Features

LISTEN: Nigel Collins explores the intersection between popular and classical music. This week he features music from Sigur Ros, Barry Manilow, Rhian Sheehan and Esperanza Spalding.

Mark Rogers has a birthday tune for Stevie Wonder, reggae from Steel Pulse, blues courtesy of Big Maybelle and Doc Pomus, plus some Specials, Graham Nash and Shawn Colvin. Audio

Highly insecure and emotionally volatile people are more likely to be inauthentic on dating apps, Australian researchers have found. Audio

Music by Bach and Beethoven, with a cadenza by Brahms completes this trio from three of the great 'Bs' of classical music. Beloved pianist Diedre Irons, one of the personalities of NZ classical music for over forty years, is the soloist.

A Kiwi kitchen isn't really complete without a copy of the timeless Edmonds Cookbook. The family behind the iconic Christchurch baking powder company Edmonds lovingly shares its history in the new book Sure to Rise. Audio, Gallery

The University of the South Pacific Students' Association (USPSA) has launched a Youth Advisory Board on Governance in partnership with the United Nations' Development Programme.

Widescreen - Theatrical exhibition is bouncing back and there’s no better evidence than the new seven-screen Event complex at Queensgate in Lower Hutt, writes Dan Slevin.

Scottish accordion player James Crabb and the Auckland Philharmonia are giving the New Zealand premiere of Lyell Cresswell's 'Dragspil'. Audio

Our Changing World visits Zealandia in Wellington to learn about the humble freshwater fauna living their quiet lives amongst their boisterous feathered brethren.   Audio

New Zealand has had decades of warnings about the effects of deforestation of hillsides, draining of wetlands and building behind stopbanks, a freshwater expert says.

Hypnotic is the new film by low-budget thriller maestro Robert Rodriguez. Ben Affleck stars as a burnt-out cop on the search for a bank robber who uses hypnotism to get strangers to do his dirty work. Video, Audio

NZ Rugby has put "a stake in the ground" to make clear its support for the rainbow community, two openly gay national representatives say.

Aotearoa’s fungi are fascinating, freaky and fantastical according to Ōtautahi based forager and food writer Liv Sisson. Audio

When Jesse Mulligan invited listeners to send in their neighbourly disputes recently, there was no shortage of material. Litigation expert Nathan Tetzlaff answered some common problems. Audio

Young tenor Sid Chand is the first person of Fijian-Indian ancestry to take part in NZ Opera's Artist Development Programme. Audio

Not yet read the contenders for Aotearoa’s big-deal book awards? Here’s a cheat sheet to help you sound like you have.

Barry Jenkin, aka Dr Rock, the legendary radio and Radio With Pictures broadcaster and staunch supporter of alternative music in New Zealand has died at the age of 75.

The House - The Minister of Finance talks us through the ceremonial nature of the delivery of the Budget in Parliament. Audio

In New Zealand to play all five Beethoven Piano Concertos with the NZSO, Paul Lewis talks about the uniqueness of a live music performance experience. Audio

The Detail - Touring, funding, streams, royalties, merch - making a living as a local musician can be a rollercoaster. Audio

Elizabeth Kerr talks with Bryan Crump about her online music review blog, Five Lines. Audio

Was the artist Andy Warhol the first influencer of our age? The curator of Andy Warhol & Photography: A Social Media, a new exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia, reckons he would be all over social media if he were alive today. Audio, Gallery

At 57, it's hard to believe Alison Goldfrapp is only just now dropping her first solo album.After all, for the past two-and-a-half decades she's been the face and voice of a synthpop duo that bore her own name. Video, Audio

Tony Stamp reviews the reissue of an ambient album by Brian Eno and Fred Again…, Terrible Sons' hushed and wholesome debut LP and a reissue by Dunedin band Cloudboy. Audio