Features

After 11 long years, Wellington's Thrashing Marlin has come up with a new album, Wildlife, more immediate in impact and mellow in tone than the band's previous outings. Audio

Although Binge Eating Disorder (or BED) affects more people than anorexia and bulimia combined, most sufferers are going without diagnosis or treatment. Video, Audio

Imagine if you had to pledge loyalty to the Chinese state just to use your bathroom mirror... maybe you already did.

After a damaging October frost,  Bay of Plenty kiwifruit grower Dave Trafford has vines which are luscious and green mere metres away from barren roots. Audio

WATCH - Kīngi is a young father-to-be working to revive te reo Māori and tikanga in his Northland community.

Hymns for All Saints' Day and Reformation Day in this week's programme, and there's a spiritual from Auckland's The Graduate Choir which is celebrating its 21st birthday this year. Audio

The Mixtape - The Dixie Chicks' version of 'Landslide' tops the list for Six60 singer Matiu Walters. Video, Audio

The Detail - Tomato soup on paintings, milk poured out in supermarket aisles... with some well-publicised protests, it's hard to understand the point.

Nick Tipping checks out Jazz Alchemy, a new album by Queenstown-based multi-instrumentalist and composer Cliff Leatherbarrow. Audio

Buffy Ellen Gill shares a delicious recipe for a fudgey plant-based tart.

WATCH - Xavier upholds the mana of his beloved tupuna through serving his community and caring for his baby son.

Spencer Kahu has been farming in the Kaikōura District since he was 14. Audio

People get pretty excited about former wrestler Dwayne Johnson (aka The Rock) but Simon Morris finds his first comic-book franchise film pretty awful. Video, Audio

Dr Ashley Bloomfield chats about some "cracking good" podcasts, books and songs he's been enjoying since stepping down as Director General of Health. Video, Audio

New Series:  In this episode of Blue Smoke - our audio history of popular music recorded in New Zealand in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, Chris Bourke celebrates the early advocates of the blues in Aotearoa. Audio

TV presenter and proud dad Pio Terei chats to Kathryn Ryan about the important life skills parents can impart to their children. Audio

The Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard is estimated to be heating six times faster than the global average. What is being done to save it?

Harry knew university wasn’t for him and papa kāinga life was, but the expectations of whānau and a Pākehā system threw him off his path.  Now he’s making up for lost time.

It's been decades since the distinctive calls of the cheeky native parrot have been heard in New Plymouth, but the bird is back. Audio

If you're a big sports fan, see this documentary, says Simon Morris.​ If you're not a big sports fan, see it anyway. Video, Audio

He's one of New Zealand's best-known chefs but a new biography takes an intimate look at the life of Simon Gault beyond his culinary skills.    Audio

Should athletes - especially those in financially struggling sports - have a say on which companies are splashed over the uniforms they wear?  Audio

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A group of naked cyclists will pedal around the Coromandel town of Waihi next month to highlight the vulnerability of road biking and the overuse of cars. Audio

WATCH - Gifted barber Jimmy Wright remembers his childhood, a broken relationship, and the injustice he has lived with since his mother's passing.