Features

Build your Beethoven collection with NZTrio's performance of his eerie 'Ghost Trio', only available for download until the end of the month.

Te Ahi Kaa - Justine Murray joins a regular coffee catch-up with a group of kaumatua. Audio

Today Nick introduces lightning-fast improvisation from guitarist Peter Bernstein, sultry vocals from Andy Bey, and Jaki Byard takes on John Coltrane's 'Giant Steps'. Audio

To make voting extra-easy, we created a list of the top 500 most popular works from the last five years.

Some children seem to be bursting with confidence while an absence of it holds others back. Katy Gosset looks at how we can all learn to be more confident. Audio

Extra Time - Mixed martial arts has undoubtedly been on the up and up as a sport in New Zealand in recent years, but that rise reaches a new high point this weekend. Audio

Hope Gap is the directorial debut of playwright, and screenwriter William Nicholson about the dying relationship of Grace and Edward played by Annette Bening and Bill Nighy. Video, Audio

One adult a week is being admitted to the intensive care unit at Christchurch Hospital because of serious dental infection, a specialist hospital dentist says. Audio

Max Merritt - who died yesterday aged 79 - is best known for 'Slipping Away', a Kiwi anthem from the mid-1970s. But his career stretches all the way back to the very beginning of rock and roll in New Zealand.

The Detail - In warehouses and on backlots in West Auckland, players who contract to the movie industry are making their mark. Audio

Six Aucklanders are heading out on tour for Chamber Music New Zealand playing music of the roaring '20s.  Audio

A five-year collaborative research programme focused protecting Rangitāhua/the Kermadec Islands is underway, one of only four entirely pristine marine ecosystems in the world. Audio

Max Merritt - who died overnight aged 79 - is best known for 'Slipping Away', a Kiwi anthem from the mid-1970s. But his career stretches all the way back to the very beginning of rock and roll in New Zealand.

In contrast to the anger and violence you would expect from a film about gangs, Arli Liberman’s soundtrack to Sam Kelly's Savage is moving and intensely sad. Audio

A farmer has been on the tail of 'Gizzy Shrek' for about four years before finally managing to catch her at Wairakaia Station. Audio

A new study finds the vast majority of consumers want to get broken electrical appliances fixed but are frustrated by how difficult and pricey it is to do so. Audio

Caucus - With eight days, 18 hours, two minutes and 10 seconds until voting starts, party leaders are calling up hit-jobs as they scrap for their political lives. Video, Audio

Despite a fear of flying, conservationist and adventurer Sacha Dench took to the sky in a flimsy-looking motorised paraglider to follow birds' migration routes. Video, Audio

Our Changing World - Lawn owner William Ray looks at the ecological benefits of not mowing and letting your grass grow longer. Audio

A low-budget Kiwi comedy Dead sees a medium join forces with a deceased cop to solve his murder. Starring Thomas Sainsbury, Michael Hurst, Jennifer Ward-Lealand and Hayden J Weal. Video, Audio

The Detail - There is growing alarm about the use of facial recognition technology - especially when the police don't tell us what they're doing in that sphere. Audio

As a country, we should be giving far more consideration to the importance of Moriori language, culture and history, says Dr Grant Morris. Audio

This week in The Sampler Nick Bollinger discusses the quietly instructive narratives of Bill Callahan; songs of lost innocence from The Flaming Lips; and the history-steeped rock'n'roll of Chuck Prophet. Audio

With many of the world's top leagues now back in action, sporting authorities are accommodating athletes who want to campaign for social change reflecting changing attitudes in society, a US sociologist says. Audio