Features

81-year-old Barry Skinner's converted garage overflows with signed photographs, records and memorabilia. Video, Audio

Restaurants around New Zealand are now serving slow-cooked meats bathed in top-secret sauces, spices and rubs.

Tāmaki troubadour D.C. Maxwell spins tales of outlaws, love, and loss on his compelling debut. Audio

"Trying to improve the environmental damage from overuse of fertiliser... I think it's all been very good and I've learned a lot." Audio

William Dart looks at music on the cool side, with some sassy R&B from veteran Betty LaVette and glorious English folk song from the now 88-year old Shirley Collins. Audio

Hymns by 'Tims’ feature in this week’s programme: English hymn writer Timothy Dudley-Smith and Timothy Rees, who was Bishop of Llandaff in the 1930s. Audio

"There's amazing, great talent in every genre ...how can you not try and play some of this stuff with your violin?" Video, Audio

Gretchen Lowe's twist on a traditional Palestinian dish is a family favourite. Audio

A Year on the Farm - After a new bull failed to deliver the goods, Canterbury farmers Alistair and Genna Bird have empty heifers to deal with. Audio

Egyptian photographer Mohamed Mahdy talks about his award-winning series Here, The Doors Don't Know Me. Audio

Appearing in court is a stressful experience, especially so for children. Enter Mabel the golden retriever who is currently the only Ministry of Justice court dog in New Zealand. Audio

Gran Turismo tells the story of a gamer who took his skills to some of the top real race-tracks in the world, while gamer fans weren't convinced, it's a better told story than might be expected, Simon Morris writes. Video, Audio

Analysis: Labour will have to do much more than offer families a saving of about $5 a week to get back in the election race while NZ First's support continues to creep up and the media starts looking at where it's coming from.

In 1999, a song by US electronica musician Moby asked 'Why does my heart feel so bad?' While the song failed to come up with a convincing answer, a Dutch academic is doing his best to discover one. Audio

All Blacks coach Ian Foster has reminded his players how many World Cups New Zealand has won away from home, one in seven.

Freaked out about failing an upcoming psychometric test? Relax, says organisational psychology consultant Dave Winsborough. Audio

The Last Voyage of the Demeter is the story of the doomed ship that carried Dracula to England. Starring Liam Cunningham and Corey Hawkins. Video, Audio

Our Changing World - Researchers might have found a cost-effective way to screen for breast cancer earlier than we do now. Their inspiration? Earthquake engineering. Video, Audio

Mark Menzies, Head of Performance at Canterbury University's School of Music, talks with Bryan Crump about how the School is marking the occasion. Audio

The Michael Fowler Centre, home to the NZSO, and the Opera House were issued with Earthquake-Prone Building notices today.

For Steven Osborne, who’s in Aotearoa to play Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G with the Auckland Philharmonia tonight, the performer’s ultimate responsibility is to trust their instincts and not be a slave to the score. Audio

Wellington PhD student Hayden Scott Thorne was idly Googling himself last month when he came across a book he’d apparently written for sale online. Audio

Asteroid City is an all-star oddity from Wes Anderson that rolls just about every mid-'50s element into one package, Simon Morris enjoyed it rather more than many full-time Anderson fans did, he writes. Video, Audio

Modern children and teenagers are less free than their counterparts have ever been, according to a leading psychologist. Audio