Features

We catch up with harpist Helen Webby from Nikau Harp Trio, currently performing around Aotearoa for Arts on Tour. Audio

Rugby fan and comedian James Nokise takes a serious look at the state of Pacific rugby in a new RNZ series.

He penned hits for singers ranging from Dionne Warwick to the Carpenters. More than 1200 artists performed his songs, which won six Grammys and three Oscars. Bacharach and Hal David had 30 Top-40 hits in the '60s alone.

Inside knowledge could help the White Ferns make a winning start when the T20 World Cup swings into action in South Africa this weekend.

Tony Stamp reviews the sneering dance-punk of Auckland's Vanessa Worm and a righteous new collection from British rapper Little Simz. Audio

With Beauden Barrett and Aaron Smith now leaving the All Blacks, it's starting to look like a very odd World Cup year, writes Jamie Wall.

An Australian policy think tank has found that the hype around China's growing influence in the region is often overblown. Audio

The second worst thing about M Night Shyamalan's Knock At The Cabin is it pretends to take its apocalyptic premise seriously, the worst thing about it is the title, writes Simon Morris. Video, Audio

Our Changing World - They can hunt, they can fish, they build little nurseries for their babies. Oh and some of them also engage in a bit of sexual cannibalism. Claire Concannon goes on a nighttime stroll in Hamilton to find out more. Audio

Opinion - A public service publisher model which provided contestable funding might be one way to salvage something from the failed TVNZ-RNZ merger, Peter Thompson writes.

Groups ranging from yoga to crypto can be a lead-in to getting involved in the insidious world of a cult, an expert says. Audio

Two great works from two giants of German music, performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra under the baton of Giordano Bellincampi.

 80-year-old Welsh musician John Cale was driven towards collective healing on Noise Of You – his first new album in a decade. Audio

The Whale sees the triumphant return of former action star Brendan Fraser in a very different role as a morbidly obese English teacher, co-starring Hong Chau, it's an unabashed tearjerker, writes Simon Morris. Video, Audio

When Karen Gunn walked off London's famous cricket ground, Lord's, in 1993 the New Zealand women's team she was part of had just lost a world cup final to England, writes Jimmy Ellingham.

Stories of Wairau is the fourth chapter in RNZ’s award-winning series on the New Zealand Wars. The Wairau Affray in 1843 is considered the first conflict in the NZ Wars and the only one to take place in the South Island.

RNZ's Perlina Lau is back and runs her eye over the best of the streamers coming up this month including Funny Woman starring Gemma Arterton and The Last of Us the video game-to-TV adaptation creating critical buzz.

Analysis - New Zealand's medical system has been struggling for several decades, Robin Gauld writes.

Opinion -The Hutt Valley has something of a reputation for dullness - but it shouldn't, David Cohen argues.

Kirsten and Holly Landreth work together on Thornicroft Station in the Strath Taieri valley as they advance their careers - and plan a family.

'One day milkmen will whistle my tunes when they're delivering the milk like they do Puccini today.' Dave Armstrong's new play features Austrian exile, composer, numerologist and self-confessed genius, Arnold Schoenberg. And there's music. Audio

In 1977 John Otway had a minor hit with (Cor Baby That's) Really Free - major label interest followed before the hits dried up. Otway has since played over 5000 gigs and is coming to New Zealand for the first time this year.  Video, Audio

LISTEN: To this concert of colourful jazz-infused music by Trio Élan, whose unusual line-up of instruments creates evocative sounds.

Iconic British singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading chats to Jim Mora about songwriting, confidence and gratitude. Video, Audio