Features

National sporting organisations are increasingly cautious about letting our most talented young sportspeople go too soon, writes Felicity Reid.

This beautiful new story collection by Patricia Grace is rich and immensely readable, writes Jade Kake.

Anna Koch speaks to Bryan Crump about touring the world with her family and bass clarinet, and making music with indigenous artists along the way, including Aotearoa's Ariana Tikao. Video, Audio

Life delivers many challenges in your 40s and 50s but it's also when wisdom meets fresh opportunities for growth and change, says writer Chip Conley. Video, Audio

Coromandel is known for Cathedral Cove's gigantic arches, a scenic train trip through native forests, soft sandy beaches - and Helen Clark.

Force of Nature: The Dry 2 is another Aussie cop story starring Eric Bana as Aaron Falk. Not dry this time, it's set in the decidedly wet bush, where one of a group of women campers goes missing. Video, Audio

Journalist, TV presenter and children's author Miriama Kamo joins Music 101 for this week’s mixtape. Audio

Maungataniwha range in northern Hawkes Bay is one of our most significant geological sites. Pete Shaw - Manager of the Forest Lifeforce Restoration has been keeping the fossil finding legacy alive. Audio

Burnley businessman Dave Fishwick took on the UK banking establishment, seeking to become the first new bank in 150 years and help his own community. His battle is told in the movie Bank of Dave. Video, Audio

The "Cool Britannia" caper film launched several careers. With Matthew Vaughn's Argylle and Jason Statham's The Beekeper out, Dan Slevin asks if it was all for the best.

An ambitious project to rid the remote Antipodes Island of introduced mice proved successful in 2018. Our Changing World visits the spectacular sub-Antarctic island to meet the locals – from penguins to megaherbs. Audio

Cellist Julian Steckel talks to Bryan Crump ahead of his concert with the Auckland Philharmonia, playing Shostakovich's Second Cello Concerto. Video, Audio

How does a chemical engineer make a film? Take equal parts curiosity, creativity, culture, complex subject matter and add a generous measure of comedy. Shake it up.

Former King's Singer Tim Wayne-Wright talks to Bryan Crump about giving up the globetrotting life to settle in New Zealand with his partner and young family. Video, Audio

The Oddly-titled Riceboy Sleeps is another Canadian-Korean gem of a film (following the recent Past Lives) about a solo mother and her child setting up a new life across the Pacific, writes Simon Morris. Video, Audio

As people work and live differently in cities, carparking buildings are increasingly under-used. One solution is to retrofit them for other uses, says the University of Auckland's Bill McKay. Audio

Nick Tipping presents Inside Out with Melbourne guitarist James Sherlock's new album The Verb Not The Noun which mixes a whole lot of swing with shades of subtle humour and classics from Gene Ammons and Chet Baker. Audio

Kiwi musos and RNZ's resident music experts share their favourite heartbreak tunes and love songs. Video

Healthy or Hoax host Stacey Morrison puts the spotlight on the latest in anti-aging skin treatments - light therapy. Audio

Compost is the heart and soul of the food garden, says Edible Backyard gardener Kath Irvine, and it's far better to make your own, she says. Audio

Priscilla is the story of Elvis's child bride Priscilla Presley, written and directed by Sofia Coppola and produced by Priscilla Presley herself.   Video, Audio

Musical storytellers Tanya Batt and Peter Forster talk to Bryan Crump about Bat's Incredible: their celebration of mammals from the order Chiroptera. Audio

Filipe Manu talks with RNZ Concert's Bryan Crump after becoming the joint winner of the 2024 Concurso Tenor Viñas singing competition in Barcelona. Audio

The Hollywood star is back as the laconic detective Aaron Falk in the sequel to the hugely successful, The Dry. Bana described the location filming as "pretty brutal" but was fine "once you took the leeches out." Audio