Features

A case of Covid-19 One is probably on the Christmas wishlist of zero New Zealanders. Epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker has advice on how to steer clear of the virus. Audio

The season of Advent begins today – a time of waiting and expectation leading up to Christmas. Sing along to favourite Advent hymns including O come, Emmanuel and Come, thou long-expected Jesus. Audio

Hawke's Bay farm manager Viliata Junior Fonoti Taulago has been known to bust moves in the paddock. Video, Audio

On Inside Out this week, Nick Tipping focuses on jazz manouche, a genre created by Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli, and carried on by modern masters Angelo DeBarre, Stochelo Rosenberg, and Biréli Lagrène. Audio

ConspiraSeries: What's with airline pilots drawing penises with their jetstream? Bubbah enters the cockpit to find out.

Joyce Morton transforms her Mt Roskill home into the North Pole every October.

Three years ago, Justine Schroder converted her Kaikōura farm shed into a boutique small-bath gin distillery. Audio

Popular health writer Michael Mosley chats to Susie Ferguson about the scientifically sound advice in Just One Thing - How Simple Changes Can Transform Your Life. Audio

Oscar-nominated actor Richard E Grant is in Auckland to perform his deeply personal live show An Evening with Richard E Grant. Audio

The success of weightlifters like David Liti at the Commonwealth Games has given the sport a boost, especially among the Pasifika community.

Canterbury locals have been seeing big-ass wild cats for over 50 years - and they’ve got the receipts. Sieni 'Bubbah' Leo’o Olo gets scared in this episode of ConspiraSeries.

English comedian Alan Carr is back in Aotearoa to perform a very personal show about divorce and its aftermath. Video, Audio

Our Changing World - Genome sequencing has become a household term during this pandemic. This week, we explore how it became an important tool in the fight against Covid-19. Audio

Emily is a fictionalized biography of the three Brontë sisters, Charlotte, Anne and Emily. In particular it's about how Emily's masterpiece Wuthering Heights was created. Video, Audio

Today's highly processed diet is "a complete mismatch to what the brain needs," says psychologist Julia Rucklidge. Video, Audio

Paul Stanley Ward of the conservation project Capital Kiwi tells Jesse Mulligan about the mission to restore a wild kiwi population to the Wellington area. Video, Audio

This year, Dante's Pizzeria Napoletana was named the 65th-best pizzeria in the world. Kathryn Ryan finds out why their simple sourdough-based pizzas are such a winner. Audio, Gallery

She Said tells how the New York Times took on Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein and along the way inspired the #Me Too movement.   Video, Audio

Did you know Aotearoa had one of the world’s most famous UFO sightings in the 1970s? If not, comedian Sieni “Bubbah” Leo’o Olo can help you stop EMBARRASSING YOURSELF.

WATCH - Jess Fu grabs a drink with musician Samara Alofa to talk teen raves, liturgical singing and their brooding first album Earth Punk.

A mysterious outbreak of tic disorders among young people leads Dr Robert Bartholomew to question whether social media is making us sick. (Loading Docs 2022)

With the establishment of a Loss and Damage fund, the Pacific appears to have benefited from COP27 in Egypt. But can it be described as a successful summit? Rachael Nath finds some very worrying concerns.

The Barefoot Investor – a best-selling book by financial advisor Scott Pape – is said to be in one in 20 Australian homes.Pape's new book Barefoot Kids is about children and money.   Audio

A mother writes of the horror and helplessness vulnerable people and health workers face at emergency departments.