Features

Hymn tunes that started life as folksongs feature in this week's edition, presented by Robyn Jaquiery. You can also play past episodes of 'Hymns on Sunday' and sing along with the words provided.

Tauranga couple Dave and Anne Jordan have spent 11 years and almost all of their money building a hemp industry in New Zealand – now it's finally taking off. Audio, Gallery

Cards, dice, roulette wheels, bets and wagers have fuelled plays, operas and entertainments of all kinds, since the beginning of the theatre. Elric Hooper and Des Wilson look at some good examples. Audio

Dual rugby and league international, now Black Ferns hooker, Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate is forging her own path in the black jersey and is helping to blaze a trail for rugby-loving girls in Northland. Video, Audio

Visiting Canadian pianist Avan Yu plays Mozart, Ravel and Liszt in Auckland.

Australians are being warned to ditch their modern apartments, with a market researcher labelling them the 'bubonic plague' of Australian property. Audio

Widescreen - Serenity has a reputation as cinema’s biggest disaster of 2019. Dan Slevin investigates.

Moe Makes Music is about Moe trying to learn music and deciding to ask some famous musician friends to help him. Made possible through the RNZ/NZ On Air Innovation Fund.

Download your own copy of Prokofiev's stirring ballet music for Shakespeare's tragedy, played by the NZSO conducted by Peter Oundjian.

Biographer Joanne Drayton explains how a young woman from Christchurch became one of the original 'Four Queens of Crime'. Her books sold in their millions, even outselling the great Agatha Christie. Audio, Gallery

While the first phase in Operation Tidy Fox draws to a close this Sunday, there are still longer-term concerns that need to be resolved. Audio, Gallery

Community leaders in South Auckland are praising a Samoan Niuean student for overcoming extraordinary circumstances to pursue her education. Video, Audio

China says the United States should stop making "irresponsible comments" over ties between China and Pacific island countries.

Tonight's BBC Prom concert stars James Ehnes playing Britten's Violin Concerto. He was also in NZ recently playing the Bruch concerto.

Insight - New Zealand is still being praised for its response to the mosque attacks in Christchurch. But as the months pass are commitments to unity and acceptance proving hollow? Philippa Tolley investigates. Audio

Forget about burning them - bras donated by New Zealand women are giving their sisters in the Pacific a new sense of freedom. Video, Audio

Fiji's defence minister Inia Seruiratu says resources are stretched to the limit as the country attempts to cope with an explosion in drug trafficking.

Futsal - the five-a-side indoor variation of football, has experienced a staggering rise in participation of well over 350 percent since 2010, writes Bridget Tunnicliffe. Video

Renowned osteopath Nick Potter has a solution to those suffering chronic pain: just breathe, but do it properly. Audio

The Detail - Lydia Ko, superstar of golf, a few years ago had the world at her feet. Now she's in a slump, and that whole world has seen fit to pile on the criticism.  Audio

Keeping troubled teens - "alive, out of jail and to help them chase their hopes and dreams" is how Australian stock man Bernie Shakeshaft describes his mission.  Video, Audio, Gallery

Widescreen - Dan Slevin on the best (or most interesting) recent feature film additions to our streamers.

Hear classic tracks from this early Don McGlashan band including 'There Is No Depression In New Zealand','Don't Fight It Marsha, It's Bigger Than Both of Us' live at The Kings Arms, recorded by RNZ in 2007. Audio

William Dart listens to the recordings of Scottish folksinger Alasdair Roberts in anticipation of his new album, The Fiery Margin, due out soon. Video, Audio