Features

As the Indian community in Aotearoa gears up for Navratri and Diwali festivities, RNZ finds an Indian migrant in Paris who has taken responsibility for serving the community to new levels, writes Jogai Bhatt.

New Zealand baritone Chris Bruerton talks to Bryan Crump about the joys of being a member of one of the best known classical singing groups in the world, The King's Singers. Video, Audio

Watch - The band land in Tooting, South London and the band is straight into rehearsals, jams, writing beats, networking, and adventuring out for the first shows of the band’s debut European tour, 2003.

The indie-rock icon tells Music 101 about making her atmospheric new album Clear Pond Road. Audio

US country music stars The Chicks are in New Zealand for a good time, not a long time - and the fans lapped up every minute at their Christchurch show last night, Dan Buchanan writes.

Taking an “exercise snack” every half hour could be the key to counteracting the ill-effects of our sedentary work lives, a US journalist and researcher says.    Audio

Homegrown country singer-songwriter Kaylee Bell has just broken on to the United States country music charts with her song 'Keith'. Video, Audio

VIDEO: Landing in Tooting, South London. The band is straight into rehearsals, jams, writing beats, networking, and adventuring out for the first shows of the band’s debut European tour, 2003.

Kay Eady speaks with Bryan Crump about Preludes & Feuds, the history she's written on the Lewis Eady music business. Audio

Widescreen - If your plan is to stay home for Halloween, choosing Shudder will give you all the frights you need, says Dan Slevin.

The Detail - Is there a new acceptance, and even celebration, of female aging, or has the mega-billion dollar beauty industry just latched onto a new way of parting women from their money? Audio

Public Enemy's Chuck D talks to Kim Hill about 50 years of hip hop, his latest collaborations and why men over 40 need to start stretching. Video, Audio

No cook likes to be told that their culinary creations look disgusting, but there’s no pretending otherwise with Fiona Hugues’ creepy Halloween cake. Audio

US performance artist Kalan Sherrard's artistic anti-hero Enormousface is described as a "slime mould who lives in a (w)hole in the sky with dozens of feral pups." Audio

When Sarah Hunter filmed Fat Freddy Drop's debut European tour on a handycam 20 years ago, the world was completely different: cigarettes, CDs and nobody was filming concerts from their phones.

In the heart of Northland, a team of scientists and aquaculturists are cultivating high-value kingfish like never before.  Audio

A pioneer of hip hop, the a musical, cultural and political movement that started in the Bronx and went global, Chuck D's booming baritone rapped on seminal Public Enemy tracks highlighting social issues affecting Black communities. Video, Audio

Robert Harris Colombian Blend is the "best of a bad bunch" according to Consumer NZ's chief coffee snob. Video, Audio

Award winning Kiwi-Samoan violinist Hayden Afele-Nickel talks to Bryan Crump about getting classical music out of the museum and into the lives of all New Zealanders. Audio

Country Life: At a rural rehab facility near Christchurch, residents are sowing seeds of transformation. Audio

"Bottled water is not just a controversial product with lots of well-known negative environmental impacts, it's connected to a social justice crisis of uneven access to safe and affordable water around the world" - sociologist Daniel Jaffee. Audio

In support of ADHD Awareness Month, TAHI presenter Evie Orpe shares some thoughts.

When large sums of money are passed between family members, financial ombudsman Susan Taylor says it's safest for both sides to formalise the agreement. Audio

Kelly Gibney shares the recipe for a nice big pot of hearty soup that's brimming with goodness.