Features

Widescreen - Crime fans are in for a treat on Kiwi streamers this month, according to Dan Slevin.

Starting on Monday, RNZ Concert broadcasts highlights from the 2019 BBC Proms. Here's our beginner's guide to what is billed as 'The Greatest Classical Music Festival in the World'.

Insight - Tuvalu, the canary in the coal mine for climate change, is shouting for more help as it battles rising seas and sweltering temperatures. Sally Round travelled to Tuvalu to investigate. Audio

A new film about Pacific reggae band Herbs, a group that grew out of the social activism of the late 1970s and 1980s debuts this week. Director Tearepa Kahi says "the music is iconic and there is a lot to learn and love about these men." Video, Audio

A keyboardist and singer in his own right, Mark Vanilau has worked with Dave Dobbyn, Warren Maxwell, Hollie Smith and Ladi6. Mark is this week's RNZ Music Mixtape selector. He shares his best songs and stories with Yadana Saw. Audio

Singer, songwriter, guitarist and part-time movie actor Marlon Williams has had a stellar career to date. For this episode of Friday Night Live we highlight Marlon's live performances for RNZ Music over the past decade.

An employment support programme for young Pasifika is being expanded because of its success, New Zealand's Minister for Pacific Peoples says. Audio

The Wellington choir Inspirare take us deep into Russian tradition with a performance of Rachmaninov's 'All-Night Vigil', partly based on chants from ancient orthodox traditions. Audio

Award-winning designer Raymond Boyce has died at the age of 91. A few years ago, Peter Mechen talked to him about his life in the theatre and the many projects he worked on. Audio

Robert Ballard, the underwater explorer who found the wreck of the Titanic, will launch a new search for the plane of famed aviator Amelia Earhart next week.

New Zealand's prime minister says she would look favourably on an airstrip being constructed in Tokelau.

British journalist Allan Jenkins has written Morning: How To Make Time - A Manifesto, a diary of and a treatise to the sublime time before dawn. Audio

Tuvalu, the canary in the coal mine for climate change, is shouting for more help as it battles rising seas and sweltering temperatures. Sally Round travelled to Tuvalu to investigate. Audio

Parents are often concerned about how much time kids spend on social media. But the real menace to children and teens may be that the internet never lets you forget your mistakes.  Audio

The Detail - Peter Ellis has always vowed he was innocent of the child sex charges he was jailed for in 1993. Now he's dying of cancer - and the Supreme Court has given him leave to appeal his convictions.  Audio

Benjamin Northey conducts the CSO in music by Lilburn, Elgar and Gareth Farr's new symphony 'Roar of a Thousand Tigers'.

Hafsar Tamesuddin talks to Jesse Mulligan about being stateless as a Rohingya, born in Myanmar, and someone who has been resettled in New Zealand. Audio

American singer-songwriter Tom Russell describes himself as a blend of Jack Kerouac and Johnny Cash. William Dart finds him in top form on his new album October in the Railroad Earth. Video, Audio

Has a New Zealand living artist had a more remarkable career than painter Jacqueline Fahey? Audio, Gallery

Stuber is an uncomplicated but funny homage to the great buddy cop movies of the 80s, says Dan Slevin.

Rapper and producer Tyler, The Creator, who was banned from performing in New Zealand in 2014, is set to headline the Bay Dreams festival in Nelson and The Mount in 2020.

It's touted as the biggest thing since the internet, but is New Zealand already lagging behind when it comes to blockchain technology? Video

Gareth Farr composes 'Roar of A Thousand Tigers' for the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, celebrating Sir Edmund Hillary's centenary. Audio

Author, economist and recovering politician Marilyn Waring talks to host James Nokise about activism, feminism, her new book and the etiquette of eating fried dumplings. Audio