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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?

Word game Gubbins, the brainchild of two Australians who came up with the idea during lockdown, is giving Wordle a run for its money. Audio

Conductor and pianist Asher Fisch leads the NZSO in a vibrant programme including Gershwin's 'Rhapsody in Blue' and 'American in Paris', Mussorgsky's 'Pictures at an Exhibition', and Dvořák's 'Carnival Overture'

The market for DVD and Blu-ray is shrinking along with the shelf space, but is it really the end for physical media, asks Dan Slevin.

An Auckland art gallery calls for increased representation of South Asian art in the city, highlighting the significance of sharing diverse Asian stories in New Zealand.

Hector Berlioz was born 220 years ago on 11 December 1803. Was he the original protagonist of the musical rock 'n' roll lifestyle? Bryan Crump talks with Berlioz scholar Hugh Macdonald. Video, Audio

"It's the most wonderful time of the year!" goes the popular Christmas song. David Morriss finds out what the lead-up to Christmas is like for Wellington Cathedral Music Director, Michael Stewart. Audio

When lovers of classical music are called upon to defend their art from criticism that it's elitist – or worse, uncool – they often turn to Hector Berlioz for support, so was Berlioz a classical music rock star? Video, Audio