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SoundsWell Singers is a therapeutic choir in Wellington that supports people with a variety of neurological conditions. Audio

The NZ Choral Federation's Singing for Lifelong Wellbeing initiative will receive funding from the Ministry for Culture & Heritage. Audio

Analysis - The choices he makes this week will have a huge impact on what happens in October, when we go to the polls, Tim Watkin writes.

Generative AI ChatGPT offers endless opportunities to seek an answer to any question you've ever had, but its creation has also been met with concern.

Were you born between 1977 and 1983? If so, you're a Xennial – perhaps not as self-reliant as a Gen-Xer nor as entitled as a Millennial. Audio

British writer Simon Barnes talks to Kathryn Ryan about the deep, ancient relationship between humans and plants. Audio

His profile has soared since composing the ear-catching theme for the hit HBO series The White Lotus, but Cristobal Tapia de Veer has been generating inventive music for film and TV for a long time. Video, Audio

Holding on to resentment towards someone we felt hurt by can be really stressful for our bodies, says relationship therapist Steven Dromgool.  Audio

Pid Pidwell is one of the first New Zealanders to fit his longboard with a Boost surf fin. Audio

Jesse Mulligan chats with deputy editor of The Economist Tom Standage about what experts predict will happen in the year ahead. Audio

This month, New Zealand's largest fault zone released energy equivalent to a magnitude 7.0 earthquake via slow-burning "silent" events. Video

It's hard to imagine "Chris-mania" but maybe that's not a bad thing right now, writes Grant Duncan.

Wildlife photographer Holly Neill has transformed her agapanthus-ridden Kāpiti garden into a home for wētā and tūī. Audio

Fran Barclay argues for the return of a garment popular with Wellington's male bureaucrats in the 1960s.

74-year-old English gardener Gerald Stratford has won over social media with his giant vegetables and sweet disposition. Audio

New Zealand has become hugely polarised and it's little wonder Jacinda Ardern has decided to call it a day, says former prime minister Helen Clark. Video, Audio

From June this year, New Zealanders can apply to change the sex recorded on their birth certificate without providing evidence of medical treatment. Audio

WATCH - Sam Rillstone recommends Glass Onion, The Banshees of Inisherin and Pinocchio.

Auckland woman Leslie Harris has created the website Harris List as a one-stop shop for information about dementia and the support available in Aotearoa. Audio

Internet baking star Erin Docherty tells us how a video of butter being piped through a cake whipped up a "social media storm". Audio

Montreal-based composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer gets goosebumps thinking about crowds dancing to his music. Video, Audio

Concert review - Liam Brown reflects on R&B artist Kehlani's Friday night show in Auckland.

PowerPlay - New Zealand's new prime minister will be Chris Hipkins. How might he fare?

An ice pack & antihistamine combo does the trick for "mozzie magnet" Belinda Smith.