Features

New Zealand has a long history of protest songs, from anti-nuclear anthems to Māori empowerment jams.

More and more people are trying to find alternatives to flying due to the environmental cost of air travel. Cody Moir says he was struck by a "crazy idea" for an enviro-friendly trip to New Zealand from Britain, across 20 countries. Audio

"We're being supersized," says culinary anthropologist Helen Leach. Audio

The media often goes to astounding lengths to remove the responsibility for violence from men, says journalist Jane Gilmore. She's on a mission to call out headlines that label, blame and shame women. Audio

Japan is a country of beauty and depth where harmony is prized over 'winning', Iyer tells Wallace Chapman. Video, Audio

This year, alternative artists including Aldous Harding, The Beths, Troy Kingi and Avantdale Bowling Club lead the pack.

"You can be beautiful or expressive or angry or shrill, all these different sounds.” Audio, Gallery

Comedian and writer Corey White talks to Kathryn Ryan about trauma, addiction, comedy and connection. Audio

The Detail - Farmers are feeling under siege over environment issues - and it’s dragged their confidence down to the lowest point in three years. Audio

The Song Crush team veer wildly between old-school hip-hop, orchestral bombast and Chinese opera-meets-Jamaican rocksteady from the '60s. Video, Audio

Pacific Islanders are among a group of children petitioning the UN Committee on the rights of the Child about the lack of government action on the climate crisis. Video, Audio

This new Amazon Prime series has a bit of everything – except good dialogue, flavour and wit, writes Dan Slevin.

The President of Nauru, Lionel Aingimea, has told a meeting at the United Nations the Pacific views the climate crisis as the defining security issue of the century.

The head of the body running Bougainville's independence referendum says it has done its best to raise the standard of the upcoming vote.

Uruguay delivered the first upset of the Rugby World Cup with a stunning 30-27 victory over an error-prone Fiji in a Pool D match at the Kamaishi Recovery Memorial Stadium.

Mr Humfreeze's nose turns blue at 18 degrees and his horns go up when humidity is 65 percent and over. Video, Audio, Gallery

Currently, our government prevents refugees from Africa and the Middle East from resettling in Aotearoa unless they already have family living here. Former Somali refugee Guled Mire tells Sara Vuitalitu why that's unfair. Audio

VIDEO - An Auckland rest home is winning hearts with a programme that teams up dementia patients with babies. Video, Audio

The finalists for the 2019 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards have just been announced, with alternative artists including Aldous Harding, The Beths, Troy Kingi and Avantdale Bowling Club leading the pack.

WOMAD has just made the first artist announcement for its 2020 festival, which takes place in Taranaki in March.

Get in the mood for summer with Nick Tipping's collection of classic jazz, inspired by Ella Fitzgerald's albums.

NZ history will be taught as a compulsory subject in schools by 2022 – but there are concerns about how schools will make the change so quickly. Audio

Papua New Guinea's former prime minister Peter O'Neill has hit out at the new government's leadership over the economy.

Tahitian va'a Fa'afaite has arrived in New Zealand to join the Tuia 250 fleet on its three-month voyage around Aotearoa. Audio