Features

"We saw lots of great music, but a highlight for me was just knowing how great the quality of bands are in New Zealand." Video, Audio

Analysis - Denis Welch asks us to consider whether or not Labour's lost leader(s) might yet help us find a better future, Richard Shaw writes.

Tony Stamp reviews Brooklyn indie-surf, British ambient electronica and a boisterous outing from Canada by way of Japan. Audio

Mediawatch: Christopher Luxon has been the National Party leader for 18 months but what do we know about him? Audio

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