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Denis Kozhukhin thinks now is the right time for him to be performing Schumann's Piano Concerto for the first time. Audio

Viran Molisa Trief is expected to become the first Ni-Vanuatu woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court of Vanuatu.

Ecologists are tracking New Zealand longfin eels to try to solve one of the great mysteries of the natural world: where they go to breed. Audio

We invited listeners to Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan to send in their favourite songs of the sea. We've taken the most popular picks as well as the ones we like the best and here they are: Video, Audio

Margaret Spanvi remembers the Iranian Revolution and what it was like being evacuated from Tehran on an NZ Airforce Hercules in 1979. Audio

Opinion - This wouldn't be the first time the Black Caps have resembled a club team, writes Hamish Bidwell.

The Detail - New Zealanders will soon cast their vote on if cannabis should be legalised. With parts of the US, Canada and Uruguay leading the debate - will we follow suit? Audio

The Koi Boys came to fame as crowd favourites on The Voice Australia. Here they join the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra for a selection of songs by Neil Diamond, Megan Trainor, Sam Cooke, Drake, The Chords and others.

The college admissions scandal in the US may never have come to light if a dodgy "finance guy" hadn't blabbed to the Feds about being solicited by a soccer coach for a bribe to get his daughter into college. Audio

Kenneth Branagh’s long obsession with Shakespeare has culminated in a film, All Is True, about the bard’s final years in Stratford-upon-Avon, where he had returned to live “to be this modest man of money.” Video, Audio

The Song Crush team play a song created by AI, an old ghost song, a fiery love poem and some trade-aid jazz.  Video, Audio

Samoa's Deputy Prime Minister says her country is reaching a critical time for women's representation. Audio

It's 140 years since indentured labourers - the so-called Girmitiya - first arrived in Fiji to work on colonial plantations in harsh conditions. Audio

Virtuoso bass-player Hiroshi Ikematsu joins pianist Piers Lane and members of NZ String Quartet for a concert of chamber music including Schubert's much-loved Trout Quintet.

Almost everything we know today about climate change we knew back in 1979. A small group of scientists tried to convince the world to act and, writes Nathaniel Rich in a new book, they almost succeeded. Audio

Screenwriter and director Dustin Lance Black grew up Mormon in Texas, where being gay was not only a sin, but a crime. He has written a memoir about his upbringing called Mama's Boy. Audio

The singer turned actress starred in films such as Calamity Jane and Pillow Talk and had a hit in 1956 with 'Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)'. Video

The Detail - On Wednesday Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will co-chair a meeting of the world's powerhouse economies aimed at stopping extremism spreading online. But what will it really achieve?  Audio

Songwriter Jeff Tweedy waged a 30-year battle against "drugs, alcohol and in-fighting to become one of the US's most revered musicians" according to The Guardian. He talks to Kim Hill ahead of an Auckland appearance. Video, Audio

It's the foraging season for fungi and while most fungi foragers confine themselves to the good old field mushrooms, others have the knowledge and the confidence to try other varieties. Audio, Gallery

With all the near-by pubs now closed, a Manawatu woolshed is now the informal gathering spot for local farmers on a Friday night. 'Happy Hour On Now For Mental Health' says a sign on the fencepost outside. Audio

Papua New Guinea's police chief has warned against moves by MPs to involve the public or members of his force in the country's current political wrestle. Audio

The New Zealand government's Zero Carbon Bill has been greeted with cautious enthusiasm by the charity Oxfam

Hienghène Sport won their maiden OFC Champions League football title after a sensational 60 metre strike by substitute Amy Antoine Roine earned a 1-0 victory over AS Magenta in an all New Caledonian final in Noumea.