Features

In the latest episode of Nanogirl's Great Science Adventures, Nanogirl rockets to Te Papa with her friends from Mt Cook School to find out. Video, Audio

This week Eva's listening to music to warm us up in midwinter especially the toe-tapping tunes of bossa nova. Listen on RNZ Concert from 12 noon.

Family therapist Anna Martin has four rules for parents – remain calm, acknowledge your child’s feelings, listen, and make your child part of the solution. Audio

Some say a plant-based diet supplemented with meat grown in a lab is the solution to food production challenges posed by climate change and a growing global population.  Audio

Napster, the pioneering file-sharing service that almost destroyed the record industry, turns 20 this month. Music journalist and author Steve Knopper joins RNZ Music to discuss the lasting effect it's had on the music industry. Audio

Hymns on Sunday is marking Matariki, midwinter and the Day of Prayer for Refugees and Migrants this week. Audio

Listen - Seven little sisters make seven kites with seashell eyes to celebrate the Māori New Year in this tale from our Storytime collection. Audio

Orchestra Wellington presents two of the great pillars of classical music: Beethoven's 'Eroica' and Stravinsky's 'Rite of Spring'.

The themes of Michael Tippett's oratorio 'A Child of our Time' are as relevant and powerful as ever. Rachel Hyde and David Morriss discuss the impassioned protest against persecution and tyranny that Tippett saw happening in 1939.

At the family-run farm Holy Cow, each of the 54 Jersey cows has a name and her own milking stall. Audio, Gallery

The Original Gypsies was founded by three members of The Gypsy Kings, who had a global hit album back in the 90s. This 12-piece band produces a tight wall of fiery flamenco-infused rhythms, accompanied by raw, raspy vocals. Audio

Nick banishes the winter blues with music designed to keep you warm - including Michel LeGrand with ‘Too Darn Hot’, Kenny Burrell and Jimmy Smith playing ‘Fever’, and Dizzy Gillespie with ‘On the Sunny Side of the Street’. Audio

Fashion designer Annah Stretton and her sister Rebecca Skilton are helping New Zealand's female prison inmates make a better life on the outside through their RAW (Reclaiming Another Woman) programme. Video, Audio

The New Zealand String Quartet got great reviews for this concert of music by John Psathas, Beethoven and Smetana.

Award-winning costumes from the original West End production of the hit musical Priscilla - Queen of the Desert are gracing a New Plymouth stage.

Two Cents' Worth - In a small corner of Grey Lynn, Auckland, trees are being cleared and tired old buildings are being demolished for a new development. Audio

Widescreen - Dan Slevin reviews a documentary about American politics that isn’t about Donald Trump, and isn’t depressing.

Analysis: Winston Peters positions New Zealand First as the farmers' champion, the cost of the gun buy-back is revealed and there's a row over electoral law changes.

The McIsaac sisters, Ann and Peggy, travelled from Stratford and Auckland respectively to be reunited with their childhood home - and the wall-to-wall posters they put up as kids. Video

RNZ's Indira Stewart is an accomplished musician. The former music teacher and NZ Idol runner up discusses healing after heartbreak, her Tongan heritage, and her time as a competitive accordion player. Video, Audio

The Black Quartet spans musical worlds, having played with everyone from Kanye West to The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. Here they are joined by Rob Ruha, Hollie Fullbrook (Tiny Ruins) and James Milne (Lawrence Arabia). Audio, Gallery

Insight - Thousands of Pacific Islanders are hoping for a new life through the annual visa lotteries. They are ready to wrench themselves from home, but is the better life the ballot promises a reality?

Two Australian singers join the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra for music by Handel and Bach including the wonderful 'Zadok the Priest'.

After researching the shocking conditions children in detention centres had to deal with, US immigration reporter Aura Bogado set out to talk to some of them.  Audio