Features

Lockdown seems like a good time for self-improvement, but don't try to pull off major changes, says Stanford University behaviour scientist BJ Fogg. Video, Audio

Earlier this month, a small RNZ team set up their gear in a New Plymouth motel to record some world-class musicians. Video, Audio, Gallery

Veteran writer Joel Selvin is the author of Altamont: The Rolling Stones, the Hells Angels, and the Inside Story of Rock's Darkest Day. He says many unfortunate things coalesced on that day. First published December 2019. Audio

We begin a series of three concerts from Orchestra Wellington, tonight featuring Amalia Hall as soloist playing Bartok's Second Violin Concerto.

Leading composer and conductor Krzysztof Penderecki has died at the age of 86. His powerful music for films such as The Exorcist and The Shining reached millions.

While we’re in lockdown, RNZ Podcasts are sharing a podcast a day for you to enjoy. Today, Widows of Shuhada follows four women who lost husbands in the March 15 mosque attacks through the year after their deaths. Audio

RNZ Storytime is posting a story a day to help keep the kids entertained while we're stuck at home. In Moe Makes Music Moe decides he wants to be a musician when he grows up, so invites musicians to visit his tree house.

Chris Eden was diagnosed with incurable lymphatic cancer in 2005. Then he came up with a simple(ish) plan: ride a motorcycle solo across, round or through every continent in the world. First published in December 2019. Audio, Gallery

We expect some changes to usual programming in the coming weeks because we are committed to fulfilling our responsibilities to both our audiences and our staff.

Nick Bollinger delves into albums from Nigerian dancehall-hip-hop artist Burna Boy, alt-rocker Maria 'Show Me Heaven' McKee and Nashville supergroup The Highwomen. Audio

Handel's 'Agrippina' was originally set in Ancient Rome, but Sir David McVicar’s staging in New York updates the action to the current day: an era in which sly posturing and sometimes-questionable tactics continue to drive political discourse.

Now is a good time to do a WOF on your KiwiSaver fund and make sure you're in the right scheme for when the markets eventually recover, says financial author and journalist Mary Holm. Audio

RNZ Storytime is posting a story a day to help keep the kids entertained while we're stuck at home. What Will I Be Today? is a series where the characters daydream, imagining themselves to be heroes and adventurers on an important mission.

Art Blakey, Art Farmer, Art Pepper, Art Tatum; for some reason the history of jazz is liberally dotted with guys called Art. Nick Tipping examines the phenomenon, and plays tracks by Arts from the 1930s to today. Audio

Dr Sarb Johal is a specialist in the psychology of disaster recovery and pandemics. He's been thinking about ways to make working from home work for you, and has come up with 9 key points. Audio

Some of the great hymns for the weeks leading up to Easter today, including 'My song is love unknown', 'O sacred head', and 'When I survey the wondrous Cross'. Audio

Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir presents a very special 'Love Letter to the Oceans'. It was recorded in Hamilton by RNZ Concert.

A book on Janis Joplin gives fresh insight into the troubled singer's life, thanks to unprecedented access to her personal archives, friends and family. First published December 2019. Video, Audio

Jazz covers of great pop songs: Bill Frisell plays Marvin Gaye, Joe Pass plays the Rolling Stones, and Allana Goldsmith and Alchemy cover Herbs - presented by Nick Tipping. Audio

Jennifer Kerr from The Compost Collective explains the basics of the three main methods of composting, and gives us her top composting tips. First published in January. Audio, Gallery

Vesa-Matti Leppänen leads a baroque-sized NZSO in two Brandenburg Concertos by Bach, plus music by Rameau and Locatelli.

Nanogirl and her robot sidekick CLAIR head off from their secret lab to answer kids’ science questions with an accompanying video of an experiment you can do at home. Video, Audio

Australian journalist Trent Dalton's best-selling 2018 novel Boy Swallows Universe is based on his own tough childhood in seedy '80s Brisbane. This story was first published in February. Audio

The reasons Franz Schubert left his 'Symphony No 8' unfinished are not clear. Did he know in his heart that the work was perfect in itself already? You can download your own copy of Schubert's Unfinished Symphony until the end of the month.