Features

Auckland's two-day Pasifika festival, which was expected to draw at least 60,000 people, has been cancelled because of concerns overt the Covid-19 coronavirus.  Video

Four women whose husbands were made martyrs (shuhada) - in the Christchurch mosque attacks of March 15 2019, have allowed us into their lives as they come to terms with their new reality - as Widows of Shuhada. Audio

Christchurch composers Pieta Hextall, Savanah Tukariri and Kerepeti Paraone have written He Ngākau Aroha - gratitude for the land and for each other - to be performed at this weekend's 'Compassion' concert in the city. Audio

Military Wives is about an army social club choir, run by two bickering choir directors starring Kristen Scott Thomas and Sharon Horgan. Video, Audio

Amid the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak, we're all being told to avoid touching our face to stop the spread of the virus. It's much easier said than done.  Video, Audio

The Detail - Kyle Jamieson is the cricketer of the moment - he's in Sydney today for the first of the ODI's against Australia - but he's also been frank about his battles with mental health.  Audio

Award-winning musician Ria Hall recently released her second album Manawa Wera, and performed her track ‘Cause & Effect' at Wellington's Surgery Studios to celebrate.

How do we answer one of the biggest questions we humans can ask ourselves? A range of experts from all walks of life ponder; how we do good in the world and in our lives? Audio

Christchurch musicians Monique Aiken, Ryan Fisherman and Chris William – aka St Martins – wrote ‘Words’ in the days following the Christchurch Mosque shootings.

After criticising their decision to keep their name in the wake of the Christchurch terror attacks, Jamie Wall travels to Crusaders country and looks for the truth behind all the trophies.

The tally of infertile eggs is climbing and the kākāpō team is using artificial insemination - and a drone - to try and counter the problem, in part 5 of Voice of the Kākāpō. Audio

Torleif Thedéen plays a tuneful cello concerto by Haydn and later the APO launches into Stravinsky's ground-breaking ballet score 'The Rite of Spring'.

A young Mark Zuckerberg was an Augustus Caesar fanboy who loved games like Risk where the goal is to conquer the world, according to Wired editor at large Steven Levy. Audio

Fresh new music brought to you by host Kirsten Johnstone and guests Anji Sami, from Auckland band She’s So Rad, and 95bFM Totally Wired's Danielle Street. Video, Audio

Bums on seats and getting off them is the focus of University of Alberta's Professor John Spence.  Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews a new collection of songs from Texan multi-media artist Terry Allen, discusses visiting American singer-songwriter Weyes Blood and a semi-instrumental set from Dunedin stalwart David Kilgour. Video, Audio

As rumaki reo classes and other kura reo begin again for the year, RNZ journalist Te Aniwa Hurihanganui reflects on coming full circle back to te reo Māori.

Guns Akimbo directed by Weta Digital stalwart, Jason Lei Howden, sees Daniel Radcliffe on the run, with guns bolted to his hands. He has 24 hours to kill or be killed. Video, Audio

The Detail - The country's first case of smuggled bear bile has gone through the courts - but it's far from the only example of trading in endangered wildlife New Zealand authorities are dealing with. Audio

A steaming bowl of noodles and wontons in soup, with a side of crisp Chinese broccoli feels like home for poet and writer, Nina Powles. Her new book is Tiny Moons: A Year of Eating in Shanghai. Audio

RNZ Music is proud to present the new video from Tāmaki Makaurau indie-pop four-piece Dirty Pixels. ‘Julipa: How to Lose a Guy in Ten Bites’ is inspired by The Creature from the Black Lagoon and “cheesy '90s rom-coms”.

Retired climatologist and soil microbiologist Walter Jehne explains what a soil carbon sponge is and how it could help cool the planet by rehydrating soils and also make farms more productive. Audio

Opinion - A recession caused by the coronavirus would be relatively short-lived for most of us, and the government has the capacity to respond smartly for those hit hard, Shamubeel Eaqub writes.

New Zealand has become more aware and taken some action to counter far-right extremism since last March, but more must be done, Prof Paul Spoonley writes.