Features

David Clark stepped down as Health Minister after making the Prime Minister’s position heading into an election untenable, according to political commentator Tim Watkin. Audio

Expect massive social unrest if austerity measures are forced on the public to pay governments’ massive post-Covid fiscal stimulus packages, an expert on New Zealand’s political economy says. Audio

The Detail - The Finance Minister says international students aren't coming back to NZ any time soon. How will schools that have come to rely on the money they bring in now going to cut their cloth to fit? Audio

The fifth presidential vote in Bougainville is shaping as the most open ever.

RNZ Music is proud to present the new single and video from Auckland musician and producer Sola Rosa. ‘For The Mighty Dollar’ is the second single from his upcoming album Chasing The Sun.

Our Changing World - Alison Ballance eavesdrops on the songs of the world's southern-most mammal, the Weddell seal, and finds out about sea ice Audio

Hollie Fullbrook of Tiny Ruins and her friend, American singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten, caught via video chat to have a yarn and play a couple of gorgeous covers of one another's songs.

Journalist Caralise Trayes interviewed lawyers, doctors, ethicists and clerics about assisted dying for her debut book The Final Choice. Audio

RNZ Music is proud to announce new video series NZ Hip Hop Stand Up, which is out July 23rd. Featuring Scribe, Ladi6, Church & AP and more, each episode features an influential track from Aotearoa hip hop's 30-year history.

We're proud to present our new video series NZ Hip Hop Stand Up, out July 23rd. Featuring Scribe, Ladi6, Church & AP and more, each episode features an influential track from Aotearoa hip hop's 30-year history.

An extraordinary prehistoric landscape secret has been revealed in the UK. New research published in the journal Internet Archaeology outlines the discovery and mapping of a giant circle of buried shafts near Stonehenge.  Audio, Gallery

Voices - Rose isn’t exactly your typical truck-driver - she’s petite but packs a punch wrangling her Class 4 truck. Not quite what she expected to end up doing when she left the refugee camp she lived in for 20 years in Nepal.  Audio

The lineup for the South Island’s biggest New Year’s Eve festival has just been released and we’re giving away two double passes! Take the quiz, post your results over on our Facebook page, and you’re in the draw.

Enjoy the video of New Zealand Symphony Orchestra playing Gustav Mahler's First Symphony.

After years of denying her own unhappiness, writer and activist Glennon Doyle finally listened to her own voice. She left her broken marriage and found new love with US Olympic soccer star Abby Wambach. Audio

Adjusting the way you think about stress can actually change the way your body responds to it, Stanford University lecturer and health psychologist Dr Kelly McGonigal says. Audio

During lockdown people went all out and stocked up on seeds says Kay Baxter co-founder of the Koanga Institute. She wants people to make time to plant their seeds and ensure they prosper. Audio

The SIS broke into the Indian High Commission for MI6 and the Iranian Embassy for the CIA in the late 1980s and early 1990s to photograph code books, plant bugs and steal communications.

Heavy rock band Devilskin has been one of the first big name artists in New Zealand to announce a tour. Audio

Our Changing World - A team finding links between melting ice sheets in Antarctica and rising sea levels in NZ has won the 2019 Prime Minister's Science Prize. Audio

What is self-control? Psychologist Laverl Z Williamson's research shows that if you want to improve your self-control, you need to focus on proactively reducing, rather than reactively overpowering temptation.  Video, Audio

Grandiose cinema multiplexes influence the kind of films being made and a better viewing experience often comes from watching a movie on a laptop at home, a New York critic says. Audio

Mediawatch - Stuff published the first edition of its climate change initiative The Forever Project in late March - the very day we went into lockdown. Audio

Facebook groups are built for privacy and community, but that's also what makes them dangerous, according to new research. Audio