Features

With as few as 126 Southern New Zealand dotterels remaining in New Zealand, a team in Southland is tagging the birds to find out where they go to breed, a time when they are most at risk from predators. Audio

After a quiet few years with no live shows, and some notable weather-related cancellations, it's starting to feel like Aotearoa's music scene is back in fighting form.

Voices talks to Lalita Kasanji who's been on a mission with curator Stephanie Gibson to identify the people in the images and their descendants in the wider Indian community of Wellington. Video, Audio

A Canterbury University researcher is keen to find naturally gifted people with the “super abilities” required to match complex visual patterns without any training – and she’s developed an online test to assess them. Audio

Bats do not have the best reputation, but what is it about them that allows them to fend off ageing? Audio

Belgian clarinettist Annelien Van Wauwe talks with David Morriss ahead of her concert with the Auckland Philharmonia. She's performing Mozart's Clarinet Concerto on the basset clarinet, the historic, less-often heard type of clarinet for which he originally wrote it. Video, Audio

Run out of school holiday activities already? Pull on your aprons, it's time to get baking, writes Lucy Corry.

The "Swiftposium" will explore the megastar's influence on everything from the music industry to culture and the economy.

How can we bring more happiness into our lives? Arthur C. Brooks, a professor at Harvard Business School, best-selling author of 13 books and writer of the Atlantic Monthly’s How To Build a Life column, reckons he's got the answer.  Audio

Pathologist professor Richard Scolyer's melanoma research is credited with saving tens of thousands of lives, but now he's in a race to save his own. Audio

In this Anatomy of a Scroll - Charlotte Ryan visited The Beths at Whammy Bar to pick apart their nominated song 'Expert in a Dying Field'. Video, Audio

Laufey Lín Jónsdóttir has played classical music since childhood but she never expected to become one of the world's most popular modern jazz artists.
As her latest album Bewitched breaks streaming records around the world, the 24-year-old takes a moment with Charlotte Ryan. Video, Audio

Put down the soap and step away from the shower gel. Having a low-soap shower several days a week is probably enough, according to a US dermatologist who says obsessive cleanliness is harming our skin. Audio

In 1979, inspired by the countercultural movement sweeping the country, teenager Olive Jones embraced rural communal living. She was one of the founders of the Graham Downs farming community in the Motueka Valley. Audio

A psychology professor at the University of Luxembourg says most of us feel an age that bears no relation to how old we really are. Audio

A Kiwi chemistry expert separates fact from fiction when it comes to doing our laundry. Audio

Kelsie Meads and her sidekick Sass are vying for the top spot in this year's Trans-Tasman Cobber Dog Challenge. Audio

Icelandic-Chinese singer Laufey Lín Jónsdóttir chats to Charlotte Ryan. Video, Audio

Sing Aotearoa is back! After an extended break, the NZ Choral Federation's triennial festival for choral singers will be taking place in Tāmaki Makaurau. Co-Artistic Director Dr Igelese Ete talks us through the three-day event. Audio

With the goal of helping to reduce carbon emissions, Jake Gibbons and Kathy Blumm are cultivating industrial hemp on their Little Wanganui property. Audio

Check out our picks for adult-friendly stuff to watch with your kids.

Human connection may be at the heart of our brain's unconscious storytelling, says dream scientist Mark Blagrove. Video, Audio

Experts say packaged food is driving an explosion of obesity - but the food industry is fighting back.

Courteney Beven has racked up over 1,000 hours carrying out underwater collection of the invasive seaweed Undaria. Audio