who run dairies. Katy Gosset asks shop workers whether they believe the attacks are racially motivated. Audio

"I had the sensation that a bunch of records I’d grown up with had been chucked into a blender, switched to high speed, and the contents were now being spattered all over the room." Audio

This week's black sheep is the worst kind of villain in New Zealand history... an Auckland property speculator. Audio

Hooton and Mills discuss the political reaction to last week’s magnitude 7.8 earthquake, and the Prime Minster’s decision to keep tax cuts on the cards. Audio

"I would say it’s definitely a spiritual experience – the idea that everybody that has ever lived has been down on that planet you’re looking at and just the few of you are the only ones who aren’t there." Audio

With Thanksgiving coming up, and in honour of outgoing US president and pie fan Barack Obama, Brandie Stephens shares her recipe for sweet potato (aka kumara) pie. Audio, Gallery

Takahanga Marae served its last communal meal last night, having kept thousands of quake-weary people in Kaikoura well-fed over the past week.

A Mission Impossible-style attack on the Nazi’s nuclear programme which involved skiing commandos and a 600ft vertical climb is the subject of a new book. Audio

The new gallery will provide showing space for 35 percent more art, including iconic, large-scale and new works. Audio

In episode three of From Zero, Russell Brown learns why the depiction of drug-taking on TV is okay, but publishing certain gardening tips... a whole other story. Audio

Double-act Jeremy Rolston and Kade Nightingale demonstrate their blend of comedy magic for radio. Video, Audio

"We are strong. There's a lot of old families here, they form a foundation." Insight presents stories from the first days after the Kaikoura earthquake. Video, Audio, Gallery

Revenge is sweet, but the All Blacks 21-9 win will be a bitter pill to swallow for Irish fans.

On New Zealand Live this week, Americana/country-rock band Miles Calder & the Rumours, who have recently released their self-titled debut album. Audio

Psychedelic-pop crafter Connan Mockasin has a new collaborative album, a soundtrack to a film that hasn't been made yet, about a race of human-lizards living underground. Video, Audio