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Watch a Loading Docs documentary - After a party-fuelled decade of B-list action movies, the 'Indonesian Rambo' abruptly disappeared from the silver screen. Can destiny provide the stage for his triumphant return? Video

You can download your own copy of Amalia Hall's stunning performance of Bartók's Second Violin Concerto.

Join us for tonight's LIVE broadcast of the second concert in the NZSO's Beethoven Festival, featuring the Fourth and Fifth symphonies. RNZ Concert from 7.30pm Audio

Despite attempts by universities to increase diversity, figures from new research shows the number of Māori and Pasifika working at New Zealand universities is still disappointing. Audio

Intermittent fasting has been gaining momentum among diet fads and while many recommend it, a study has found evidence to support the method of time-restricted eating pattern. Audio

Acting on the notion that if you don't like a company's product you don't have to buy them, New York Times technology journalist Kashmir Hill cut Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Apple out of her life for a while. Audio

Forty years on, Th' Dudes' legacy remains. The band, famous for hits including 'Bliss' and 'Be Mine Tonight', will be inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame later this year.

An Auckland scientist is planning a world-first study into the effects of micro-dosing a drug that entered notoriety in the 1970s - LSD. Audio

Famous for hits including ‘Bliss’ and ‘Be Mine Tonight’, Th’ Dudes – whose founding members include Dave Dobbyn, Peter Urlich and the late Ian Morris, will be inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame in November.

Opinion - It was telling that the majority of questions yesterday launched at Steve Hansen weren't about the players who were in the squad, rather the ones that weren't, writes Jamie Wall.

Twenty-four choirs from secondary schools around the country have arrived in Dunedin. Tim Sharp is one of the adjudicators who'll be listening intently. Audio

New Zealand has one of the highest rates of domestic violence in the world, but sociology research shows life for women who escape from these relationship can still be suffocating. Audio

Currently, there's no requirement to teach New Zealand history in our classrooms. But a petition is now calling for a compulsory and coherent framework to educate the next generations about our shared past. Audio

A UK medical journal is using data analysis to reveal questionable scientific research in other medical journals, one every couple of weeks, it says. Audio

Methamphetamine use in American Samoa is at crisis levels, a territorial lawmaker says. Audio

The lack of doctors in the Cook Islands is endangering the health of those who live in the country's outer islands, or Pa Enua, an MP says.

In a sea of white men, Poppy Northcutt, had a seat in front of the consoles in Mission Control, monitoring the Apollo spacecraft that went to the Moon. Audio

The science of gathering forensic evidence at crime scenes has come such a long way that police have reopened the case of the 1984 Trades Hall bombing. Audio, Gallery

The governor of Madang, Peter Yama, says a slurry spillage from the Ramu nickel mine is the worst environmental disaster in Papua New Guinea.

Parliamentarians from 20 Asian and Pacific nations have declared the climate crisis a critical threat to human health in the region.

Takuu or Mortlock Island is one of the most remote places in Papua New Guinea's autonomous region of Bougainville. Audio

The Detail - Local body candidate billboards are everywhere right now, but they don't necessarily translate into awareness. Why do so few people vote in an election that affects everyone?  Audio

A new study suggests that extreme early risers, people who are up and about pre-dawn, are simply listening to what their bodies are telling them. Audio

New research finds the majority of employers of workers who turn 65 stop paying the three percent KiwiSaver contribution - effectively meaning a pay cut for these older workers. Audio