Features

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

Mediawatch - The TVNZ Young Voters' debate run by Re:News was a rowdy interjection into a relatively subdued election campaign, and its moderator has some ideas on how media organisations can better cater to young people. Audio

Dr Que Mai speaks to Paula Morris about her latest novel Dust Child at the 2023 Auckland Writers Festival. Audio

Tami Neilson, who is about to tour with rock'n'roll legend Dinah Lee, joins RNZ's Culture 101 to give some shout-outs to her influences. Video, Audio

Award winning musician Romy of The XX shares how big moments of grief inspired an uplifting dance record full of emotive club classics.  Audio

Canterbury farmers Anthony and Gillian Barker founded their fruit preserving business back n the late '60s - now it has 250 employees. Audio

Gretchen Lowe shares a fresh summery recipe with a Caribbean twist.

"It's a cautionary tale about not going back to a party that you've just left. Because, as the adage goes, nothing good happens after midnight." Video, Audio

Dutch art detective Arthur Brand is known as 'the Indiana Jones of the art world'. Audio, Gallery

Over 70 percent of Northland's kumara crop was destroyed by Cyclone Gabrielle in February. The best way to support the growers is stocking up. Audio

The American band The National celebrates 2023 by giving us not one, but two new albums. William Dart checks them both out. Audio

Charles Wesley’s well-loved hymn Love Divine, All Loves Excelling has been set to many different tunes over the years. In this week’s programme, you can hear a setting by English composer Howard Goodall. Video, Audio

Auckland RnB group LEISURE perform tracks from their new album Leisurevision. Video, Audio

Phil Thompson has spent over 20 years training people how to defend themselves. He says that if a person tries to pick a verbal fight with you, the best and bravest move is usually to walk away. Audio

It's a superfood that costs nothing, grows freely, and requires zero maintenance - it almost sounds too good to be true. Seaweed is one of Aotearoa's most plentiful resources, so why are we overlooking it in our diets? Audio

The new podcast Convicted was motivated by compassion for pain caused by the Christchurch Civic Creche Case, writes Alexander Behse.

El Conde (The Count) satirises Chilean dictator General Pinochet. In this film he's now a 250-year-old vampire with family problems. Video, Audio

Tweens may pull out  "teenager moves" but they are not the new teenagers, says parenting educator Michelle Mitchell. Audio

For too long, women have been constrained by a set of ancient biblical rules that define what it means to be "good", says writer Elise Loehnen.  Audio

All eyes will be on a name familiar to New Zealand sports fans when the Breakers get underway on Saturday night against the Cairns Taipans. Tom Abercrombie will play his 400th game for the club, in a career stretching back to 2008. Video

It's called the carnivore or lion diet - meat, meat and more meat. But does it really stack up? Niki Bezzant takes a look at what the experts say.

American choral conductor and composer, Dr Rollo Dilworth, is leading workshops and performances at this year's NZCF Choral Connect and Sing Aotearoa events. He's known around the world for 'I sing because I'm happy' – his adaptation of an African-American spiritual arrangement by Kenneth Paden. Video, Audio

The Detail - A multi-billion dollar industry has sprung up around mental health and wellness. Have the efforts to raise awareness been too successful? Audio

Love at First Sight is a pleasant enough rom-com lifted by two likeable leads in Haley Lu Richardson and Ben Hardy, writes Simon Morris. Video, Audio