Features

Claudia Campbell thought she'd be looking after the dogs while her glam mum and sister went to the Melbourne. Then she discovered she was a contender.

An Evening with Stephen Fry is about to hit the stage in New Zealand and takes an inside look into his life. Audio

Northland vet Rory Dean tells Country Life about his new book Adventures of a Country Vet.

Historian Michael Belgrave writes about New Zealand's complicated and fascinating past in Becoming Aotearoa - our first major national history volume in 20 years. Audio

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Award-winning writer Patrick Ness leans into absurdist comedy in Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody - his new book for 8-to-11-year-olds. Audio

Maggie Tweedie meets Jurassic 5 rapper and visual artist Chali 2na. Audio

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Rotorua scientists are turning sticky goo produced by tough little bugs into nutritious animal feed.

Delaney Davidson and Barry Saunders are back together again with a new album, titled Happiness in Near. William Dart checks whether it lives up to its optimistic title. Audio

US presidential candidate Donald Trump has publicly condemned The Apprentice - a recent film about his rise to fame - as "fake and classless".  

Marking the Feast of All Saints today with William Walsham How's great hymn For All the Saints. Audio

"Don't sweat it. It's actually nothing to do with you," was the advice from British pop star Rick Astley's teen daughter when a meme made him internet-famous in the late 2000s. Video, Audio

Tom Hanks and Robin Wright turn in emotion-filled performances in Here - a movie that feels like a play.

Feast your eyes on a "glowing and glorious" Waikato holiday home designed with energy-saving principles.

"That's literally the most important thing for our brain - learning how to push through tolerable stress experiences,"  clinical psychologist Kathryn Berkett tells Nine to Noon. Audio

DJ Tina Turntables has DJ’d every kind of party, from outdoor festivals to dive bars, as well as after parties for Peaches, Fleetwood Mac, Prince, The Black Keys, and The Rolling Stones. Audio

Local band Big Sur arrived in the RNZ studio with a banjo, double bass, and saxophone to play songs from their new EP Black Mountain. Audio

Some residents surrounding Eden Park said it was the loudest concert they had heard. Whether that's true is hard to say.

For 18 years, the department store has been putting on "mammoth" Christmas displays - but the writing is on the wall.

Filmmaker Luke Graham didn't have to look far for the subject of his latest documentary. He's turned his lens on his father: Mark Graham. Video, Audio

Salmonella Dub originator Andrew Penman aka DJ Rudeboy talks to Charlotte Ryan about how the community of Whakatu, writer Keri Hulme, and our cultural history influenced the new album For all Things Alive. Audio

Marcus Norman, recently appointed manager of Christchurch arts venue The Piano, talks with Bryan Crump. Audio

Review - The sold-out show at Eden Park was full of energy, from both the rapper and the 50,000 strong crowd.

Some directors played off the genuine fear in their child actors while others protected their young talent.

It's 350 years since the death of English composer Pelham Humphrey at age 27. Corrina Connor talks with RNZ Concert's David Morriss about why he should be remembered, and his contribution to English ecclesiastical music. Audio