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A tiny pony, a flittering korimako and shuffling earthworms all make an appearance in this year’s Children’s Music Awards – an annual presentation celebrating music written for kids.

Move quickly into the weekend with Shed Series – Speed, a fast paced, rapid-fire concert by NZSO players and a special guest, curated by Hamish McKeich.

You might have noticed the artwork appearing on large digital billboards in our streets, malls, railway stations and bus-stop shelters over the past month in isolation.

We’re celebrating the 20th New Zealand Music Month with covers from some of our favourite Kiwi artists. To kick things off, here’s Julia Deans with her gorgeous cover of Marlon Williams’ ‘Come To Me’.

Looking for a lockdown listen? In The 9^th Floor Guyon Espiner talks to New Zealand’s living Prime Ministers to discover what it’s like to run the country and how power really works in the Beehive. From 2017. Video, Audio

The New Zealand International Film Festival will be held online this year from 24 July until 2 August. First time director Marten Rabarts says preparations for the festival were well underway when Covid-19 struck. Audio

Māui the trickster and his brothers go on a very special adventure. A modern retelling of a classic story. Listen in English or Te Reo!

Supremely talented songwriter and musician Reb Fountain has today released her highly anticipated self-titled album. She’s also unveiled a stunning new video for single ‘Don’t You Know Who I Am’.

First Person - Four weeks ago, Te Aniwa Hurihanganui moved in with her Nana and Grandad. This is what she learnt about them since.

Reb Fountain has today released her highly anticipated self-titled album, and unveiled a stunning new video for single ‘Don’t You Know Who I Am’.

Our Changing World - More than four months after it formed, a large blob of sooty dust from Australia's massive bushfires is still circling the southern hemisphere. Audio

New Zealand won't be a high priority for any Covid-19 vaccine developed internationally and this country needs a national strategy, scientists say. Audio

With many of us still at home, RNZ is offering a podcast a day. Today, Public Enemy, a gold medal winner at the New York Festival of Radio Awards about growing up Muslim in the US, Australia and New Zealand. From 2016. Audio

There was a time when more New Zealanders owned pianos than cars. What happened to all these instruments? We uncover the colourful adventures of some of New Zealand's pianos.

RNZ Music is delighted to be the first to share the new live video from Wellington folk trio Ida Lune. ‘The Well’ is the third single from their forthcoming self-titled album.

Moe Makes Music has made the finals in the NZ Radio Awards for best children's show!

With a record number of entries this year, finalists include Church & AP, Melodownz, Olivia Foa'i, Punialava'a, Noah Slee and more.

Bic Runga and Cass Basil (Tiny Ruins) have a new collaborative project called King Sweeties, and we're proud to be the first to share their debut single ‘Let’s Just Stay in Bed’.

It's 100 years since crime writer Agatha Christie introduced the world to the meticulous moustachioed Belgian Detective Hercule Poirot, writes Lynn Freeman.

It's highly likely that at one time more New Zealanders had pianos than had cars. What happened to all these instruments? We uncover the colourful adventures of some of your favourite pianos.

With a record number of entries this year, finalists include Church & AP, Melodownz, Olivia Foa'i, Punialava'a, Noah Slee and more.

If New Zealand Rugby wants to truly fix its problems, then it should focus on its domestic competition, not Super Rugby, writes Hamish Bidwell.

A mix of newcomers, old hands - and Polynesian metallers - are among the finalists for this year's Pacific Music Awards. Video

This video from the NZSO features guest violinist Jessica Oddie playing Bach. It's the first of a newly devised series, so join us here for some beautiful live music.