Features

Max Tweedie's Hawke's Bay farm suffered slips and sinkholes a-plenty after the cyclone, but he managed to rebuild it in time for their annual bull sale. Audio

Historian Andrew Paul Wood explores New Zealand's homegrown spirituality groups – and their intriguing leaders – in his new book Shadow Worlds. Audio

Four Māori New Zealanders talk about their personal relationships with the Māori New Year.

Simon Morris enjoys watching a nice guy come first in this documentary about American cyclist Greg LeMond winning the Tour de France. Video, Audio

Lee Pryor runs mail and packages along the Whakatāne coastline, like his mother and grandfather before him. Audio

Rising Star - Chloe Butcher-Herries is passionate about inspiring fellow wahine Māori to work as farmers.

Black Sheep - In part 2 of this series, we hear how from the 1840s onward, Frederick Maning would become an increasingly bitter and angry man who demonised Māori who opposed colonisation. Audio

The Duchess of Coolsville, Rickie Lee Jones, opts for a jazzy boulevard on her new album, Pieces of Treasure. William Dart hitches a ride. Audio

We're marking 'Sea Sunday' in the programme this week. The second Sunday in July is designated in the liturgical calendar as a day of prayer for seafarers - it's a time to remember and celebrate those whose workplace is the sea. Audio

Released earlier this year, Janet Jennings' album The Earth Child includes settings of specially chosen poems to mark the centenary of Katherine Mansfield's death. Audio

American podcaster Collier Landry was just 12 when he appeared as the lead witness in his mother Noreen's murder trial. Video, Audio

A crack down on dangerous play, overhauling a farcical short pass rule, and the ditching of some of the irksome international netball rules will be put to the vote in Cape Town later this month, writes Bridget Tunnicliffe.

Creamy mascarpone meets zesty lemon and comforting spuds in this simple, anytime meal by Gretchen Lowe.

Adolescents can enjoy the company of adults when they're not being assailed by "agendas and questions", says psychologist Lisa Damour. Audio

Tom Davoren, one of the Chief Adjudicators for this year's New Zealand Brass Band Championships, still gets goosebumps when the sound of a brass band is 'just right' , even after more than 20 years of brass band involvement. Audio

The Detail explores why so many people are against banning cars in downtown areas. Audio

At 14, Lyall Minhinnick looked like he was on the fast-track to trouble. At 28, he's one of Aotearoa's rising culinary stars.

Each week millions of viewers across the world watch California man Barry Enderwick prepare and then eat a different variety of sandwich. Video, Audio

It's July again: Cue lots of people being vocal about giving up booze for a month in the name of charity. But maybe it's time to make a change for good, as many new studies are starting to show, writes Niki Bezzant.

Theremin enthusiast Henika visited our Auckland studio this week to talk to Jesse Mulligan about this “otherworldly, ethereal” instrument. Video, Audio

The New Zealand Doctors' Orchestra is preparing for their next concert, which is in New Plymouth this year. Trumpet player Dr Tom Wilkinson is one of the organisers. Audio

About 1 percent of people can't imagine sounds, a lack of auditory imagery called anauralia. Our Changing World meets a team of researchers investigating this newly-described phenomenon. Audio

Opinion - There's little doubt the FIFA Women's World Cup will deliver spectacle and significant financial rewards, however the longer-term rewards are harder to predict, Julie E Brice and Holly Thorpe write.

Media producers Kimiora Kaire-Melbourne and Te Aorere Pewhairangi are proof that total immersion learning in te reo Māori can be a springboard to crafting great careers.