Features

A series of masterclasses via Zoom is proving a success for Auckland couple Edith Salzmann and Wolfgang Kraemer from the The Pettman National Junior Academy. 

Harvard medical school psychologist Dr Deirdre Barrett has collected a dream survey during the Covid-19 pandemic - many of us it seems are dreaming of insects. Audio

The RNZ Music team is celebrating NZ Music Month by sharing fresh music daily! We'll be sharing a new song and video from an up-and-coming Kiwi artist every day throughout May.

This Friday is the 75th anniversary of the official end of World War II in Europe. Sarah Johnston from Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision joined Jesse Mulligan to give a flavour of how this momentous event unfolded on the radio in 1945. Audio, Gallery

This greedy cat loves gobbling food from Mum’s shopping bag – how can we stop him? A little funny favourite from the amazing Joy Cowley. Audio

Jess Barnes has been busy helping transform a disused bowling club in Porirua into a thriving urban vegetable garden, and composting has been a key to its success. Audio, Gallery

Our small and medium-sized music venues have launched the careers of our most talented performers, but now they're holding on for dear life.

The House - It can’t be easy being in political opposition during a crisis. You don’t want to seem obstructive, but you’re the Opposition; it says it in the name. So, how do you oppose while supporting? Audio

Sam Cane has completed his ascent from schoolboy prodigy to All Blacks captain, so what kind of leader will he be? Joe Porter investigates.

A mental health advocate says the Covid-19 crisis has increased community anxiety, but there is no evidence of it triggering compulsive obsessive disorders. Audio

Fiji lawyer Ana Tuiketei Bolabiu has become the first Pacific counsel on a global roster working for the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague.

A report on the world's freedom of the press says the media in Fiji remains "victims of government intimidation".

Golden Bay had almost everything Rebecca Hayter needed for the lockdown - but it wasn't all plain sailing, writes Tracy Neal.

We’re celebrating the 20th New Zealand Music Month with brand new covers of classic Kiwi tracks from some of our favourite local artists. Today it's Che Fu's 'Misty Frequencies' as covered by Marley Sola.

Over the next four weeks the Auckland Theatre Company is putting on its first ever play designed to be watched online. The first episode of Chekov’s The Seagull comes out this Friday at 7pm. Audio

Mark Rogers brings the show from his home in Wairarapa and features a tribute to the late John Prine, a birthday tune for James Brown and a lockdown classic courtesy of Hank Williams. Audio

Tilly has her brand-new shoes. She’s not sure she likes them - until she discovers how special they are.

Smart Talk - Serhii Plokhy argues that the catastrophe at Chernobyl was a nuclear disaster waiting to happen. He talks to Toby Manhire about how it hastened the end of the Soviet Union. Audio

New Zealand book publishers are facing a very difficult time with an unprecedented fall in income over the past six weeks.

A Singapore court has dismissed an appeal by the Papua New Guinea state in its bid to gain control of the Sustainable Development Programme Limited.

New Caledonia's pro-independence Caledonian Union says it will go to the top administrative court in Paris to challenge the actions of the French High Commissioner after the Covid-19 outbreak.

The author whose memoir was the inspiration for acclaimed Netflix series Unorthodox says the Hasidic community holds huge political sway in New York and outside pressure to reform only further radicalises its members. Video, Audio

The Fiji Women's Crisis Centre has warned of a spike in domestic violence during the enforced Covid-19 lockdown and curfew in the country.

A Supreme Court judge in Samoa has ruled that one of the accused in an alleged plot to assassinate the prime minister, be freed on bail.