Features

A Netflix expose FIFA Uncovered looks at how football, sponsorship, politics, money and power came together to create a an organisation that fell far from the ideals of the 'beautiful game'. Audio, Gallery

Almost everything we think we know about food is wrong, says genetic epidemiologist and award-winning author Professor Tim Spector, whose latest book Food for Life gives a stark warning on processed foods. Audio

As Devoney Looser wrote recently for the Washington Post, if we want to look for great women writers, perhaps we should look beyond the shadow of Jane Austen or Charlotte and Emily Brontë and look for originality in other ways.  Audio

Silver Fern great Katrina Rore wore her heart on her sleeve and fought for every Test cap she got across her international career, writes Bridget Tunnicliffe.

  Earlier this year, NZ recorded the largest-ever sponge bleaching event off its southern coastline - with major repercussions likely for the ecosystem.

Whether you’re planning on a Christmas Day BBQ or just enjoying a summer evening meal, Simon Gault shares his tips for perfectly cooked meat on the barbie.  Audio

Meet Rhea Moss-Christian the first woman executive director of the Pacific Tuna Commission.
 

Los Angeles post punk trio Automatic are set to bring their unique sound to Aotearoa in January next year. Video, Audio

Izzy Glaudini, Halle Saxon and Lola Dompé talk to Charlotte Ryan about how they create their sound, their close family ties to Bauhaus and what life is like for musicians in 2022. Video, Audio

Five years ago, a group of six Wellington friends starting talking about the idea of living together in a purpose built co-housing complex -  the Buckley Project is now finished. Audio

One of the country's leading wildlife veterinary experts warns a heavy-handed response may be needed to limit damage if a particularly infectious strain of bird flu reaches our shores. Video, Audio

New Zealand musician Lawrence Arabia, aka James Milne, visits Afternoons for a live session and chat. Video, Audio

British music journalist Jude Rogers explores music as a portal to "new places and new feelings or places to put feelings" in her new book The Sound of Being Human. Video, Audio

For more than 30 years, media producers have been able to bid for money from the public purse to make programmes. Next year things will be different. Audio

Christchurch woman Harriet Watson is running 650 kilometres to raise awareness of endometriosis - a uterine condition that affects one in ten New Zealand women.

Opinion - Writer and comedian Michelle A'Court weighs in on whether New Zealand's voting age should be lowered to 16.

A "sexist question" at a press conference involving Jacinda Ardern generated international media criticism this week. Local reporters fared better covering a couple refusing medical treatment for their sick baby. Audio

From the same land and culture that gave us that most rigorous of movie directors, Ingmar Bergman, as well those super troupers ABBA, come the Söderberg sisters, Johanna and Klara, and their band First Aid Kit. William Dart investigates. Audio

New Zealand running legend and disability advocate Sir Murray Halberg died this week, aged 89. Back in 1970, he told RNZ about winning an Olympic gold medal a decade earlier. Video, Audio

"If you want to deal with the dying, deal with your own shit first." That piece of expert advice shaped palliative care nurse Susan Marsden's career. Audio

Country Life checks out a 127-kilometre predator control project along the Marlborough and North Canterbury coast. Audio

Post-punk trio Automatic bring their unique sound to Aotearoa this January. Video, Audio

A group of older Wellingtonians are getting creative in theatre-based programmes run by the charitable trust Voice Arts.  Audio

When hymn writer Shirley Murray was on an editorial panel preparing a collection of NZ-written carols in the 1990s, she found there weren't many with an Advent theme. So she wrote one! You can hear Look Towards Christmas in this week’s programme. Audio

Speech and language therapist Christian Wright has tips on how parents can support their kids to learn impulse control. Audio