Features

Fiji have bowed out of the Rugby World Cup with a gallant 29-17 defeat to Wales in Oita, but admit to wondering what could have been after two yellow cards and three forward passes undid a promising start.

Forgotten to turn off the stove or the name of your colleague? Is it a memory lapse or a more serious sign of something in the brain? Dr Anne Unkenstein makes the distinction for people worried and gives tips on improving your memory. Audio

Fat Freddy’s Drop release new single ‘Kamo Kamo’ and announce fifth studio album Special Edition Part 1, due out in in November.

The Detail - Migrants you see being rescued by Italian coastguard often end up in shacks in shanty towns on the edge of communities, shunned, treated as less than human, and worked to death as they struggle to pay off debt. Audio

Opinion - Rugby is a fine sport, one that's woven itself into the fabric of New Zealand society, but you can see why some people have had a gutsful of it, writes Hamish Bidwell.

In part two of this series, William Ray and Leigh-Marama McLachlan explain how Polynesian explorers reached new shores far to the south - it's a story of technological innovation, new horizons and becoming a new, distinct people.  Audio

RNZ Music is proud to be the first to share the debut single from Tauranga songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Antony Jeffares.

It's taken five months to re-do Katherine Mansfield's early childhood home in Wellington and it's about to reopen to the public this weekend. Lynn Freeman got a sneak peak ahead of everyone else.  Audio

Fat Freddy’s Drop release new single ‘Kamo Kamo’ and announce fifth studio album Special Edition Part 1, due out in in November.

Samoa-born Ben Patu who has been living in Japan for 16 years says the small Samoan community living there often gets together to share their values with their partners and children.

A new study into open-plan and shared office environments has found that women thought they were more observed than men leaving them feeling "more accountable" and "exposed". Audio

The VNZMA Artisan Awards, celebrating the music industry’s behind-the-scenes talent, will be presented in Wellington on November 4.

When Shaan Singh of Wellington indie-pop group Drax Project needs inspiration, he turns to 16th century German composer, Johann Sebastian Bach. Audio

From the likes of Hitler and Stalin to Mao Zedong and Kim Il-Sung, dictatorships have always exploited the ‘cult of personality’ to achieve the illusion of popular approval. But just how do they do it? Audio

A ship that sank in Kiribati last year, killing 95 people, was severely overloaded, unauthorised to carry passengers, and commanded by a captain who ignored several warnings, an inquiry has found. 

Voices - Trang Kajaria's family back in Vietnam were very surprised about her plan to produce plant-based patties with her husband Pritesh: "They were like 'What? Are you vegetarian now? What do you eat?" Audio

Christchurch singer-songwriter Mousey – aka Sarena Close – is bursting onto the New Zealand music scene with a hiss and a roar. Video, Audio

The Detail - The government has shaken up its refugee targets and among the changes was the scrapping of a policy dubbed racist and discriminatory. Audio

What has stood out at the Rugby World Cup? Who has the best fans? Has the tournament been a success so far? RNZ answers all these questions and more.

The Flying Fijians are blocking out all outside noise and insist their sole focus is on ending their World Cup pool play with a strong performance against Wales.

Vast new pine forests are being hailed as a solution to NZ's carbon emissions deficit - but not all environmentalists see them as a silver bullet and farmers say they could gut rural communities. Kate Newton and Guyon Espiner report. 

At the age of 12, this boy from Auckland has become a smoking success with his branded dairy product that's taking farmers’ markets by storm, and he's already got plans to grow his business.  Audio

The Auckland Folk Festival is set to return to Kumeu Showgrounds in January with a huge line-up of music and dance including modern & traditional folk, Celtic, Americana and bluegrass, along with kids’ programmes, food stalls and more.

Nigel Hughes tells us what it was like partying with 432 fellow Nigels at a village pub near London. Audio, Gallery