Features

Dunedin/Auckland alt-pop band Ha The Unclear perform tracks from their upcoming album A Kingdom in a Cul-de-sac.  Video, Audio

This week, the award-winning Māori musician showed a Christchurch audience why he's a national treasure.

On Inside Out this week, Nick Tipping features Ephemeral. The new album from Wellingtonian Dave Wilson deals with the nature and shape of relationships. Audio

William McKegg's short film Medicine was filmed entirely in the Indian city of Raipur.

Colin Haines – a Salted Caramel man – chats to Jesse Mulligan about the American-style diner he and his wife Carolyn opened back in 1978. Audio

Māori baritone Kawiti Waetford is coaching some of Te Tai Tokerau's brightest young singers for The Barber Shop Sessions. Audio

Widescreen - What was originally a neorealist classic about a specific time and place has become a universal portrait of the grinding tragedy of poverty, says Dan Slevin.

The New Zealand E-Sports Basketball team is set to challenge for the eFIBA World title in Sweden this weekend.

Getting "jollied along" by a parent won't help an upset teenager learn how to deal with their own difficult feelings, says clinical psychologist Zara Mansoor. Audio

Mana Moana - Pasifika songs with symphonic sound by Signature Choir and the NZSO is at Auckland's Spark Arena tonight, and RNZ Concert's recordings of the songs are now on YouTube and Spotify. It is a beautiful thing. Video, Audio

A brand new production of Tim Minchin's awarding-winning show is returning to Auckland next year. Bryan Crump talks with director Grant Meese. Audio

Watch - Wānaka is Emma’s favourite place to be. One day she’s teaching the community about biodiversity, the next she’s out in the field chainsawing wilding pine.

Founder Matthias McGregor tells Tony Stamp about the label's roster of Christchurch and Palmerston North bands, spanning the '60s through '80s. Audio

The Caribbean Southern Stars, a steelpan orchestra that used the Marist Rugby league clubrooms in Mt Albert as a rehearsal space and to store their instruments, have lost a crucial part of their cultural group to a fire last week. Audio

Emerald Fennell's Saltburn, in which a penniless student is invited to the country house of the aristocratic Catton family, is a poison pen letter to the English upper class, writes Simon Morris. Video, Audio

There was a time when Lenore Skenazy was labelled ‘America's worst mom’ for letting her nine-year-old ride the subway alone in New York City.  Now she's an advocate for 'free range' parenting and fostering resilience in children. Audio

It seems singing to your infant does help to calm them down, but how? Dr Sam Mehr from The Music Lab at Auckland University is trying to find out. Audio

It's a most American holiday, but for many US immigrants living in New Zealand, finding their own ways to celebrate Thanksgiving in Aotearoa has truly given them something to be grateful for.

LISTEN: Dunedin organist David Burchell plays a recital on the Auckland Town Hall Organ. The organ is German-built in the style of an English concert organ, and so this programme is largely German and English composers.

Widescreen - This 2014 film is one the most uplifting and positive sports movies of all time, according to Dan Slevin.

Our Changing World - Varroa mite parasites cause major problems for honey bees – and beekeepers. Now, New Zealand researchers are investigating a new type of RNA-based treatment that could make treating varroa mite infestations easier. Audio

Soprano Deborah Wai Kapohe talks with Bryan Crump about coming home to her whenua to sing in a fundraising gig for Whanganui's Sarjeant Gallery. Audio

The Sampler - Tony Stamp meets one of the country's most exciting bands, to discuss their boundary-breaking 2022 album The Water. Audio

It seems singing to your infant does help to calm them down, but how? Dr Sam Mehr from The Music Lab at Auckland University is trying to find out. Audio