Features

The number of cricketers with Indian heritage in the New Zealand national cricket team has steadily risen since the 1960s, Blessen Tom reports.

They are called tradwives; women who choose to stay home, focus on their families and housekeeping and often agree to be subservient to their husbands - but the movement has other, darker undertones, says a researcher at Massey. Audio

In an age of self-consciously clever sci-fi movies, The Creator is something else – an intelligent one, writes Simon Morris. Video, Audio

Lots of people think they’ve come up with a great idea after a Christmas party, but few actually remember them the next day. The founders of Auckland olive brine business Dirty International - which repurposes olive-infused salty water - are the exception to the rule. Audio

Wellington jazz musician Dave Wilson pays tribute to the riroriro song that became part of his inner world on a new track. Video, Audio

Our Changing World explores why our muscle fibres change as we get older and how this can be prevented with – you guessed it – exercise. Also researchers looking at muscle development in young patients with cerebral palsy.  Audio

The Tasting sees two lonely people meet at a wine tasting. Will alcohol bring them together or drive them apart? This French rom-com has decent characters, a few laughs, a few tears, and a satisfying finish, writes Simon Morris. Video, Audio

The Detail - Without political strategies for improving the lives of disabled New Zealanders, how can we ensure their voices are heard? Audio

Annie loves getting on the trapeze - without a harness - at circus classes on Auckland's North Shore. Audio

Composer Victoria Kelly's 2023 Silver Scroll-winning music Requiem draws on local poetry and photography. She says it's a work that contemplates our essence through whatever lens we wish to view ourselves. Audio

Congratulations to Moses Mackay, this year's recipient of the $50,000 Dame Malvina Major Award! The award is funding Moses’ vocal development as he furthers his career in opera, including auditioning for opera houses in Europe where he is now based. Moses recently spoke with Three to Seven host Bryan Crump about his debut solo album of original songs, Grace. Video, Audio

Caring for other people while ensuring that you care for yourself takes awareness and dedication, says Dr Cate Howell, author of The Flourishing Woman. Audio

Short film festivals offer some of the best fun you can have in a cinema. Dan Slevin checks out four screening at Show Me Shorts.

Voices - It takes a bit of grit to grow veges in the Christchurch winter, but a group of Fijian families are rising to the challenge. Audio

How do you work so hard for something, then break it? Quite easily, it seems. Jamie Wall goes into New Zealand's history of trophy destruction. Video

NZ-born John Metcalfe has released his latest album, Tree – a journey through 24 hours in the life of one of nature’s most majestic creations. He talks with Nick Tipping about the album, and his career as a composer, producer, viola player and arranger to the likes of Peter Gabriel, Coldplay and Blur. Video, Audio

We've traded denial for doom, says climate scientist Professor Michael Mann, but he argues that for real action to occur we must put despair to one side. Audio

NZ-born John Metcalfe's album Tree is a journey through 24 hours in the life of one of nature’s most majestic creations. UK-based Metcalfe is a composer, producer and arranger to the likes of Peter Gabriel, Coldplay and Blur. Video, Audio

One of only two artists commissioned to perform new music, Kirsten's piece, titled Māreikura, draws inspiration from Māori cosmology and Atua Wāhine (female ancestresses) and incorporates taonga puoro. Audio

Whether it's plates of hash browns with tomato sauce and a cookie, a can of coke with nachos and cheese, kumara fries with mayonnaise; women are sharing their unapologetically drab dinners on social media . Audio

Multi-platinum award winning violin superstar David Garrett doesn't confine himself to "the bubble of classical music". He plays Metallica on his 1731 ‘Baltic’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ violin in the RNZ studio. Audio

Music 101 talks to Tiny Ruins about her song Silver scroll-nominated 'The Crab/Waterbaby' and how her new songs helped her deal with a tragedy in her own life. Video, Audio

A new, sumptuous Auckland University Press book Gordon Walters reveals the diversity of the painter’s exploration of form beyond the koru, and the remarkable diversity of influences that synthesised in his work.  Audio

The first deaf person to ever contest the Miss Samoa pageant has spoken out about discrimination against people with disabilities in the country.