Features

"Honking is a vibe like if you don't answer with your honk, you're not part of the cool kids. And if you can fit in a gap, it's yours to take." Audio

RNZ's Bryan Crump talks with Grace Wellik, the Auckland Philharmonia's Young Composer-in-Residence for 2025, and Evie Dwyer-Leech, who's part of the orchestra's Learn & Participate team. Audio

 If you grab a store-bought rottiserie chicken, this recipe by Easy Eat's Kelly Gibney can be made easily in 15 minutes.

Rising star, tenor Jordan Fonoti-Fuimaono, has been awarded this year's Dame Malvina Major Foundation Scholarship. Audio

Born in the Santa Fe desert, New Mexico, and then raised in the mountains of southern New Zealand, Holly Arrowsmith’s Americana-tinged folk & country sound has been awarded APRA's 'Best country song' award twice. Her latest album Blue Dreams has been critically acclaimed. We asked Holly to curate this week's RNZ Mixtape. Audio

A battle has broken out between the two stadium visions vying for Auckland's future. Ahead of a crucial decision due in March, Chris Schulz enters the fray. Video

It was a big ask, not to mention a big task, but over the course of the summer we (almost) made it through my carefully curated line-up of kid classics. Video

iSpyNits founder Kate Ricketts says she's heard of parents resorting to drastic measures to get rid of nits, including kerosene, fly spray and flea treatment.

Singer and actor Cher's stellar career spans six decades. She talks to RNZ's Jesse Mulligan about looking back in her new The Memoir, Part One. Audio

A stage show coming to the Auckland Arts Festival, created by his widow, pays tribute to the legendary song and dance man. Audio

Out in Paris to cover the 2007 Rugby World Cup, Glen Scanlon meets a wanted man, a numerologist who makes eerie predictions, and a wild Australian housemate in one place.

Twenty-five years ago the fate of kōkako looked bleak, but concerted efforts have turned the tide. Audio

Musician Finn Andrews talks about the difference between songwriting and poetry, overcoming impostor syndrome and using ChatGPT for song blurbs. Video, Audio

International news is so "uniformly bleak" that Sir Sam Neill feels better for not following it too closely these days. After filming two TV shows last year, the 77-year-old is enjoying a low-key summer on his farm. Video, Audio

"It's pretty cool, like I'll put that on my CV for sure" - Caitlyn Lewin.

Lead actors Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh trigger all sorts of emotions without being too manipulative about it, writes Dan Slevin.

Charles Wesley’s hymn Love divine, all loves excelling is the choice of not one but three listeners in this week’s programme of Summer Hymn Requests. You can also hear Honour the dead, Shirley Murray’s hymn for Anzac Day, and a beautiful a cappella rendition by the Tapestry Chamber Singers of It is well with my soul. Audio

Christchurch folk singer Holly Arrowsmith is carving out a music career that isn't internet-dependent. Video, Audio

RNZ's money correspondent Susan Edmunds answers your questions.

Colman Domingo summons deep wells of pain and pride as a maximum security inmate, writes Dan Slevin. Video, Audio

The Wellington visual effects company was recognised for world-class work on Alien: Romulus, Better Man and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.

Who was it that dropped a stack of racy romantic novels into random mailboxes in a Wellington harbourside suburb? Local painter Richard Dalziel has owned up.

What the experts say about eating food after you've dropped it.

Timothée Chalamet shines in his portrayal of the protean Bob Dylan in director James Mangold's A Complete Unknown, writes Dan Slevin.