Features

William Dart features American singer Melissa Etheridge, who has politics on her mind and in her songs on her latest album. Video, Audio

Foulden Maar is a 23-million year old volcanic crater in inland Otago is a treasure trove of fossils. But it is under threat from a proposal to mine its diatomite for animal feed. Audio

The documentary The Eulogy is an “epic tale and musical legacy of one of the greatest pianists Australia never really knew”. Director Janine Hosking talks to Upbeat. Video, Audio

Pigs can hope, monkeys believe in fairness and dislike unfairness; animals experience a wide range of emotions says primatologist Frans de Waal. Video, Audio, Gallery

Rotuman people have been feasting and celebrating this week to mark Rotuma Day, the day their island became part of the British Empire. Video

The President of the Archery Samoa Federation says the Prime Minister will be just another member of the team when he competes at the Pacific Games in July.

The leader of the National Federation Party Biman Prasad has attacked the Fiji government over its ban on exiled scholar Brij Lal.

Papua New Guinea's prime minister and other leading officials have been referred by the Ombudsman Commission to a Leadership Tribunal over a controversial state loan.

Israel's leader Benjamin Netanyahu secured his fifth term as Prime Minister in April - but with the threat of indictments hanging over him. Audio

Marjorie, who has been knitting for 95 years, is one of thousands around New Zealand and the world working to keep South Auckland babies warm. Video, Audio

New Zealand has a passionate community of live music photographers, many of whom are showing their work as part of an exhibition called 'From The Pit'. Audio

A party formed in New Caledonia just two months ago has become the potential kingmaker after the weekend election of a new Congress. Audio

Our thinking about weight and health is flawed, says an expert in obesity.  Audio

Split Enz, Lorde, Dave Dobbyn and Bic Runga are among the many musicians that feature in Prime TV's NZ music series. RNZ Music is honoured to have extra, unique stories you won't see anywhere else, except here:

The Detail - The two superpowers are facing off in a trade tariff war with dangerous consequences.  Audio

Charlize Theron’s star power is put to good use in the appealing romantic comedy Long Shot, says Dan Slevin.

New Zealand has a passionate community of live music photographers, some whose work is showing in an exhibition called 'From The Pit'. We asked them to share the truth of life in the photographers' pit. Audio

Tonight's concert from Deutsche Welle explores the musical environment that brought forth the young Beethoven.

A pilot programme that allows Andrew Oliver, 35 - who has one of the rarest genetic conditions in the world - to live independently is a relief to his parents who have struggled against the national system for years.
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Auckland sculptor Virginia King is in a group show at the Venice Biennale organised by the European Cultural Centre, her exhibit Personal Structures explores notions of the earth's fragility. Audio, Gallery

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