Features

The Detail - California-based Kiwi couple on a year of pandemic lockdown, riots, heatwave and now wildfires. Audio

Caucus - Welcome to the recession, with giant debt, spending and unemployment that make previous campaigns look like Lilliput. Video, Audio

Cut Throat City is The Wu Tang Clan's RZA's third feature, a heist tale set in New Orleans immediately after the disastrous Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Video, Audio

ACT leader David Seymour says he doesn't support splashing the cash, and crushes on a Scooby Snack-loving cartoon. Video

Twenty-seven-years ago former New Zealand cricket captain John Wright had a conversation with Australian rookie Justin Langer, which set the fledgling batsman on a transformational path, by Bridget Tunnicliffe.

Our Changing World - Emily Parker and her team at Victoria University of Wellington are identifying the genes that allow fungi to create natural medicinal compounds. Audio

Neil Finn teams up with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and a choir of New Zealand pop and folk singers to perform songs from his album Out Of Silence and highlights from his distinguished career. Video, Audio

Pacific women have been urged to seek decision-making roles, and join boards and councils to fight corruption.

A 29 year-old has become just the second woman to win an open seat in the Bougainville parliament.

Strict eligibility rules are discouraging Pasifika netball players in New Zealand from representing their heritage.

A missing father, a mysterious cassette tape and a clutch of memories inspired Troy Kingi’s funky, slinky, retro-70s sounding album The Ghost of Freddie Cesar. Video, Audio

"The only thing I can bring to [songwriting] is my perspective on the things that I've been through." Audio

The pandemic may bring a silver lining for the dwindling and economically-pressured middle-classes as economies are forced to become more self-sufficient and make products at home, economist Jeff Rubin says. Audio

Patrick Gower joined Jesse Mulligan to talk about his recent documentary projects, his career and some of his favourite things. Audio

Nick Bollinger discusses an album of memories and ghosts from Troy Kingi; an unearthed slice of 1981 post-punk from Auckland band the Techtones; and David Long's colourful soundtrack for television series The Luminaries. Audio

Every day we do something 25,000 times and mostly we do it wrong, says journalist James Nestor in a new book. Audio

Video - Green Party Co-leader James Shaw finds himself in a tiff with another leader and pushes his priorities for the party. Video

"I like the idea of playing - so the symphony references some childlike music alongside more adult themes." Anthony Ritchie tells us about the premiere of his fifth symphony 'Childhood' in Dunedin this Saturday. Audio

Analysis - For a subset of Covid-19 survivors, the illness has lingered - they're just not getting better. What's going on, and what could help? Louise Thornley investigates.

Jay Shetty is a former monk whose motivation videos online have garnered more than 6.5 billion views. Video, Audio

Presenting six brand new tunes from The Phoenix Foundation, Throwing Muses, Estère, Lontalius, Giveon and Paul Kelly & Paul Grabowsky... Video, Audio

A US study has found men who conform more to traditional masculine norms are more likely to be reluctant to wear masks. Audio

Dental hygienist and founder of Your Smile is Important To Me Grace Maguire joined Jesse Mulligan to talk about what causes tooth decay and how to prevent it. Audio

If ever there was an idea whose time had come it may be a TV movie called Toke. A comedy drama about three small town friends who discover a super strain of weed. Audio, Gallery