Features

The Detail - New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is sweeping through US politics like a hurricane. Her sharp use of social media means you've probably heard of her - so who is she? Audio

The mistreatment of elderly people often goes under the radar and usually starts off very small. Audio

Pornography is everywhere and more children are seeing it than ever before. Katy Gosset looks at why we need to talk to our kids about it – and how to start the conversation. Audio

RNZ Music is thrilled to be the first to share the new single and video from Irish singer Wallis Bird. 'As The River Flows' is the first single from her sixth album, Woman, which is due out in September.

A Stanford University study has found that students find it difficult to navigate a sea of disinformation, and the majority can't distinguish between fake and real news. Audio

Opinion - Declaring a climate emergency might be difficult to explain thoroughly, but it actually makes a lot of sense, Greg Roughan writes.

The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's concert features Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto played by Frank Dupree, as well as music by Richard Strauss and New Zealand composer John Rimmer.

It's not often you get to grill the people who run your own organisation. One select committee got to question all three of Parliament's triumvirate this week. Audio

Elroy Finn, son of Neil, is a musician in his own right and has just released his debut album, Elroy. RNZ is proud to be first to share the new video for his track 'Excite Me Much'.

When Kristine Zipfel jumped into the sea off Mo'orea, she expected to open her eyes to an underwater world teeming with life and colour.

Young males in the Cook Islands are twice as likely to be sexually abused as those in New Zealand.

An economist in Fiji says reckless government spending means it had to cut expenditure in this year's budget.

Samoa's Prime Minister has urged the Land Transport Authority to be more stringent in issuing licences to people who drive public transport vehicles.

The party of Ukraine's former prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk says it is absurd fake news that his wife obtained Vanuatu citizenship.

Anna Merlan has been accused of being a lizard person - part of a secret alien race taking over the world - and a CIA agent. Just another day at the office for a journalist immersed in conspiracy theory. Audio

Kākāpō death toll from aspergillosis rises by one to seven, while nine birds have been given a clean bill of health. Sad and positive news from the frontline of the fight to save kākāpō. Video, Audio

Petrouchka was first performed on 13 June 1911 in Paris and is still considered one of the greatest ballets ever created. Audio

The Detail - Why does New Zealand use so much of the world's 1080, the controversial poison that environmentalists say we need to use more of, or lose our threatened bird species.  Audio

Elroy Finn is the son of one of New Zealand's most beloved musicians, Neil Finn. He's also a musician in his own right and has just released his debut album, Elroy. RNZ Music is proud to be first to share the brand new video for his track 'Excite Me Much'.

A 1960s pop-culture treasure trove has been uncovered during renovations of a turn-of-the-century villa in New Plymouth, Robin Martin reports.

Watch: Forestry bosses say it's difficult to get and keep workers in what is a physically demanding job, but just how hard is it? Checkpoint host Lisa Owen planted trees for the day to find out. Video, Audio

Race science was thought to be abandoned after the horrors of World War II, but award-winning British journalist Angela Saini says not only is it making a comeback, it never really went away. Audio

When New Zealand-based scuba diver Kristine Zipfel jumped into the sea off Mo'orea she expected to open her eyes to life and colour, but instead she found a barren underworld.

We begin a new season of concerts from Carnegie Hall Live. Star sopranos Audra McDonald and Renée Fleming join the San Francisco Symphony conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas for an opening night Gala.