Features

Collecting Barbie dolls has been a decades-long passion for retired St John Ambulance paramedic Patsy Carlyle, and her collection is being celebrated in The Barbie Collector at Wellington Museum this month. Audio, Gallery

Sally Round clambers into underground tunnels on a tour of the historic Opepe Reserve near Taupō. Video, Audio

We've all experienced those nights at one time or another, when sleep just won't come - Dr Roxanne Prichard tells Sunday Morning about the science that will help calm our mind and body. Audio

Brittney Denise Parks - aka Sudan Archives - spent hours in her studio basement during several lockdowns working through angst and turning it into music to dance to. Video, Audio

The digital media addiction to "going viral" paved the way for disinformation to rise, says journalist Ben Smith  Audio

In a few days, New Zealand will host its biggest-ever sporting event. We take a look at what's ahead for the home team – the Football Ferns.

Back in the 1990s, a flight of stairs on High Street led down to the pioneering nightclubs Box and Cause Celebre. Audio

Wini Geddes's whānau are realising her childhood dream with the purchase of a Bay of Plenty oyster Farm.  Audio

After ten years "trying to sort out the women" best-selling UK writer Caitlin Moran is now focussed on how patriarchy is harming boys and men – and how feminism can help. Audio

Long read - The six plaintiffs were left with 'deep scars' after working in 'punishing conditions' at the remote religious community, a judge said.

Tabla player Manjit Singh shares his love of music through his job: he runs the Rhythm School of Indian Music in Auckland and teaches a course on the Indian Classical tradition at the University’s music school. Audio

Jack Raharuhi manages four farms for Pāmu and in his spare time heads into the surf at Tauranga Bay. Audio

A decade after opening a food truck together, Auckland couple Sarah and Otis Frizzell still love making sweet tacos. Audio

A Tesla-driving city lawyer returns home to face her past in this new story by Shelley Burne-Field (Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Rārua).

It's that time of the year when William Dart looks back and considers songs and music that somehow fell on the cutting room floor - little treasures in their way from the likes of Al Green, Tall Dwarfs, The Nukes, Burt Bacharach and Soaked Oats. Audio

The season of Matariki has begun. It’s a time to gather with family and friends to reflect on the past, celebrate the present, and plan for the future. This week’s programme touches on some of those themes. Audio

Kalino Pongi is Music Director of the Maamaloa Brass Band, a Tongan community band based in Auckland. He talks with Bryan Crump. Audio

Jonathan Griffith tells Bryan Crump why 'The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace' is so special. The US-based conductor is in New Zealand to lead two free performances of Karl Jenkins' popular choral work. Audio

A fictional encounter between author Janet Frame and a psychiatric nurse at Seacliff Hospital near Dunedin. This RNZ Concert music recording also features in a film of the opera which debuts in the 2023 NZ International Film Festival.  

The sound of a ringtone can cause panic for people with bad cases of telephonophobia. Communication coach Mary Jane Copps has tips. Audio

Ella Stewart (Ngāpuhi) writes about how this special time of year brings her whānau closer together.

Genius, persistence and good luck have been critical to the great discoveries of modern physics, says Melbourne-based physicist Suzie Sheehy. Audio

Paige Tapara was inspired to become a pop star after watching an American tween movie as a child. Now, she wants to inspire queer Māori artists to own their space in Aotearoa's music industry.

Analysis - Every decade after the 1960s has been warmer than the one before and the 2010s were the warmest on record. But there can be a lot of variability from one year to the next, Kevin Trenberth writes.