Features

Agro-ecologist Nicole Masters tours around the United States in a horse truck, teaching American farmers and winegrowers about soil health. Audio

Before she started weight-lifting, 75-year-old Kaye Payne thought she wouldn't be able to stay in her own home much longer. Now she can dead-lift 50 kilograms. Video, Audio

Sid Sahrawat from the Auckland restaurant Cassia shares a delicious, contemporary Indian recipe.

Nick Tipping offers a specially-chosen set of jazz to help you chase away the last of the wintry weather. Audio

A Hamilton woman who's started up a budding dessert business encourages other Kiwis to look beyond the job ads for their next chapter. Video, Audio

Week in Politics - The prime minister displayed some clever tactics this week, writes Peter Wilson.

 The New Mutants is a waste of an attractive cast and the victim of an overcrowded genre, says Simon Morris. Video, Audio

Extra Time - Netballers Anna Harrison and Jodi Brown, rugby player Adam Thompson, rower Mahé Drysdale and hockey player Shea McAleese talk about why they're still at it. Audio

Laura Marling, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Roger Norrington and Marin Alsop are just some of the stars performing this week in the best of the Proms on RNZ Concert.

In 2012, a Harvard professor produced an ancient manuscript which she said proved Jesus Christ married to Mary Magdalene. Journalist Ariel Sabar explores the curious tale in a new book. Audio

The three finalists for this year’s APRA Maioha Award, which recognises the art of contemporary Māori songwriting, have been announced. Video, Audio

Tim Tipene was raised in two cultures, Pākehā and Māori. A white boy with a Māori name, Tipene constantly faced suspicious questions, typically "How did you get the name Tipene? Audio

RNZ engineer Andre Upston helped record albums for Bic Runga, Dudley Benson, Anika Moa, and more, and for his Mixtape he's chosen seven songs he personally recorded.  Video, Audio

Our Changing World - An ecologist and a mathematician discover that teaching a computer to recognise bird calls from acoustic recorders is an interesting challenge. Audio

For many Pasifika serving their communities is a natural calling, but their contribution to New Zealand through volunteering and unpaid work is not fully recognised. Video

Caucus - Labour's tax policy is tentative, but is it also 'right for right now'? And is it negotiable? Judith Collins' policy releases point to less Crusher, more Kinder. Plus, how to mess up TV debates and the Matariki mood. Audio

Bill and Ted Face The Music - like it says on the tin - follows their excellent adventures 30 years on, Simon Morris loved every minute of it. Video, Audio

Dr Latif Nasser explores the surprising ways we are all linked to each other and the universe in his new Netflix series, Connected: The Hidden Science of Everything. Video, Audio

RNZ’s dedicated music engineer for in-studio or live pop concerts in Auckland, Andre has also worked on albums for Bic Runga, Dudley Benson and Anika Moa. Here are some highlights. Video, Audio

The Detail looks at how Ngāti Whātua is using its treaty settlement it to lift the health and welfare of its people. Audio

A major new study out of the University of Otago shows that fathers of newborn babies can be forgiven for feeling a little hormonal. Audio

Andrew Wakefield falsely linked the MMR vaccine with autism 22 years ago and the repercussions are still being felt today. Journalist Brian Deer helped uncover the scandal and has written a book about it. Audio

Voices - When it comes to mobilising helping hands at the South Auckland Takanini Sikh Gurdwara, there's no dearth of volunteers. Audio

Keith Ovenden's new book, Bill & Shirley, takes an intimate and candid look at the lives of his parents-in-law, the Wellington power couple, Bill Sutch and Shirley Smith. Audio