Features

Anne Kennedy's new compilation of New Zealand poetry fills a much-needed gap for anyone who's ever needed a poem for a wedding, funeral, or other family occasion, writes Kete Books reviewer Erica Stretton. 

The world has waited 18 years for a Rolling Stones album featuring new and original material and now it's arrived in the form of Hackney Diamonds. William Dart checks it out. Audio

Celebrating the Feast of All Saints this week, with hymns including For all the saints and Let saints on earth in concert sing. Audio

Americana band Albi & The Wolves perform tracks from their new album Light After Dark and a "supercharged" cover of The Black Keys' hit 'Lonely Boy'. Video, Audio

Nick Tipping checks out Sicilian bass player Giuseppe Millaci and his album 'The Endless Way, music from NZ guitarist Honey Boulton, and classics from the Jazz Messengers and John Coltrane. Audio

Widescreen - Two entries in the Sight & Sound Top 50 greatest films of all time share 43^rd place and while both are a challenge to track down, this Soviet classic rewards all the effort, according to Dan Slevin.

If you've ever caught yourself before expressing an opinion about politics, good parenting or even your favourite place to eat, you'll know that censoring is humankind's natural inclination, says US author Greg Lukianoff. Audio

Kiwi broadcaster TimProvise chats to TAHI about "nice cheap hood pies", the art of segue-ing and his former life as a school teacher.

WATCH - The vibrant tapestry of waiata Māori is celebrated in this upcoming doco series.

Although a 2017 cancer diagnosis made the last few years of his life "very hard work emotionally", Matthew Hyde is learning to relax. Audio

Once upon a time, Aotearoa was home to 100 bootmakers, now there are fewer than 10. One is the small Northland business Lastrite Footwear which has been in Neville Brunker's family for over 70 years. Audio

In The Pigeon Tunnel one of the great documentary interviewers, Errol Morris, takes on John le Carré, one of the great obfuscators. The film was made shortly before le Carré's death in 2020.  Video, Audio

After being encouraged to drain wetlands on their farm in the 1980s, a Golden Bay couple is already seeing the benefits of transforming the land back to its natural state. Audio

Alison Mosshart speaks to Maggie Tweedie about the American English rock duo and the secret sauce to The Kills musical longevity. Audio

Yoga and frisky felines might not seem an obvious combination, but for the owner of one yoga studio, they are a perfect match. Audio

“Hilarious, shocking and profound” is how Vogue describes new film Bad Behaviour, which opens in New Zealand today. Video, Audio

A Waikato doggy daycare owner who usually wears "old farm clothes" will be competing for best-dressed honours at the Melbourne Cup's Fashion On The Field event next week.

In Ms. Information, Microbiologist and science communicator Dr Siouxsie Wiles suffers a pandemic backlash. Audio

Our Changing World - Hurricane Otis hit southern Mexico with little warning and Cyclone Lola set a record for the earliest category five cyclone in the southern hemisphere. What might be in store for our upcoming El Niño summer?  Audio

Master spy novelist John le Carré had numerous clandestine affairs throughout his life, many of which have come to light after his death, says his biographer Adam Sisman. Audio

Christchurch-raised baritone Chris Bruerton didn't find The King's Singers, they found him. That's how it works with the English a capella supergroup. Video, Audio

On the Mixtape this week is Matthew Hyde - Lead singer of NZ metal band Beastwars who have just released their 5th album Tyranny of Distance. Audio

Around 10 percent of all fires globally occur on agricultural land, but what if the properties of the plants grown could be harnessed to help mitigate fires? Video

The Sampler - Tony Stamp reviews a reinvigorated collection from the alt-country veterans. Video, Audio