Features

During the lockdown many people reported increased bird activity.  Enjoy a playlist of music inspired by birds, and recorded by RNZ Concert for your entertainment.

There are concerns among the Pacific community in New Zealand about a possible repeat of the Dawn Raids, in relation to the Public Health Response Bill.

We're just over halfway through New Zealand Music Month. How's it faring for our local musicians in these Covid-19 times? William Dart features new music by Kate Owen, Aidan Fine, and Olivia Foa'i among some other surprises. Video, Audio

Auckland pastry chef Fran Mazza shares two recipes from her new book Feed Me Feed Me. Audio

Selby Jowsey is documenting his family working on parched paddocks in the Hawke's Bay. Audio, Gallery

Enjalas Jenkinson was a baby suffering from malaria and rickets when he came to New Zealand from Papua New Guinea. He now makes music as Vallé. Video, Audio

Today Eva decides to 'give peace a chance' with tracks from artists all over the planet who work to promote peace. Listen from 12 noon on RNZ Concert.

Week in Politics - The Labour Party could be in trouble at the September election if they don't seen to be delivering on their promise, writes Peter Wilson.

Ethnographer Kristen Ghodsee and activist-writer Marilyn Waring tackle the issue in a conversation from this year's NZ Festival of the Arts. Audio

This week we bring the magnificent acoustic of St Paul's Cathedral, London, right into your living room with a performance of Psalm 23 by the choir. Audio

Vesa-Matti Leppänen leads the Leppänen Piano Quartet in music by Dvořák and Brahms, recorded by RNZ Concert in Wellington.

Dave Dobbyn, Tami Neilson and more talk about beloved music venues – past and present.

Nick takes a look back at the last few years of NZ jazz, released by local label Rattle Jazz. Audio

A lack of fingers hasn't stopped Humphrey Hanley from becoming a professional video gamer.

When we played your picks for the best songs to dance alone to at the beginning of lockdown we were inundated by suggestions and got so much great feedback that we are doing it again. Audio

Psychologist Dr Susan Brown talks to Derek Handley about how to thrive in times of change in the third installment of the Aera Foundation's Together at Home series.

A paper has been published in the hope it will thrust a multi-disciplinary stake through the heart of the “nature versus nurture” debate once and for all. Audio

Medical detection dogs have potential to be used for mass screening of people for Covid-19 at transport hubs such as airports, Professor James Logan from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine says. Audio

The six best secondary school chamber groups of 2018 compete for the top prizes and the winners are announced. Audio

In June 1965, six Tongan teenagers ran away from their strict boarding school, procured a boat and set sail for what they thought would be an adventure. But a storm damaged the boat, and they were shipwrecked for over a year. Audio

Autumn is a good time to plant trees, but take time to consider the planting site, gardening guru Lynda Hallinan says. Audio

Opinion - Budget 2020 maintained a careful balance of helping to wean us off an open cheque book, blunt the recession, and lay the building blocks of a recovery, Shamubeel Eaqub writes.

To celebrate the reopening of our cafes, Sarah Johnston from Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision shares recordings about the start of our national café culture, back in the days of the coffee lounge and the milk bar. Audio, Gallery

In a heartwarming video, the ten past winners of the Michael Hill Intermational Violin Competition remember their time in New Zealand.