Features

Nick Tipping shares what he'll be looking out for this week on RNZ Concert.

Mediawatch - NZ media did a good job reporting on two potentially deadly diseases this week – but sometimes opinions obscured ‘news we could use’.  Audio

Grieg's Piano Concerto appears every year in 'Settling the Score' as one of NZ's top 100 favourite classics. Italian pianist Alessio Bax plays it with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.

Writer Taffy Brodesser-Akner has profiled A-list celebrities like Bradley Cooper and Gwyneth Paltrow for the New York Times. She talks to Kim Hill about fame, truth-telling and her new novel Fleishman is in Trouble. Audio

These brownies have a surprise hit of chilli heat and they're outrageously addictive, says the editor of Dish magazine Sarah Tuck.

Christchurch neo-soul pop duo Dillastrate – aka Henare “H” Kaa and Tim Driver – play tracks from their upcoming debut album. Video, Audio

Eva includes the classy French act Ébène Quartet who're soon to appear in NZ, her picks for the 'BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards', and a new release from local duo Tom Ludvigson and Trevor Reekie. 

To understand why Earthlings walked a little taller and felt a little braver on 20 July 1969, watch Apollo 11, says Simon Morris. Video, Audio

New Horizons - Bruce Springsteen... on a movie soundtrack, on Broadway and on the new studio album Western Stars Video, Audio

Week in Politics - With scrapping KiwiBuild and launching a water clean-up plan that's already drawing fire, the government really took a beating this week.

Robyn Jaquiery presents a mix of 'ancient and modern' this week, from John Neale's translation of an early Latin hymn to Shirley Murray's 'God bless our land'. Audio

Every day, agriculture tutor Joe Steventon heads to high schools around the lower North Island, rounds up kids and takes them out to the countryside to learn about farming. Audio, Gallery

Set designer Raymond Boyce died recently in Wellington after a stellar career in the theatre. A few years ago Peter Mechen talked with Raymond, and others who worked with him, about his work in ballet, opera, straight drama and puppetry. Audio

Nick checks out new releases from Sara Gazarek and James Carter, and classics from Chet Baker and Cannonball Adderley. Audio

Christchurch high school student Okirano Tilaia is the first-ever Blake Youth Leader. He chats to Jesse Mulligan about leadership, his university plans and the kindness of Christopher Luxon. Video, Audio

How an unassuming kid from Te Puke became the motor racing champion of the world. Audio

Comedians Tiffany Haddish and Melissa McCarthy add some interesting new ingredients to the classic '70s gangster film recipe, says Simon Morris. Video, Audio

Six groups of secondary school students strive to be the top young chamber musicians for 2019.

Jonty Trietsch talks about his year-long relationship with a fictional character named Rem - the subject of a new short documentary called 2D Love. Video, Audio

VIDEO - When Kahoa Meimuli met Brendan Corbett, they could barely communicate. Now, after 42 years of marriage, Brendan is a fluent Tongan speaker.

Kiwi Dads is a new photo exhibition encouraging men to take paid parental leave. Audio

Christchurch native and music industry veteran Charlotte Ryan select some songs and shares stories on The Mixtape. Video, Audio

Insight - What happened to the Coalition government's promise to overhaul the welfare system and lift families out of poverty? Sarah Robson investigates. Audio

One of New Zealand's best loved live bands play a 'greatest hits' set at the Powerstation in 2013. Equal parts concert and audience sing-along, this is the original Dance Exponents line up, lead by Jordan Luck. Yeah yeah yeah yeah! Audio