Features

Looking back at week one of the Pacific Games 2019 in Samoa.

Folk singer Nadia Reid gives RNZ's Melody Thomas a tour of her tūrangawaewae – the seaside village of Port Chalmers. Video, Audio

English-born Jo Watson was so homesick for a tea room she opened one at her home in rural Taranaki. At The Old Town Hall Café, you'll find eight types of scones and crazy hats to wear. Audio, Gallery

An opera by Gareth Farr and Renee Liang in which a young New Zealand Chinese man searches for his roots. His attempt to uncover his ancestor's bones disturbs the earth and ultimately, threatens his life. Video, Audio

Sports Call - Kane Williamson is astute, inspirational and selfless, writes Clay Wilson. Video

Paddy Free from the electronica duo Pitch Black talks us through his musical influences on The Mixtape. Video, Audio

Analysis - Farmers are upset by the government's electric vehicle proposals, regulations around medicinal cannabis run into controversy and the defence minister ponders the future of NZDF bases.

'Man in the Moon' or 'Man on the Moon' - whichever way, Pick and Mix celebrates the historic landing with some lunar themed songs. Listen from 12 noon on RNZ Concert.

This school holidays, young people join professional dancers onstage for the NZ Dance Company show Matariki for Tamariki. Audio

One of New Zealand's wealthiest and most high-profile part-time residents is raising questions after he disappeared from the country.

Ahead of her upcoming third album Nadia Reid returned to live in the seaside village of Port Chalmers near Dunedin. In this trip down memory lane, we visit the high school where she discovered her love of folk music and befriended other musicians. Video, Audio

Robyn Jaquiery presents hymns 'ancient and modern' today, from the early Greek hymn 'Hail, Gladdening Light' to Michael Perry's 'Like a mighty river flowing'. Audio

Many kinds of taonga pūoro are blended with textures of the Western orchestra in Michael Norris's Mātauranga (Rerenga), to be premièred by the NZSO tonight and and broadcast live on RNZ Concert. Audio

Multinationals companies are buying up big in New Zealand's funeral industry, but what does this mean for small Kiwi-owned funeral homes? Audio

Nick celebrates Bastille Day with a set of French jazz, including Jacques Loussier, Les Double Six, Django Reinhardt, and Henri Texier. Audio

Back in 1969, nobody had heard the rock music they loved used in movies... until Easy Rider. Trevor Reekie recalls the groundbreaking soundtrack of a cult classic. Video, Audio

They're an Italian group specialising in 18th century music for wind instruments, bringing humour, energy and authenticity to their performances.

Crown Lynn ceramics have been a fixture in many New Zealand cupboards over the years, particularly in the 1960s. Sir Tom Clark was the industrious industrial chemist behind it. Audio

The New Zealand share market keeps on growing but some worry that after such a long period of growth a crash seems inevitable. Financial journalist and author Mary Holm advises investors to stay put. Audio

Wearing ear plugs while performing seems counter-intuitive but touring Scottish pianist Steven Osborne knows all too well what happens when you don’t. Video, Audio

Smoke and Mirrors - A US vaping product, which is so popular with young people it's under fire by the FDA, is coming to NZ. Guyon Espiner reports.

Don't miss out on three special works available for a limited time to download from the Podcast Classics page - brought to you by RNZ Concert.

Hunter Johnson is the co-founder of the Australian organisation The Man Cave, a preventative mental health and emotional intelligence program for teenage boys. Audio

Easy Rider, produced by Peter Fonda and directed by Dennis Hopper, two counterculture Hollywood rich kids, opened on July the 14th 1969 and roared across America's screens. And the rock music soundtrack was born. Video, Audio