Features

 Jasmine Hubber has rescued nearly 200 cows and calves from a one-way trip to the meatworks. Audio

Clarissa Dunn catches up with Anthony Robin Schneider to get an insider’s view on singing the challenging bass solos in Beethoven's Choral Symphony.  Audio

Much loved group Kora is one of Aotearoa's most respected live bands, deliver a set that  that showcases their superb vocal harmonies and a power-house rhythm section with elements of reggae, rock, dub roots and space-funk! Audio

Acclaimed NZ songwriter Aldous Harding played to a packed Hunter Lounge in Wellington kast night. Kirsten Johnstone got some shots.

It’s tough being a domestic women’s cricketer, says White Ferns wicketkeeper Katey Martin, but the new Women’s Master Agreement should allow players to primarily focus on the sport they love.

Michael Stewart plays a recital on the Orgelbau Klais organ at Auckland Town Hall.

Without stage pioneers like the Welsh-born actor Ray Henwood, we may never have got to enjoy the work of Taika Waititi, writes Duncan Smith.

Avalon Intermediate is a hive of activity as rangatahi put the final touches on a music video, and practise raps and speeches for their album launch. Yellow Black Nation features songs inspired by the bees in their classroom. Video, Audio

Voices - Ethnic migrants in New Zealand and Australia are calling for more to be done to curb racist and abusive behaviour in their communities. Audio

Cake maker Anna Worthington crafts specialty cakes with fresh, seasonal ingredients from a store in Christchurch. She's noticed a huge increase in vegan cakes over the last year and shares her recipe.

Aldous Harding returned to New Zealand this week, with her Wales-based band, and songs from her latest album Designer. She played to a packed Hunter Lounge in Wellington on Friday night. 

Some parents can become overly anxious about their kids not making developmental “milestones, so educator Nathan Wallis has some tips on when to be worried and seek help, and when to relax and let kids find their way. Audio

Music 101’s new host has held many roles in New Zealand music, working in Neil Finn’s management team, hosting on 95bFM and Kiwi FM, music management and publicity. Get to know her as she presents her first show this weekend. Video, Audio

Listen: Highlights from singer-songwriter Reb Fountain performing in sessions for RNZ over the past decade, and and on stage paying tribute to The Band, Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan. Beautiful.

The total cost of crashes on New Zealand’s roads was about $6 billion last year, when 377 people died and thousands more were injured. Why is the price so high, and what is being done about it? Ben Strang investigates. Video, Audio

The House - The Health Select Committee has been hearing submissions on a law that would ban smoking in cars containing children, but the conversation was often not about cars but vaping, target markets, and young users. Audio

Review - The first documentary from Barack and Michelle Obama’s new production company doesn’t let its politics overwhelm its characters, says Dan Slevin.

Opinion - Well it isn't quite as dramatic as that. But the suspension of the Westminster Parliament is in the present circumstances at least provocative and the longest prorogation in decades, writes David Townsend.

Headbanging, death growling and staccato drumming are probably not what the average Pacific Islands music fan would associate with Solomon Islands. But at the turn of the century, rock and heavy metal are all the rage. Video, Audio

Imagine a bunch of tourists walking into your house uninvited. It's not unusual for the residents of Dunedin's Baldwin St, one of many overcrowded attractions in New Zealand and around the world.  Audio

Over the decades boys disappeared from a Florida reform school, until its closure when subsequently 50 unmarked graves were found at the site. Colson Whitehead dramatises this strand of American history into a fiction story. Audio

The Bird and The Bee's new album in their Interpreting the Masters series reveals that Greg Kurstin and Inara George are closet fans of Van Halen. A surprised William Dart takes a listen. Video, Audio

RNZ Music is proud to be the first to share the new single and video form Wellington’s Timothy Blackman.

Born and raised in Manutuke in rural Gisborne, George Bridge didn't look destined to be an All Black according to his mum, before a phone call when he was 17 set him on the road that's now taking him to the World Cup in Japan. Audio