Features

We’re marking Waitangi Day with a selection of hymns featuring New Zealand hymn writers and New Zealand choirs. Audio

Harold Arlen's name may be less familiar than Irving Berlin or Cole Porter, but he wrote some of the most iconic tunes in jazz. He's the focus of Nick's Summer Songbook Series on Inside Out this week, Audio

British singer Yola tells Tony Stamp about her fight for musical freedom. Video, Audio

Forty-nine years after the first women's Cricket World Cup, New Zealand is about to host the tournament. Jimmy Ellingham speaks to members of the 1973 team about their memories on and off the field. Video

The Hating Game is a romantic comedy about two publishing executives struggling with their mixed feelings for each other. Video, Audio

Auckland ceramist Peter Lange talks about his passion for painting bricks and other recent adventures with the kiln. Audio, Gallery

Listen to Lyttelton poet Ben Brown, Aotearoa's first Reading Ambassador, deliver the 2021 Margaret Mahy Memorial Lecture. Audio

Nelson-based counsellor Rebekah Ballagh posts daily mental health tips on her hugely popular Instagram account journey to wellness. Audio

A heart-broken dog owner has appealed for the return of her pet after he bolted from her tent on New Year's Eve. The beloved Jack Russell, Pārore, went missing when he was spooked by fireworks on holiday in Taranaki. Audio, Gallery

The state should lead market innovations to address humanity's biggest problems, renowned economist Mariana Mazzucato says. Audio

Dan Slevin reviews the new coming-of-age comedy by Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza. Video, Audio

Opinion: The news that all the men's Super Rugby teams are off to Queenstown for the foreseeable future is a curveball almost no one wanted, but it is important to balance out what this means for the competition.

The government is boosting support for the arts sector following the shift to the red traffic light setting and continuing pressure on the sector. Audio

It's time to rethink how often you mow - and there are financial and environmental benefits to not mowing your lawn so often, a plant ecologist says.  Audio

Opinion - New Zealand has managed to stamp out onward transmission of the Delta variant, which means it's not dealing with a "double epidemic" and has a better chance to tackle Omicron's spread, experts say. Video

 97-year-old Tā Robert Gillies, or 'Koro Bom' as he's known across Te Arawa, served in World War II.

Mark Rogers celebrates the birth of ace bass player James Jamerson with a selection of his finest moments for the Motown label. Audio

Our Changing World joins a meteorite hunt on the South Island’s West Coast and learns what these rocks from space can tell us about the early formation of our solar system. Audio

Marvelous Mrs Maisel is back, a new Victorian costume drama debuts and the story of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee is told. RNZ's Perlina Lau takes a look at the best TV on the streamers in February.

Landowners and public voluntarism will continue play a key role in efforts to protect biodiversity in New Zealand, the Department of Conservation's new boss says. Audio

There is no doubt life is becoming much more expensive in New Zealand as inflation hits a three-decade high. The question will be how we support those most disadvantaged by these trends, Murat Ungor writes.

Kate MacDonald's new business Davaar & Co is taking wool from her family property and producing homespun-style jerseys. The entire product range is being manufactured in New Zealand. Audio

Laura Lochhead's a designer who founded the company Pocket Space Interiors. She spoke with Jesse Mulligan about some of the fundamentals of good interior design and storage in smaller spaces. Audio

Tony Stamp begins the year with local dance-fusion courtesy of Julien Dyne, a third album of covers from the eccentric Chan Marshall AKA Cat Power and a celebration of fatherhood by British singer Orlando Weeks. Audio