Features

"There is banana cake and then there is this banana cake," says Kiwi chef Annabelle White. Video, Audio

William Dart makes good for some of the tracks that he regrettably had to leave out of previous programmes this year. He includes a kooky Doris Day tribute and a Menotti opera aria played on banjo; he visits Julia Holter's Aviary and remembers the great Dr John, whom we lost only a month ago. Video, Audio

Former personal trainer Jessica Cooke runs a spray-free floriculture business on her family's property at Barry's Bay on the Banks Peninsula. Audio, Gallery

Councillors need to work together on solutions to regional infrastructure problems, says NZ Minister of Forestry Shane Jones.

Analysis - Waiting lists grow for state housing, the justice minister is handed a trespass notice by "a lunatic" and more angst over Oranga Tamariki.

"Farmers don't have the best reputation, but we are actually doing more than most people put together with the good that we're doing" – Jerome Wenzlick of Future Post. Audio, Gallery

This week Nick channels his inner child, with jazz relating to babies and children - including Eric Dolphy with 'God Bless the Child', Hank Jones with 'A Child is Born', and Benny Green with 'Me and My Baby'. Audio

Economist Kate Raworth rejects the idea that producing and selling more every year is essential to a country’s stability and prosperity. Audio

Author Lucy Mayes was prompted to look at the pressures doctors are under when her own physician husband, Richard, was nearing burnout. Audio

NZTrio with guest violinist Manu Berkeljon play music by John Ireland, Anthony Ritchie, Dorothy Ker and Franz Schubert.

When it comes to global leadership trends, men with the big egos appear to be back - Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Jair Bolsonaro -  but there’s also been moves to foster a more feminist approach to foreign policy. Audio

Jim McLachlan was on the way home from the pub in Christchurch when a thief snatched his treasured tartan cap, which was sent to him by his mother in Scotland 50 years ago. Audio

Catch up on this week's most popular classical recordings with the RNZ Concert Chart, from 12 noon.

Nick Tipping banishes those persistent winter blues, with a set of music designed to keep you warm. Audio

In the pre-internet era The Listener magazine was a vital source of weekly information on New Zealand cultural life, Sarah Johnston from Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision looks back at the history of this institution. Audio, Gallery

A collection of cool classics to enjoy while you're keeping cosy this weekend.

Natural history filmmaker Alastair Fothergill's Netflix programme Our Planet took four years to make with 600 crew working in 50 countries, he says nature, given the chance, is extraordinarily resilient. Video, Audio, Gallery

Beethoven's first and last symphonies show just how far the composer developed the symphonic form, his 9th even incorporating choir and soloists.

Two seriously overweight kune kune pigs, Jenny and Craig, are in SPCA foster care after a report of concern about their size. Audio

The Detail - It's a good time to be in the tick certification business in New Zealand - and now there's a new one: the Gender Tick.  Audio

After 35 days of cricket at this World Cup we are still days away from having a settled result, but Jeremy Rees has some ideas as to how it might play out. Video

This year, the New Zealand Youth Choir turns 40, and the NZSO National Youth Orchestra celebrates its 60^th birthday. They're getting together for combined concerts in Wellington and Auckland. Audio

New Zealand squadron leader, flying-boat captain and commercial airline pilot, Tom Enright's book Many a Close Run Thing celebrates a 45 year career. Audio, Gallery