Features

Prof Jane Harding has won New Zealand's top science award, the Rutherford Medal, for ground-breaking research that has improved the lives of countless babies and mothers. Audio

Can the three C's of critical thinking, creativity, collaboration be taught? Is it possible to teach students how to have an appetite for learning? Educator Dr Jared Cooney Horvath explains how. Audio

Simon Morris is impressed with Capital in the 21st Century a New Zealand film based on the best-selling book by French economist Thomas Piketty. Video, Audio

Green Rush - Rich-listers, established farming families and a former All Black are among New Zealand's top 50 landowners, writes Kate Newton.

Sing it to My Face is an intergenerational choral show tackling two national fears: singing in public and saying things to people's faces. Audio

Meritocracy has not only concentrated wealth and opportunity in the hands of a few, it adds insult to injury by telling those excluded by the system that if they work harder they can make it too, says a Yale professor. Audio

Broadcaster MediaWorks is cutting key local TV comedies. Mediawatch says it’s a further sign of the company’s deepening problems and wider troubles in free-to-air television. Audio

First Person - Fathers can show daughters how they should expect to be treated in relationships and show sons that the most despicable thing they can do is degrade and hurt women, writes Joe Porter.

It's a puzzle. Why has a major classical composer been completely absent from the Settling the Score countdown for the last two years?

Samoa's government has confirmed a measles epidemic. Seven cases have been confirmed, and it says the death of a one-year-old last week is also likely to be because of measles.

When New Zealand introduced the new Building Act of 1991 it was entering uncharted waters - a massive upheaval that tested the industry - journalist Peter Dyer says. Audio, Gallery

RNZ Music is proud to present the new single and video from Auckland-based indie folk artist, Sophie Mashlan. ‘Not This Time’ is taken from her recently released debut album, Perfect Disaster.

First Person - Comments implying Japan's RWC win over Scotland was a fluke or questioning the ethnicity of the players are uncomfortable to say the least, writes Jessie Chiang.

A slice of beetroot or two in your hamburger is as Kiwi as pavlova or pineapple lumps, right? Well perhaps not any more.

Green walls are real feast for the eyes but they also carry heaps of health and environmental benefits for us. A New Zealand award-winning landscape architect shares the know-how to creating these 'mini forests'.  Audio, Gallery

You can download your own copy of Rachmaninov's gorgeous Second Symphony played by the NZSO, from RNZ Concert's Podcast Classics page.

Papua New Guinea police have issued a warrant for the arrest of former prime minister Peter O'Neill.

Louis Baker finds the music of Chopin to be "deep and beautiful, sad and bright" as it brings back childhood memories. Audio

There is no such thing as evil; we are all capable of making bad choices, and very bad choices, a British academic says. Audio

Opinion - The Rugby World Cup final is still shaping up to be a New Zealand-South Africa affair, according to Hamish Bidwell.

Widescreen - El Camino is a new Netflix feature following up events from the final episode of Breaking Bad. Dan Slevin says while it may not be necessary, it's a lot of fun.

The Detail - Drug testing volunteers who set up at festivals and events are treading a legal grey area, held up by politicians with morals.  Audio

For decades, authorities in the United States have been using ‘forensic hypnosis’ to help people in involved in criminal cases recall critical details. Despite claims that it's nothing more than junk science, Dr David Spiegel argues its benefits. Audio