Features

Classifying all stories about women who find love as ‘chick lit’ or ‘romance’ does a disservice to readers and the female experience, says the bestselling English novelist.

Nick Tipping checks out classic big bands from the swing era until the present day, including bands led by Woody Herman, Lionel Hampton, Ella Fitzgerald, and Michael Bublé. Audio

Award-winning Irish harp player Úna ní Fhlannagáin performs live in the RNZ Concert studio. Audio

There is no shortage of Kiwi kids aiming to one day bump Lawson out of his seat on Red Bull’s Formula 1 racing team.

The director of 2019 hit Parasite is back with a sci-fi flick in which a lowly worker is regularly killed doing dangerous jobs, only to be revived to die another day.

Having just clocked up one thousand episodes of At the Movies, reviewer Simon Morris shares his favourite film scores with RNZ Concert's Bryan Crump. Video, Audio

Christchurch Symphony Orchestra principal horn Emma Eden talks to RNZ Concert about her brass band beginnings ahead of her starring role in Benjamin Britten's 'Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings'. Audio

Music development manager and London-trained Kiwi soprano Carleen Ebbs is carving out a musical career back home. Audio

New Zealand collaborative pianist Gracie Francis talks to RNZ Concert's Bryan Crump ahead of her Julliard music school doctoral recital. Video, Audio

Comedian Pete Davidson has revealed his tattoo-free skin. What does that mean for tattooing and its transition from an alternative life to the mainstream?

One of the world's hottest sneaker brands, rarely attributes its name to Māori - but it used to.

The iconic artist calls on his very vivid memories in his new memoir, Hastings: A Boy's Own Adventure, which he wrote in pencil. Audio

The symptoms of burnout are insidious, a clinical psychologist says. Audio

LISTEN: This concert by top New Zealand pianist Michael Houstoun features works by two of the great Romantic composers – Brahms and Rachmaninov. Recorded at The Piano in Ōtautahi/Christchurch by RNZ Concert.

Reb Fountain gives a personal interview to Nick Bollinger on some of the trials and tribulations behind her new album How Love Bends.

Legendary DJ Manuel Bundy picks the tunes on the Mixtape ahead of his show with Black Grace Dance Company - This Is Not A Retrospective, the ultimate interactive dance party at the Auckland Town Hall, Saturday March 22.  Audio

It begins with cash for clothes and phone bills. Then it's uni books. But at what age should the kids start chipping in?

A year ago Kate Evans became the "mad feijoa lady of Raglan".

Chef Chris Waghorn is up at 2am at Auckland's Māngere Refugee Centre, and he'll likely still be in the kitchen for another 12 hours or so every day during March.

Watching movies at home on the sofa might be easy, but it's no match for watching them on the big screen, film buffs say. Video

With garlic setting you back $4 a bulb, this spice can be found at your Indian grocer for a fraction of the price.

Despite plenty of thespian firepower, William Tell misses the mark, writes Simon Morris.

As they put the finishing touches on their sixth album, indie band The Beths will rock the main stage at WOMAD next weekend. Video, Audio

At Rainbow Valley near Tākaka, a group of families run a small farm that benefits the whole community.