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A new creative hub in West Auckland is helping to preserve Tongan culture through song and dance.Te Puna Creative Hub has taken over the Whoa! Studios building in Henderson, and occupies the former children's theatre.

One of Fiji's deputy prime ministers says Sitiveni Rabuka is the best man to rebuild Fiji after "sixteen years of dictatorship".

Earlier this month, the Papua New Guinea government amended the country's constitution to make it more difficult to bring votes of no confidence in the government.

As the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) celebrates Covenant Day, its status as a commonwealth of the United States is again front and centre, as economic woes and China's influence looms in the region.

An underground fashion week is redefining Aotearoa's fashion industry, offering a platform for Pacific and Māori creatives to challenge the status quo.

The Papua New Guinea government has admitted to using a technology that it says was "successfully tested" to block social media platforms, particularly Facebook, for much of the day on Monday.

The LA-based comedian is back home to serve up his "silly physicality and playing off himself in various characters" on stage for the first time in nearly 10 years.

In 2008, Karl-Heinz Steffens gave up his plum job as principal clarinet with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra - he's never looked back.  Video, Audio

On 26 March 2020, Kate Newton’s street in Auckland went into lockdown along with the rest of the country. Five years later she tracked down her old neighbours.

Ozempic is in, body positivity is out - and a new social media trend isn't helping, writes  Jogai Bhatt.

Could a teenage boy be so influenced by the likes of misogynist Andrew Tate that he's driven to murder his young classmate?

A Goldie painting that sold for almost $90,000 at auction was painted when the iconic New Zealand artist was just 19 years old. Audio

Netflix streaming came to New Zealand 10 years ago this month and how we watch television has never quite been the same.

Listen to performances from the three very talented young pianists in the competition final at the Christchurch Town Hall.

With social media, apps and online newsletters serving piles of delicious recipes, is there still a place for the dirty, dog-eared pages of a cookbook on the kitchen bench?

Once a brake pad salesman, Nick Hayes has launched a second career, spinning techno and hard industrial dance tracks from his yard in Yorkshire.

A retrospective exhibition will showcase the achievements of the fashion brand known for its vintage-inspired and avant-garde styles.

A young Canadian woman has honoured her father's memory by sharing his massive record collection with the world.

With hair wet from a swim in Point Chev, the LA-based artist chats about her new jazz-inspired songwriting and her upcoming NZ shows.

Health pioneer and New Zealander of the Year Bev Lawton tells us what she'd do with unlimited funding. Audio

Gianina Schwanecke samples a range of dried seaweed at Auckland company Pacific Harvest.

This week in Hymns on Sunday we’ve some communion hymns, a psalm from the Scottish Psalter, and we’ll hear some hymns from writers who are great examples that age is no barrier to doing new things. Audio

Event producer, musician and artist Daniel Belton looks forward to being part of two multi-media shows in one night at this year's Dunedin Arts Festival. Video, Audio