Features

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.

There's nothing quite like the sound of a Welsh male voice choir singing hymns! Hear the Treorchy Male Choir sing Isaac Watts' hymn When I survey the wondrous cross in this week's programme of listener requests. Audio

Auckland mother-of-four Naomi Tailolo shares her passion for baking and te reo Māori on Instagram and YouTube. Video, Audio

Opinion - An upgraded global response to future potential pandemic threats would give the best chance of eliminating new infectious diseases at source before they spread globally.

LISTEN - Mark Rogers previews Billy Bragg's forthcoming NZ tour and spins classics from Sharon Jones, Otis Rush the Byrds and Harry Nilsson. Audio

Ninety percent of last summer's water fatalities were men, many of whom were over 55, says Water Safety NZ's Daniel Gerrard. Audio

The "overwhelming" success of Avatar: The Way of Water is an exciting bonus for the thousands of New Zealanders who worked on the sci-fi blockbuster, says producer Jon Landau. Video, Audio

International humanitarian volunteers represent the best of us yet they're often at high risk, writes Alexander Gillespie.

Forced proximity to cake and biscuits in the workplace is a health hazard, according to the UK's Food Standards Agency. Audio

Analysis - Jacinda Ardern's announcement yesterday that she is stepping down as prime minister could hardly have been more rapid or more of a surprise, Tim Watkin writes.

A wild kiwi egg has been laid in Wellington for the first time in more than 100 years, Capital Kiwi's Paul Stanley Ward says. Audio