Features

Simon Morris looks back on 2023, and notices two big changes. A lot of long-running series and franchises are coming to a close, and the biggest movies of the year are individual and rule-breaking. Audio

Americana folk duo Matt Joe Gow & Kerryn Fields perform tracks from their upcoming album. Video, Audio

Country Life gets a tour of Whanganui's Blue Duck Station where farmer Dan Steele is working to conserve wildlife and create a sustainable future. Audio

Martin Bosley shows us how to make one of his favourite simple seasonal salads.

A disused bowling green in the rural community of Waharoa has become a fresh food oasis with the help of University of Auckland researchers. Audio

Dr Kimberly Cannady talks to Bryan Crump about her exploration of Iceland's historic turf houses, and how houses made of sods of earth affect the music made in them. Video, Audio

Insiders are warning the sport is "close to having a crisis on its hands", with revenue set to plummet once the current broadcast deal ends.

The stars of New Zealand music are coming out next Wednesday night in a fundraising concert to save beloved student radio station 95bFM. Audio

Watch: In the finale, we celebrate the artists of The Barber Shop Sessions in an uplifting group performance of Dave Para’s 'You’re Magic' inside the barber shop.

Analysis - Jonty Dine looks back at the most bizarre sports stories in 2023.

Demetrius Savai'inaea is hoping to attract thousands of would-be percussionists to Auckland's Aotea Square next March for the mother of all drumming sessions. Video, Audio

In this concert the young musicians who have been performing in this festival team up to form chamber music groups and present Schumann's Piano Quintet in Eb, Schubert: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, and Dvorak: Piano Quintet No 2 in A.

Funding for the creative sector is “going to be tight" in the year ahead, says Aotearoa's new minister for arts, culture and heritage, Paul Goldsmith. Audio

One of Auckland's best-known restaurants has changed hands after 50 years, but the business is staying in the family. Audio

Dr Kimberly Cannady talks to Bryan Crump about her exploration of Iceland's historic turf houses, and how houses made of sods of earth affect the music made in them. Video, Audio

Demetrius Savai'inaea is hoping to attract thousands of would-be percussionists to Auckland's Aotea Square next March for the Auckland Arts Festival's City Beats event: a "rhythmic journey of epic proportions" for all-comers. Video, Audio

Widescreen - What was once notoriously avant garde is now stylistically familiar, says Dan Slevin about Jean-Luc Godard's French new wave classic.

Analysis - New Zealand Rugby hands out its awards tonight, but Jamie Wall says it's important to recognise other important achievements this season. Video

Our new RNZ Concert Mornings presenter talks about his fascinating international career, growing up in Scotland, and shares some favourite entertainment including poetry, rock, opera, and "The Banjo Baron of Baltimore". Video, Audio

To celebrate the first Matariki public holiday in June 2022, the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra put on this very special concert with Māori singer-songwriter Rob Ruha. This recording by RNZ Concert won two awards. Audio

Our Changing World meets two researchers investigating geological phenomena that could pose a tsunami risk to Aotearoa New Zealand. Audio

Close to half of the world’s population lives in a country where lifetime fertility rates are below replacement levels. We need more babies to save humanity from demographic collapse, US pronatalists Simone and Malcolm Collins say. Audio

The Detail - As Netball in New Zealand gears up to mark its centenary, strong headwinds are appearing on the horizon.  Audio

Most teenagers in Years 9 and 10 join start the long summer school holidays this week. How do you keep them busy when they're too young for a paid job but too old for holiday programmes?