Features

ConspiraSeries - In 2018, a huge amount of cooked spaghetti was dumped at a Wellington lookout. Comedian Sieni 'Bubbah' Leo’o Olo can't believe we still don’t know why.

"I feel like I know where every note is going." Audio

For two decades a photography project called I'm Not a Look-Alike has been underway across the globe. Canadian François Brunelle has been taking pictures of doppelgangers, people who are unrelated but look strikingly similar.  Audio

Watch - A teenage bodybuilder must take extreme measures to sculpt the perfect body as he pursues his ultimate goal of winning his first bodybuilding competition.

At 84, Joyce Carol Oates still knows how to strike a nerve, her novel Blonde about Marilyn Monroe is now a film and her latest novel Babysitter is inspired by a series of killings in Detroit in the 1970s. Audio

Jack White and his band gave a powerful performance in Christchurch on Monday night writes James Dann, combining newer material from this year's Fear of the Dawn with older, crowd-pleasing favourites. 

When it comes to agricultural reforms, farming industry groups - and many farmers - know that adaptation and compromise are inevitable. Mediawatch gets the lowdown from the editor of Farmers Weekly. Audio

Actor and playwright Morgana O'Reilly is bringing back her solo theatre show Stories About My Body to Auckland after sold out seasons earlier in the year. Audio

What began as a utopian tech experiment following the 2008 financial crisis has transmogrified into a wildly volatile and unregulated trillion-dollar industry.  Audio

British rock band Yard Act are heading to Aotearoa this summer to play Auckland's Laneway Festival. Video, Audio

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Auckland-based composer Victoria Kelly's latest work Requiem takes inspiration from the work of New Zealand poets and photography. Video, Audio

A tribute to the lap-steel guitarist on the original recording of 'Blue Smoke', and guitarist on several significant early New Zealand pop records, Jim Carter, who died in October 2022, aged 103. Audio

Last week, after nine months of occupation. Russia pulled 30,000 of its troops from the Ukrainian port city of Kherson. Audio

Determined to break the cycle for her tamariki, one wāhine toa turns her troubled life around. (Loading Docs 2022)

Inspired by Goldsmith Baynes' new album E Rere Rā, Nick Tipping presents an hour of jazz sung in te reo Māori. Audio

If you like the sound of whistles, Twickenham was the place to be on Sunday.

76-year-old Fatu Feu'u is passionate about infusing the modern with the ancient. Audio, Gallery

William Dart welcomes back some old-timers: John Sebastian of the Lovin' Spoonful and the chic, 80s synth-pop duo Soft Cell. Audio

New Zealand’s first Tongan swimming champion battles self-doubt and setbacks as she fights for a medal at the Commonwealth Games. (Loading Docs 2022)

 Asparagus with avocado and paprika rye croutons... or zucchini, halloumi & quinoa. Audio

Dunedin band Soaked Oats play a live session celebrating the release of their latest album Working Title. Video, Audio

 Claire Wells delivers gate-to-plate meat boxes to customers around Wairarapa and Wellington. Audio

The Feast of Christ the King is a relatively recent addition to the liturgical calendar, introduced by Pope Pius XI in 1925. We’re celebrating the occasion with hymns including Rejoice! The Lord is king and Crown him with many crowns. Audio

Samoan comedian Bubbah investigates New Zealand’s most bizarre conspiracies in a new RNZ podcast,