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Israel Folau's future in Australian rugby is looking increasingly grim after a independent panel determined that the Wallabies superstar committed a "high level" breach of his contract.

If the cello is your favourite, then here are some terrific players playing some of the best music in the repertoire.

Jonny Greenwood, Radiohead’s lead guitarist-turned-orchestral composer, discusses with Zoë George the wonderful absurdity of being programmed alongside Haydn and Ravel for the NZSO’s Shed Series in Wellington.

Auckland R&B five-piece Leisure have just released a video documenting their concert with the APO at Auckland’s Town Hall in 2018.

Some children are born anxious and some learn to worry from the very people who want to shield them from uncomfortable feelings. Audio

Natalie Lin, Ashley Brown and Sarah Watkins play music by two New Zealand composers plus Bax and Beethoven.

One of the world’s most famous yoga masters was to some a beloved teacher and a guide to enlightenment. To others, he was a sexual predator and a bully. Audio

The chair of the Samoa Medical Council is calling for overseas experts to take over management of the country's main hospital.

An appeal has gone out for money and supplies to help hundreds of workers from Fiji's water utility who have lost their jobs

The concentration of carbon dioxide in the earth's upper atmosphere has again reached record highs.

Songs to make you bounce in your chair and songs to make you weep by Jess B, Soaked Oats, Scott Mannion and more. Video, Audio

Neven MacEwan was an All Black from 1956 to 1962. The high-jumping lock played 52 matches for the All Blacks but when his career ended his struggles with alcohol almost destroyed his life. Audio, Gallery

Radiohead’s lead guitarist-turned-orchestral composer Jonny Greenwood speaks about the absurdity of being performed alongside Haydn and Ravel by the NZSO, and his film scores for Paul Thomas Anderson.

The Detail - After 30 years of Tomorrow's Schools, the Goverrnment's looking at a shake up that might just take us full circle. Audio

RNZ Music is stoked to be the first to share the new video from local folk-pop singer songwriter Harry Parsons, ‘Scars’.

Voices - The way we present ourselves to the world is social, cultural and even political. It can send a powerful message about our values, signifying our sense of belonging - or struggle - to fit in. Audio

The Dunedin music icon talks to Kim Hill about his memoir Dead People I Have Known. Audio, Gallery

In a watershed moment for New Zealand drug policy, more than 100 years of thinking when dealing with users is about to go out the window, writes Alexander Gillespie.

Wonder Park is a surprisingly effective way to introduce your child to the concept of how unhappy they might become later on in life, reports Dan Slevin.

The Detail - After the Christchurch mosque attacks Canterbury rugby bosses have been forced to look at changing the famous franchise's name and branding, but Crusaders fans are dead set against it. Audio

The 250th anniversary of Captain Cook’s voyage of discovery inspires Salina Fisher's composition 'Tupaia' and the NZSO follows that with three more landmark works - by Berlioz, Debussy and Ravel.

After they shared a dressing room in Nelson, Bic Runga was inspired to write for soprano Anna Leese's agile voice. Video, Audio

Rugby league legend Tawera Nikau and his family are helping scientists plant thousands of native trees around the edges of degraded Lake Waikare to restore its mauri (life force). Audio

Cook Islands sprinter Patricia Taea is looking forward to sleeping in more often and the odd piece of chocolate after announcing her retirement from athletics.