Features

Widescreen - Us is out on home video today. Dan Slevin looks at some of the critical responses to the ideas behind one of the most creative films of the past ten years.

Within 50 years, the dead are expected to outnumber the living on Facebook. Max Towle asks if being 'friends' with our deceased loved ones helps or hinders the grieving process?

After an attempted suicide Tuala Tusani turned his life around from a violent gang past to becoming one of South Auckland's most successful businessmen. Video, Audio

Analysis - As Hong Kong ponders the way ahead after protests that rocked the territory this week, RNZ's Graeme Acton writes Beijing has made it clear those protests will change nothing.

The Detail - Low personal polling for National Party leader Simon Bridges doesn't necessarily mean that replacing him before the election is a sure thing.  Audio

From the archives: Matthew Crawford navigates the turbulent confluence of music and politics in 20th century America.  Audio

Nanfu Wang grew up in a small farming village in south-eastern China hearing stories of women being forced to abort a second child for violating the one child policy introduced in 1979. Video, Audio

Nearly 18 years after the attacks on the World Trade Centre, a battle is being waged to replenish the fund to support emergency responders and their families as thousands are sick with terminal illness. Audio

A 1972 performance by Aretha Franklin is the highest-selling live gospel music recording of all time. There was also supposed to be a film, directed by Sydney Pollack, but various problems held it back for nearly half a century. We talk to the man who finally completed Amazing Grace. Video, Audio

Every time we go online data is collected about us and that data is being used to not only predict our behaviour, but shape it too, says  Harvard professor Shoshana Zuboff. Audio

A small group of Pacific eye care specialists are determined to make a difference despite the challenge of a heavy workload, large areas to cover and often minimal resources at their disposal. Audio

The Kimbe Cutters rugby league team has launched an appeal to assist the volcano victims in West New Britain during this weekend's round of Digicel Cup domestic matches in Papua New Guinea.

A Pacific climate change specialist says the region's representatives had their goals frustrated at global talks in Germany last week.

Samoa's newly passed amendments of the 1965 Alienation of Customary Lands Act has cleared uncertainties raised by local and overseas based Samoans.

Crusaders winger Sevu Reece is one of four new caps in the All Blacks squad named for the Rugby Championship.

For those who experience it, getting your name read out as part of the All Blacks for the first time is a dream come true, writes Clay Wilson.

Make a cuppa and pull up the blankies as we serve some toasty new tunes to warm you up. featuring new tunes from The Comet is Coming, Iron & Wine and Calexico and Jordan Rakei amongst others. Video, Audio

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Our Changing World - Dr Rangi Mātāmua talks about the 120-year-old book which has preserved his ancestors' knowledge of Māori astronomy. Audio

It's common for scholars to question the true authorship of Shakespeare's work, but it's rare to suggest a woman crafted some of the most famous plays in English history - a British journalist begs to differ. Audio

Nick Drake was practically unknown when he died at 26 in 1974, but his slim volume of work has since achieved classic status. RNZ spoke to Joe Boyd who produced Drake's debut, Five Leaves Left, released 50 years ago today. Audio

The Detail: A watershed Waitangi Tribunal report backs claims the system is racist, finding the Crown has breached the Treaty in failing to give Māori control over their health. Audio

Lynn Hill is a pioneer in the rock climbing community and continues to influence the current generation of female climbers. In the 1990s she changed the definition of what was possible in the sport. Audio, Gallery

In this episode of Voices, we meet a former refugee heading up an organisation specifically supporting families affected by the Christchurch mosque attacks. Audio

American record producer Joe Boyd signed Nick Drake in 1968 and produced his first two albums. He speak to Trevor Reekie about Drake's shy and delicate nature, his incredible music, and how he's become such a beloved figure. Audio