Features

Fair Game - Tongan rugby players talk about tackling tough choices and huge resource gaps. Audio

Social media is deeply distorting our sense of morality, the New Zealand writer tells Kim Hill. Audio

William Dart looks at two releases exploring the huge impact that black musicians have had on the British music scene, from the many 1960s artists you'll find on a new set titled Gotta Get a Good Thing Goin' to Angeline Morrison's remarkable new The Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs of Black British Experience. Audio

This new film features eight stories about First Nation struggles in New Zealand and Australia - some are mythic and some are political. Video, Audio

A painless pasta meal that's delicious enough to make for Valentine's Day dinner. Audio

In episode one, rugby fan and comedian James Nokise sits down with former All Black great Sir Tuifa’asisina Bryan Williams. Audio

Farm manager Coral Remiro doesn't mind neighbours popping up around her in suburbia as it cuts down the distance Earth Stewards veges have to travel from paddock to plate. Audio

In our final programme of Summer Hymn Requests you can hear the Seafarers’ Hymn (Eternal Father), Stuart Townend’s O, my soul, arise and a setting of Psalm 150 to mark the 100^th birthday of the Lawton organ at St John’s Church, Feilding. Audio

The award-winning Scottish-Kiwi folk band perform tracks from their latest album Silvereye. Video, Audio

On Inside Out this week, Nick Tipping checks out a new album from Paris-based saxophonist Rick Margitza, plus tracks from NZ group Dog and Esperanza Spalding. Audio

'Cancelling' self-described misogynist Andrew Tate won't solve the identity crisis his millions of young male followers are struggling with, says psychologist Matt Defina. Audio

After five years, scientists have gained a better understanding of the population of long-tailed bats that live at the Pelorus River, between Nelson and Blenheim, writes Samantha Gee. Video

One great idea can be a curse if we don't see creativity as a process that requires commitment, says Professor Markus Baer. Audio

Blessed with more courgettes than you know what to do with? You're not alone. Gardens all over Aotearoa are groaning under the weight of roroa iti growing out of control. Here are ten ways to make the most of the humble courgette.

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.