Features

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

Andrew Bowmar sums it up pretty simply: "It's just what you do when you need to help." Video

Reports and footage of flashing lights during and before the huge earthquake on Monday have baffled many, a physicist, thinks he has the answer. Video, 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

Marti Friedlander talked with Charlotte Wilson in 2013 about the place of music in her life and about why she felt a deep need to be a photographer. Audio, Gallery

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Nick Bollinger discusses the influences and traditions celebrated in Troy Kingi's debut double-album Guitar Party At Uncle's Bach. Audio

When the deadly magnitude 7.5 quake struck a little after midnight today, RNZ All Night presenter Vicki McKay was in the middle of reading a news bulletin. Video

Stephen Mills and Matthew Hooton talk about the outcome of the US presidential elections and what impact Donald Trump's victory will have on New Zealand. Audio

How does Monday's huge earthquake compare with others in our history? Alison Ballance looks at the powerful seismic forces that shape New Zealand. 

Over the coming decades technology will render millions of jobs obsolete, and a Christchurch councillor and economist says a universal basic income is the answer. Audio

After Australian journalist Ginger Gorman was viciously attacked by internet trolls, she did something unusual - she went to meet them. Video, Audio

RNZ Music is pleased to give you your first chance to see the video for 'Dark Arts' by Wellington psych-rock trio The Nudge. Be afraid.

The wine-making trailblazer reflects on planting vines at the first-ever Marlborough vineyard, Kiwi ingenuity and why sauvignon blanc became our signature grape. Audio, Gallery

Why is marijuana so popular here, what are the impacts and will we ever agree on it? Russell Brown looks at New Zealand's favourite illicit drug in the second episode of From Zero. Audio, Gallery