Features

After creating cartoons for the New Yorker, Maddie Dai is now a screenwriter based in London. Audio

Awareness and knowledge of menopause is improving but we're not there yet, writes Niki Bezzant.

For the second time this year, a much misunderestimated blonde woman comes along to save cinema.

Baking NZ judges found the croissants by Wairarapa’s Clareville Bakery to be “technically impeccable”. Audio

"Most people on the internet cannot distinguish the difference between commentary and reporting" - tech journalist Taylor Lorenz. Audio

The Detail - New Zealanders have spent the last few months yelling at each other - how do we now put the country back together? Audio

Whirimako Black, called the "soul daughter of Tūhoe", performs a selection of popular jazz standards translated into te reo, plus favourites from right across her stellar recording career. Audio

Auckland chef Sam Low celebrates his cultural heritage and his parents' cooking in the new recipe book Modern Chinese. Audio

Listening to music is not a passive activity according to French conductor Chloé van Soeterstède. In fact, sometimes she sits members of the audience among the players. Audio

Voices - US-born Eric Dahlstrom and Phillipines-born Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom moved to New Zealand in 2016.  Audio

In the upcoming performance-installation, Wellington artist Bailee Lobb will use an array of "non-pharmaceutical sleep aids" to try and nod off at a Nelson gallery. Audio

In a new poem written to celebrate his birthday, Aotearoa’s Poet Laureate reveals his love for the French-Canadian singer was not a phase. Audio

In just five years, Kim Gilkison and her husband Graham turned a once-languishing Far North vineyard into an award-winning estate. Audio

By 2028, one in four New Zealand drivers will be 65 or older. More roundabouts would make the roads safer for them and all New Zealanders, says AA spokesperson Dylan Thomsen. Audio

Colin Peacock, Hayden Donnell and Robbie Nicol recap Saturday's 'blunami'. Audio

At Alistair and Genna Bird's North Canterbury farm, gorse bushes serve as shelter for newborn lambs on a hillside dotted with poplar poles. Audio

Police use of artificial intelligence technology raises questions about privacy and inherent biases, writes Alexandra Sims.

First came tiny houses, now it's all about tiny restaurants. Denise Irvine steps inside one of the Waikato's smallest eateries.

The Auckland trio Office Dog perform four tracks from their new album Spiel. Video, Audio

Conor Kershaw - great-grandson of the P&K general store's founder John - tells Kim Hill about joining "the family firm". Audio

Legendary musician Graham Nash talks about following your heart, the wonderful chaos of New York and being in love at 81. Video, Audio

Long Read - Music and culture writer Tony Stamp explores the death of media literacy. Audio

It's difficult to keep up with the energetic Matthew Bannister, now coming through with a second album from his band, The Changing Same. William Dart looks at this along with Bannister's brand new book on the much-missed The Front Lawn team of Harry Sinclair and Don McGlashan. Audio

In the days when bills came in envelopes through the letterbox, a young musician from Northern Ireland used the back of an electricity bill to write down some melody ideas. In this week’s programme, you can hear the powerful hymn it became. Audio