Features

Power Play - Call it what you want - canny politics or a left-wing betrayal - Labour's tax plan is far from transformational. Even National could barely muster much outrage, Craig McCulloch writes.

Widescreen - Dan Slevin hates it when he likes things he is supposed to hate. And he loved Ted Lasso a new comedy about an American Football coach brought to the UK to manage a struggling soccer team.

Music 101's Tony Stamp visited the rapper Diggy Dupé at his family home to talk about balancing music with a 9-5 job, and representing the central Auckland Pacific Island community. Video, Audio

The Donald Trump presidency will likely end in November, according to life-long Republican and Trump critic David Frum, but much will depend on black voter turnout in swing states. Audio

All the qualities that made Whale Rider so special have gone into the making of the Disney blockbuster Mulan, says acclaimed film-maker Niki Caro. Audio

The golden rule for working at home is to pretend you are still at the office so that work does not intrude on personal time leading to sleep disruption, a US professor says. Audio

Caitlin Moran’s new book tackles the challenges of middle age with the same passion, candour and humour that endeared her to readers of her best-selling feminist memoir How To Be A Woman. Audio

Music 101's Tony Stamp visited the rapper at his family home to talk about balancing music with a 9-5 job, and representing the central Auckland Pacific Island community. Video, Audio

The Detail - The pandemic has brought out the amateur share traders and a new app is helping them access the stock market. Audio

Australian cleaning specialist Sandra Pankhurst has undertaken some of the toughest jobs imaginable. Violent crime scenes, meth labs and hoarder's houses are all in a day's work. Audio

Music 101 - Mick Jagger and Keith Richards on the 1973 Goats Head Soup album and bringing previously unreleased tracks -including one with Jimmy Page - to light in a new 2020 stereo mix of the album. Video, Audio

Download your own copy of Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto played by Louis Lortie with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.

The medical profession is still ill-equipped to deal with the intricacies of headaches and how to manage them, according to a neuroscientist. Audio

New local film Savage follows character Danny across three decades of his life, from timid boy to brutal gang enforcer. Director Sam Kelly talks casting, gangs and the power of face tattoos. Video, Audio

Country Life - Some out of work airline pilots have found rural jobs and many more are considering roles as large machinery operators and tractor drivers. Audio

WATCH - Comedian David Correos joins James Nokise to talk about bad words, bad friends and bad times. Audio

Chart topping Kiwi rock band Fur Patrol have launched a PledgeMe campaign to raise up to $20,000 to release their debut album Pet on vinyl.

Widescreen - Dan Slevin checks out Disney’s live-action Mulan.

There's a new online cultural phenomenon for super devoted celebrity fans. It's called Stan and is based on Eminem's dark character in a song about an obsessed fan. Audio

Keith Richards says Goats Head Soup was the result of Mick Jagger and him working separately on songs and then putting the album together. "It was an interesting album to make." Video, Audio

Entrepreneur Jenene Crossan became number 37 on the list of confirmed coronavirus cases in this country back in March, but is still suffering from associated health issues six months down the track. Audio

Opinion - Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon hoped our 'team of five million' would avoid conflating Covid-19 with stereotypes about South Auckland and the Pacific community – he was disappointed.

Mediawatch -  Australian media outlets - and one here - have backed a drug to treat Covid-19 even though there's no reliable proof yet it will help many patients. Video, Audio

Country Life - State housing tenants north of Wellington are turning their backyards into small farms to help feed hundreds of locals. Video, Audio