Features

Psychologist Ashley Whillans has surveyed thousands of adults around the world about time and money. Unsurprisingly, most people focus too much on working and making more money, and not enough on having more time.  Audio

LAIIKA are best friends Grace Moller (daughter of Buzz from Voom!) and Heidi Simpson. The Auckland pop duo release their debut single ‘Crush’ tomorrow, and RNZ Music is stoked to give you a sneak preview.

RNZ Music is excited to share this special live performance of traditional Māori Catholic hymn ‘Ka Waiata ki a Maria’. The performance is part of a show by 21 UK-based New Zealand singers, which is available to watch now.

The ability to copy another person is crucial for learning to speak and interact socially, says speech and language therapist Christian Wright. Audio

Arielle Keil was the star turn at our country's first-ever transgender awareness event in New Plymouth.

American singer Lera Lynn has a special way with minor and major chords. William Dart looks at how she employs this talent to make her own powerful observations on life and its issues. Audio

Kiwi musician Emily Edrosa plays tracks from her debut album Another Wave is Coming. Video, Audio

Summer strawberries, creamy feta, fragrant tangelo juice and crunchy pistachios give toast a burst of summer flavour.

You're close to buying an apartment but how to know you're choosing the right one? University of Auckland lecturer Bill McKay has tips on what to check out. Audio

New Zealand opera singers living in the UK filled the performance void with a special one-off concert at the Royal Albert Hall recently. Audio

Country Life - Grizz is one of the hundreds of working dogs veterinarian Tara Gower visits for an annual check-up at this time of year. Audio

RNZ's Tony Stamp, writer Mohamed Hassan and Strangelove Records boss Ben Stevens present six brand new tunes. Video, Audio

This week Nick features music by Ray Brown and John Coltrane, and big band jazz from Canadian pianist Brian Dickinson. Audio

"In a Pasifika context, there's a lot of shame - there's definitely a lot of shame around being trans masculine."

Sadly, Sarah Johnston is departing Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision this week, so we hear some of the archives’ greatest hits - and a few of her favourite pieces of archived audio. Audio

Analysis - Opinions are divided over the Reserve Bank's Funding for Lending Programme and Tourism Minister Stuart Nash proposes a "reset" for the industry aimed at big-spending visitors.

Rams stars Sam Neill and Michael Caton as two sheep-owning brothers dealing with an outbreak of disease in the region. Video, Audio

Writer Ben Brown held a writing workshop earlier this year at Te Puna Wai ō Tuhinapo - the Oranga Tamariki Youth Justice Residence facility in Christchurch. Audio

WATCH - The RMA gets a lot of flak for being complex and outdated. Change is in the pipeline, but do we risk throwing out the good points of the RMA as well as the bad?

Author Laura Bates investigates the dark corners of the internet where violent misogyny flourishes, she says boys are being groomed, using social media platforms, into online communities of female hatred and violence. Audio

When your dad is a big Virat Kohli fan, there is a good chance that you're going to play cricket and that was the case for schoolgirl Ashtuti Kumar, writes Barry Guy.

Julien Van Mellaerts shares the joy of singing with Kiwi artists in England ahead of the world premiere of Whānau: Voices of Aotearoa, far from home - an incredibly emotional selection of songs from Aotearoa and the Pacific. Audio

Widescreen - Dan Slevin reviews Netflix’s hottest new mini-series about a brilliant chess player who conquered the world's Grand Masters in the 1960s.

A social enterprise is celebrating indigenous wāhine of Aotearoa through kōrero paki or storytelling. Audio