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For when you crave the homely flavours of pizza and also something a little bit special.  

Music critic and commentator, Elizabeth Kerr recalls feisty New Zealand music writers from last century, outlines her journey in a media landscape where arts coverage is shrinking, and offers some ideas for the restoration of music criticism for the 2024 Lilburn Lecture. Video, Audio

Review: Music by John Williams restores your faith in the power of cinema to transport you. Video

William Dart celebrates the return of Moana and the Tribe after a decade of recording silence with their new album Ono. Audio

Marking World Day of the Poor in Hymns on Sunday this week. Pope Francis established this day in the Catholic liturgical calendar in 2017 - a Sunday set aside to reflect on how poverty is at the very heart of the Gospel. This year's theme is "The prayer of the poor rises up to God". Audio

Want to forget yourself for a while? Listen to Bic Runga's often-overlooked third album, writes Nick Bollinger.

A marine isopod that resembles a prehistoric garden bug is now formally known as 'pentaceration forkandbrewer'.

Gig review - On Wednesday night the 47-year-old pop singer skipped around Eden Park like a little kid in a candy store, writes Nicky Park. Audio

"Is it normal that at the end of my lunch, at the last mouthful, I feel a little bit sad that it's over for the day?" - Jesse Mulligan.

The big tech companies that own dating apps are manipulating and overcharging their vulnerable users without delivering results, says a UK tech journalist. Audio

British-born trumpeter, teacher and conductor Vickie van Uden talks about embracing the brass music whanau of Christchurch. Video, Audio

A team of young music and visual artists are creating spaces in the capital city for people to get goofy and dance.

Beloved children's book and CD The Underwatermelon Man and other Unreasonable Rhymes is back after 25 years. Video, Audio

The Our Flag Means Death actor says he's excited to return to the stage "a bit older, a bit wiser but mostly a bit sillier".

Review: Secure your 3D moon googles and slip on a compostable plant-based LED wristband. Audio

Vasily Petrenko returns to Aotearoa to lead New Zealand Symphony Orchestra concerts in Wellington and Auckland. He talks with RNZ Concert's David Morriss about the complex job of a conductor, which involves much more than the work onstage in front of an orchestra. Audio

Kai Tahu musician and taonga pūoro practitioner Ruby Solly has made 248 different pūtangitangi, all part an exhibition called (Pū)oro.

The NZ rock legends have been talking about it for two years, but this summer they will tour the country for the last time. Audio

Some women say they are protesting Trump's re-election by swearing off men. Will the idea fizzle?

Orbital is a slim poetic novel following six astronauts over a day onboard the International Space Station.

The winner of this year's Lockwood NZ Aria competition talks about why she came back to singing after giving it away for a decade. Audio

A new musical version of Tolkien's epic novels is an all-singing, all-dancing immersion into Middle-earth.

Mark Oremland mixes classical music with classic planes. Video, Audio

Mike McIntyre folded down his client's ear to get a "clear workspace" for his clippers and spotted an angry-looking skin lesion.