Features

Japan have made history at the Rugby World Cup, with the host nation reaching the quarter-finals for the first time. RNZ reporter Joe Porter is in Tokyo, and details how the fans have been celebrating.

Tonga have hinted at an exciting future after ending their Rugby World Cup campaign with a 31-19 victory over the United States.

Research on a thousand New Zealanders shows the walking speed of 45-year-olds can be used to gauge how their brains and bodies are ageing.

Country Life - Frost control is clearly a nerve-wracking process for John Douglas, a sole operator who lost 70 percent of his crop to a cracker of a frost - minus 4 degrees Celsius - last year. Audio

The Detail - Stats NZ is collecting data from cellphone towers and sold on to government departments. Audio

Former Sonic Youth bassist and artist Kim Gordon has just released her first solo album No Home Record at the age of 66. She talks to Kim Hill about creativity, Airbnb and her cameo on Gilmore Girls. Video, Audio

‘One Day’ is the debut single from self-described “indie-pop daydreamer” RIIKI.

Kim Hill leads a panel discussion about nutrition, food waste and sustainability. Audio

Marking 250 years since Captain Cook set foot on land in Aotearoa, the NZSO commissions and plays new works from New Zealand composers.

Chris and Jill Whalley battled for years to produce cheese from unpasteurised milk. Now parliamentarians – the people they had to convince – are eating their Mount Eliza Cheese at Bellamy's. Audio, Gallery

Auckland food stylist Gretchen Lowe shares recipes for a couple of easy, delicious dips – Tokyo Hummus and Sicilian Olive, Fig and Walnut Pate. Audio

Based on a story of feuding Scottish families by Sir Walter Scott, Donizetti's opera has become a bel canto classic.

The debut single from Tauranga songwriter Antony Jeffares is half nostalgic tear-jerker / half indie-pop summer banger.

William Dart listens to sister acts: Rosemary and Betty Clooney, The Shangri-Las, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, The Roches, and especially a new album from Tegan and Sara. Video, Audio

Gill Bonnett investigates the case of a Chinese man who helped four North Koreans escape before he was forced to flee to New Zealand after being tortured by police.

When Andrea Lo Vetere and Sara Mutande moved from Europe to NZ, they couldn't figure out why camping meals were so drab. Their new Camping Cookbook has recipes like camp-stove beer cheese fondue. Audio, Gallery

William Dart explores the musical sisterhoods of Rosemary and Betty Clooney, The Shangri-Las, Tegan and Sara Quin and more. Video, Audio

Historically, only a handful of tests – and some first class matches – have ever been cancelled or abandoned. Here's a list of them...

In part three of The Aotearoa History Show, we learn about early encounters between Pākehā and Māori. Audio

This week, Robyn Jaquiery presents music from the Taizé tradition, psalms from the Genevan and Scottish psalters, and hymns from the Olney Hymnbook. Audio

Gareth Farr's 'He Iwi Tahi Tātou' commemorates the 250th anniversary of Captain James Cook's arrival in Aotearoa New Zealand. The NZSO also plays Mozart, Beethoven and Jimmy López.

Outrageous and insulting are the best words to describe the re-opening of a visa programme for parents of migrant workers, writes Sandeep Singh.

Clarissa Dunn listens to artists who've taken the vocal instrument to physical and imaginative extremes - from opera singers to yodellers to beat boxers. Audio

Nick looks back at an album from NZ band Sustenance, and plays tracks from Grant Green and Baby Face Willette. Audio