Features

Korean popular music is sweeping the world, and a group with massive smash hits - Blackpink - has a New Zealand member and some strong local connections. Video

Journalist Paula Penfold tells The Detail why she decided to get personal when it came to abortion law reform. Audio

As the Government prepares to deliver its much publicised well-being budget, a team of researchers at Massey University have developed their own measure of social progress - the Shared Prosperity Index. Audio

Scottish duo The Proclaimers released their first politically-charged anti-Thatcher anthem 'Letter from America' in 1987. Their new album, Angry Cyclist, reflects their dismay at Brexit and the US political scene. Video, Audio

Of all the brilliant musicians David Bowie worked with, few were as central to his career as his long-time pianist Mike Garson. His avant-garde, jazzy playing added "whipped cream" to the rock n roll cake, he says. Video, Audio

Known as the 'limping lady', Virginia Hall was one of the most formidable spies of World War II. She ambushed German convoys, blew up bridges and gathered intelligence that helped liberate Paris. Audio, Gallery

Enjoy some virtuoso playing from visiting Israeli pianist Boris Giltburg with an all-Russian programme.

Song Crush delves into UK hip hop, doom rock, alt-country and plenty in between. Host Tony Stamp has help from Wallace Chapman and Leilani Momoisea. Video, Audio

Analysis - James Faulkner's 'misunderstood' social media post has raised a lot of questions, none more so than why should we care? RNZ Sport Editor Stephen Hewson writes.

Widescreen - Amma Asante's Holocaust drama Where Hands Touch illuminates the persecution of an unexpected minority in Nazi Germany, says Dan Slevin.

RNZ Concert's Daybreak listeners have some great suggestions for books you can read over and over again.

While condemning social media for hosting and spreading extremists’ content, many media here also took the online bait from a notorious British right-wing troll, so toxic even Fox News and the UK red tops shun her. Audio

Members of Pacific military forces met together in Fiji recently for the first Pacific Military Women's Advisory Network seminar to honour United Nations obligations on women, peace and security.

Increasing counterfeit currency continues to cause headaches for Samoan banking officials and the police.

Social media posts in Papua New Guinea about kidnappers harvesting body organs are totally false, the police say.

A former leading West Papuan independence campaigner who became an Indonesian government supporter, Franzalbert Joku, has died in Jayapura. Audio

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra continues to wow with popular culture. Reviewer Hadyn Green was in the audience for Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. Video, Audio

'Great Lives' is a BBC podcast where notable guests talk about somebody who's inspired them, and why. In our featured episode the comedian and TV star Matt Lucas is joined by Freddie Mercury's biographer Lesley-Anne Jones. Audio

The Detail's associate producer Kethaki Masilamani calls home to find out how the Easter Sri Lanka attacks were different to the violence of the past. Audio

Three late-Romantic era works feature in this very recent NZSO concert, with Joyce Yang giving a particularly poetic performance of Brahms' First Piano Concerto.

Singer-songwriter Sophie Mashlan has just released her debut album Perfect Disaster and she's kicking off a nationwide tour. For NZ Live, she's joined by some of her music school colleagues to play some fresh, folk-inspired pop. Video, Audio

Uni student and folk singer Sophie Mashlan released her debut album Perfect Disaster last week, and now she's on a nationwide tour. Video, Audio

Body-swap comedy Little is often uncomfortable watching – and not in a good way, says Dan Slevin.

New Zealand could lead the world in developing biological pesticides, according to plant pathologist Stephen Ford. China has named Ecolibrium Biologicals – which he founded – one of the top ten bio-pesticide companies in the world. Audio