Features

Listen - Tauranga band The Harmonic Resonators have a unique sound that meshes country music with waiata Māori. Video, Audio

Movie fan and film lecturer Dr Andrea Wright shares her picks. Audio

The RNZ Sports crew look back at 2022.

Listen - William Dart finds the Christmas spirit in tunes from Taylor Swift, Norah Jones and Pentatonix and some true Christmas soul from late greats Aretha Franklin and Otis Redding. Audio

Lots of well-known favourites in this Christmas Day edition of Hymns on Sunday. Sing along with choirs from New Zealand and around the world. Audio

New Zealand actor Sam Neill recommends a couple of Netflix shows you may not have seen. Video, Audio

Gremlins and The Nightmare Before Christmas are good for kids... but perhaps a Yuletide slasher film is more to your taste. Video, Audio

Now is not the time to serve cucumber sticks and hummus, says vegan food producer Flip Grater. She shares with us a few recipes.

A 'flat chat' about mental health – over a free roast dinner – is just one of Lads Without Labels' programmes. Video, Audio, Gallery

'Fortress New Zealand' held the Covid-19 virus at bay in 2020 and 2021, but this year Omicron breached our defences, writes Tim Watkin.

Sam Parish shares a couple of delicious recipes from her new book Cook Me.

Diabetes and Me - Megan Whelan considers how we can make healthy choices amidst a cacophony of advice.

An estimated 85,000 New Zealanders will be in Covid-19-induced isolation this Christmas Day.

Terry Hall – lead singer of British ska band The Specials – has died at 63. A few years back, we recorded The Specials' performance at New Plymouth's WOMAD festival. Video, Audio

James Cameron's new Avatar sequel is a beautiful film with a standout performance by young actor Bailey Bass, says Sam Rillstone. (VIDEO)

Katie Fitzgerald investigates the high demand for frozen semen from mostly greyhounds, but also German shepherds, golden retrievers, labradors and bulldogs. Video, Audio

Martin Lodge is one of New Zealand’s foremost composers and is Professor of Music at the University of Waikato. Now nearing 70, there’s something about him that seems eternally young. Audio

Aotearoa was ranked the world's second-best country for safety and fourth-best for gender equality but lost ground on environmental performance and terror threat.

Wānaka snowboarder Zoi Sadowski-Synnott is the first winter sports athlete to win the annual award.

Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir perform a selection of Christmas carols and mix them with music about stars and the mystery of the winter season. Audio

UK artists Elton John and Harry Styles took the top spots on Recorded Music New Zealand's end-of-year charts, but it's also been a record-breaking year for New Zealand albums reaching number one.

Nuclear issues are important to Toshiko Tanaka because on 6 August, 1945, when she was walking to school, her whole class was killed by an atomic bomb in Hiroshima. Audio

Whether you have been naughty or nice this year, RNZ Concert has some lovely things for you over Christmas and the New Year. Here are some listening suggestions.

After more than 21 years championing the arts as presenter of Standing Room Only, Lynn Freeman is saying farewell to RNZ to become Media & Communications Manager at Forest and Bird. It's an honour to have her in for the Mixtape. Audio