Features

WATCH - Marvel Studios' latest film is profoundly sad in certain moments, says Samuel Rillstone, but Mexican actor Tenoch Huerta does an amazing job as the complex villain Namor.

Composer Ross Harris shares colourful snapshots from his life and career. Audio

November 13 is World Day of the Poor in the Catholic liturgical calendar. We’re marking the date in Hymns on Sunday with Graham Kendrick’s Beauty for Brokenness and Bread for the World by Bernadette Farrell. Audio

Elliott Childs reviews fresh releases from Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin, Punch Brothers and Sports Dreams. Audio

Composer and Arts Laureate Ross Harris dives deep into his musical past, sharing colourful snapshots from his life and career for the 2022 Lilburn Lecture. Audio

Nick Tipping checks out NZ jazz legends Linn Lorkin and Paul Dyne, plus tracks from Wynton Kelly, Jonah Jones and Frankie Trumbauer. Audio

Eltham couple David and Maria Hancock have been baking thousands of gingernuts with a recipe from local treasure Helena Marion Barnard. Audio

Jacqueline Bublitz chats to Kathryn Ryan about the solo New York sojourn on which she wrote her award-winning debut novel Before You Knew My Name. Audio

Jess Daniell shares the recipe for melt-in-your-mouth beef tacos with a zingy salsa.

All Quiet on the Western Front is the first German adaptation of the famous novel about World War I. Produced by and featuring Daniel Brühl, it's currently showing on Netflix. Video, Audio

More than 50 of Aotearoa's loveliest gardens feature in Rosemary Barraclough and Juliet Nicholas's new book New Zealand Gardens to Visit. Audio

The Reserve Bank is standing by its review of monetary policy and says political attacks against it are similar to those against its equivalents around the world, writes Russel Palmer.

We've collaborated with Massey University Press to publish 180 recipes from the archives in the new RNZ Cookbook.

This week four backbencher bills got a shot at glory. Two were gloriously popular, one successful but contentious, and one pipped at the legislative post. Audio

Ceana Priest is mum to six year old Finn, and she's been taking him on outdoor adventures since he was a baby. She’s just released her third book: Kid Friendly Adventures: Auckland - The Ultimate Family Guidebook.  Audio

Alongside Tami Neilson, Rob Ruha, BENEE, Alien Weaponry and others, this year's awards were a testament to the passion and commitment displayed by the local music scene.

Vanuatu national football team captain Brian Kaltak is a star of a new documentary alongside the skippers of Brazil and Croatia.

An impressive cast lift My Policeman, a story of forbidden love in the 1950s, and its ramification 40 years later, above the pedestrian, writes Simon Morris. Video, Audio

Over a million vintage New Zealand photographs, destined for landfill after the US company contracted to digitise them went bust in 2013, have been saved. US archivist Daniel Miller says it's been quite a saga. Audio

Analysis - The 'red wave' that wasn't promises to complicate the rest of Joe Biden's term. But for his rival, Donald Trump, the future is even more uncertain. Video

Our Changing World - Summer is on its way, and this week we're exploring both the power and the peril of the sun. Audio

Northlander Sacha Williamson is the country's first female freedive instructor trainer, and just one of two nationwide. Freediving is exploring underwater with a single breath, Williamson can hold hers for over 4 minutes. Audio

The Wonder is a new film by Chilean director Sebastián Lelio, about an apparent miracle in 19th century rural Ireland, starring Florence Pugh. Video, Audio

In her new book; Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It, Janina Ramirez brings to life the medieval women that have been forgotten, underwritten, or deliberately erased from history. Audio