Features

American singer-songwriter Rickie Lee Jones talks about creativity, discipline and her new jazz album Pieces of Treasure. Video, Audio

Over the past five years the numbers in secondary schools playing volleyball has grown by 35 percent, bucking the trend of most traditional team sports, writes Bridget Tunnicliffe.

Māori suffered generational loss of great swathes of their land to confiscation. Now they face advancing waters from climate change, with few easy answers, writes Ella Stewart.

Get ready for an emotional experience! The New Zealand String Quartet is about to set off on a nationwide tour of smaller centres. Audio

As the final series of HBO's hit drama Succession goes to air, the Murdoch media empire that inspired the show is dealing with its own dramas, says Australian writer Paddy Manning. Audio

After putting almost all its news online for free for 25 years, the NZ news website Stuff will now charge for digital subscriptions to its biggest daily papers. Audio

Sixteen 'dynamite violinists' from around the world will be coming to Queenstown in the first week of June to take part in this prestigious event. Executive Director Anne Rodda explains the competition's different components. Audio

After 22 years of bemoaning Kiwis being treated as second-class citizens in Australia, our media quickly switched to fearing a 'Great Exodus'. Audio

LISTEN: Considered “hauntingly beautiful and a work of genius” by NZSO Concertmaster Vesa-Matti Leppänen, Goldberg Variations was an artistic triumph for Bach. For three centuries the work has been arranged and interpreted for different instruments and ensembles, and this performance is no exception. Audio

How did things get so grim that Gore's mayor and chief council executive don't speak to each other? The Detail investigates. Audio

Australian researchers analysed 100 of the most popular #Fitspiration Instagram accounts. They found dubious information, hypersexualisation and objectification. Audio

The tonnes of food scraps going into NZ landfills could be used to restore soils and increase our food security, says zero-waste advocate Liam Prince. Audio

A new album from Canadian singer Feist has William Dart looking over her three decade career, together with a very special tribute to a song that wuthered to the heights of the charts 45 years ago. Audio

Lindsay Hazley was a schoolboy when he first met Invercargill's celebrity tuatara. He retires from the Southland Museum this month. Audio

A Palestinian hairdresser blackmails her clients into spying for the Israeli Secret Service in this fraught thriller. Video, Audio

This festival showcases new and innovative music from composers around the world. Pianist Gabriela Glapska performs compositions from Aotearoa, Hungary, Latvia, the Czech Republic, Australia, Japan, Serbia, and Taiwan.

The Jacobson family make the most of whatever's around to live sustainably on their Taranaki farmlet, Audio

Justine Murray explores the history of Whakatāne – and scores some delicious drive-through hāngī. Audio

The days are getting shorter – and colder – and autumn colours are all around. The perfect time for harvest hymns! Audio

Singer-songwriter Hollie Fullbrook and the band perform songs from the brand-new album Ceremony. Video, Audio

One place jazz musicians have often turned to for inspiration is the women in their lives. Audio

Rat breeder Belinda Clarke wants to convince Aucklanders that rodents can be as nice to have around as small puppies. Audio

Chef Sam Parish shares the at-home version of her mum's easy and delicious campfire gnocchi. 

Indie queen Lili Taylor and young American-Kiwi actor Stephania LaVie Owen play mother and daughter in this American art film. Video, Audio