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There was quite a Viennese theme running through his year's Adam Chamber Music Festival. Tonight's concert features more music by Franz Schubert and Brahms.

Dr Giresh Kanji has spent a decade exploring stress-related conditions and how to fix them. His interest was piqued by his own childhood trauma that led to nearly 40 years of stress symptoms. Audio

Wu Man is  a founding member of the Silk Road Ensemble and first came to New Zealand with the Kronos Quartet. She talks with Upbeat and plays her pipa - Chinese lute. Audio

Does Boris Johnson really care about the “awesome foursome?” His tub thumping for a no deal Brexit could fracture the union, says a Chatham House visiting fellow. Audio

Packaged foods could soon face heavier scrutiny from consumers if a mandatory Health Star Rating system comes into effect under new recommendations. Audio

An aid group in Indonesia's West Papua has reported 182 civilians have died fleeing violence in the highlands.

There's an urgent need for additional relief for people displaced after the latest volcanic eruption of Papua New Guinea's Mt Ulawun.

The Prime Minister of Tonga, 'Akilisi Pohiva, has every intention of going to next week's Pacific Islands Forum summit, despite being in hospital at the moment.

The jailing of a South Korean cult leader for imprisoning hundreds of followers in Fiji is unlikely to end their plight.

Widescreen - Dan Slevin searches for films by the late, great, documentarian D.A. Pennebaker who died last week aged 94.

The Kākāpō Files - Forty-two of this year’s kākāpō chicks have graduated to being juveniles. They pass this milestone when they reach 150 days old. . Audio

Song Crush this week has songs about self-empowerment and drowning in sorrow, in equal measure. Video, Audio

Comedian and author David Downs was given an 80 percent chance of recovery after he was diagnosed with blood cancer, Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, then he got some bad news. Audio

Ray McCrostie is on a quest to find out about the land under his gumboots. Audio

The Education Review Office last year slammed the way schools and the Education Ministry were preparing for the introduction of the new digital technologies curriculum in 2020, a just-published report shows.

The Marshall Islands government will survey a leaking nuclear-filled dome after growing international concern over the structure.

A Fiji-based telecommunications company is confident of retaining its dominance in the Cook Islands, despite planned reforms.

The drug shortages being experienced in Papua New Guinea are not the fault of the hospitals.

Vanuatu's NGOs have urged the government to raise French Polynesia's stalled decolonisation process at this year's UN General Assembly.

'The Soundtrack Show' is a podcast which looks at the vital role that music plays in creating the fictional universe of some of our favourite films. From Jaws to Star Wars, from Psycho to Jurassic Park...and beyond. Check it out here. Audio

Britain's top public schools produce individuals damaged by "privileged abandonment", and given how many politicians attend them, it makes for some very flawed leaders, a psychoanalyst says. Audio

Music Alive host Clarissa Dunn shares her 'pick of the week' from RNZ Concert's 2019 BBC Proms coverage.

Mediawatch - Back in the day, nudity on TV was rare and the isolated sightings were almost national events. There's plenty of it available on-demand and on any device these days, but does it do us harm? Audio

Food writer Kelly Gibney came by on a chilly winter's afternoon to warm our hearts and souls with this soup recipe. Audio