Features

Musician Tiki Taane has surprised lunchtime crowds in Christchurch with a free concert on one of the city's trams.

Our Changing World follows a group of young New Zealanders and two meteorologists travelling to South Georgia Island in the southern Atlantic Ocean to collect weather observations. Audio

Madame Web is the comic book heroine who's inspired a thousand memes. Can it really be as bad as everyone says?  Emphatically yes, writes Simon Morris. Video, Audio

Much of the information online is confusing and conflicting. So, what's all this about histamine - and could it be causing your health problems?

Members of the Indian community attending pride events in Auckland last weekend have welcomed New Zealand's inclusive approach to rainbow issues.

Anna Koch is travelling the world with her family and her bass clarinet. Everywhere she goes, the Austrian musician tries to 'join the dots' linking her musical culture with the music of the host country. Video, Audio

Here Now - MIXIT in Tāmaki Makarau uses drama and dance to help young refugees gain confidence. Sudanese refugee, Izadine Ahmed Abdallah, is an alumni and now works there to help other young people. Audio

While various quick fixes are doing the rounds on social media, cognitive behavioural therapy is the best way to treat insomnia, a sleep expert says. Audio

Love them or hate them, could mushrooms be the key to good health. Stacey Morrison focuses on functional fungi in the latest episode of Healthy or Hoax. Audio

The weekend saw a big sign that the Wellington Phoenix are destined for A-League Men's glory, writes Mathew Nash. Video

New Zealand's International Film Festival has been rocked by high-profile resignations and is a shadow of its former self. RNZ's film expert Simon Morris asks festival chair Catherine Fitzgerald what's happening to one of our cultural highlights. Audio

Writer Mohamed Hassan based the six-part series on his own experience of being Muslim in Aotearoa. Video, Audio

J Dilla died in 2006 at the age of 32 after battling a rare blood disorder. Last week would have been his 50th birthday. Music 101 talks to Dan Charnas  the author of a book about "the music god that music gods worship." Audio

Geologist Dr Gregory De Pascale is exploring the relationship between earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in Iceland. Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark Rogers plays classics from Laura Nyro and Chuck Berry, blues from ace songwriter Alvin Robinson plus birthday tunes for legendary soul star Smokey Robinson. Audio

Auckland Transport was 'pushing on with $500,000 crossings' according to Herald headline last week. AT say the true cost was a fraction of what was reported. Audio

America's NFL final is now televised in over 200 countries. Advertising executive Steve Cochran joins Perlina Lau to analyse the high-end advertising at this year's game. Video, Audio

Ahead of their NZ tour Jon Theodore talks to Music 101 about getting the call to drum for Queens of the Stone Age, and what it’s like to go from the “free for all” shows with The Mars Volta to the controlled chaos of QOTSA. Audio

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The Sampler - Tony Stamp reviews the final album from a Jamaican pioneer. Audio

Media bosses have warned NZ politicians that journalism is in jeopardy if they don't back a Bill making offshore tech giants pay for news carried on Facebook and Google. Audio

Michaeleen Doucleff talks to Susie Ferguson about the child-rearing wisdom she shares in the new book Hunt, Gather, Parent. Audio

Why do I stick out my tongue when I concentrate? Why do I often forget why I walked into a room?
Australian scientist Dr Jen Martin reveals the answers in her new book Why Am I Like This? Audio

Nic Watt from the Auckland restaurant MASU shares a special dessert recipe.

What do Auckland-based Mexicans make of the stereotypes they're faced with? Audio