Features

This week Nick plays music by Tamara Kuldin, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Wes Montgomery, and Bunny Berigan, and then features Kind of Blue by Miles Davis.

The best thing you can do for your spine is move often and in lots of different ways, says Auckland physio Stacey Law. Audio

Mary Holm offers insights from conference on retirement income policies at the University of Auckland’s Retirement Policy and Research Centre. Audio

Violinist Wilma Smith put together this group of two established musicians – Wilma herself and viola player Caroline Henbest, and two up-and-coming Kiwi musicians, cellist Alexandra Partridge and pianist Andrew Leathwick.

We're celebrating the release of a brand new documentary on Martin Phillipps and The Chills, with a bunch of Chills covers from some of our favourite musicians. The first two covers are from Anika Moa and Anthonie Tonnon.

Mississippi blues musician Cedric Burnside, roots rockers Larkin Poe. British new-soul band Jungle, live ambient folk-pop from A.U.R.A, fresh pop from Openside, hot new music in Song Crush and SJD picks The Mixtape. Yes!

Two Cents' Worth - At the end of May, the government will be rolling out their new Wellbeing Budget, Can it really make us a happier, healthier nation? Claire Crofton investigates. Audio

Washington D.C. lawyer Philip Greene is no stranger to mixing it up. As well as being a successful lawyer for the US Marine Corps with an office in the Pentagon, he's a cocktail historian. Audio

Widescreen - Dan Slevin recommends you check out one of his favourite annual big screen events.

New Zealand songwriter Aldous Harding teases with cryptic lyrics and a feather-weight feeling on her third album Designer. Kirsten Johnstone speaks to the woman behind the songs. Video, Audio

Here's your soundtrack for Star Wars Day, courtesy of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.

'We get great feedback about him. It’s nice he’s doing his music and clearly loving it,' says the Mall manager where busker Richard Taylor plays Bach, folk tunes and Metallica.

Join Tom Scott performing hip hop and future soul songs from @Peace & The Plutonium Noise Symphony in 2014, as well as thr jazzy hip hop of his latest project Avantdale Bowling Club.

Insight - The internet has helped those wanting to spread extremism and in the wake of the Christchurch terrorist attacks anonymous forums have come under scrutiny. Max Towle investigates. Audio

'Choirs on Fridays' continues with the NZ Youth Choir conducted by David Squire singing spiritual music, ancient and contemporary, from New Zealand and around the world.

Versatile double bass player Eric Scholes is playing a concerto by Carl Dittersdorf with NZ Barok this weekend. Audio

New Zealand is still in the top ten for global press freedom but our media, in the light of the Christchurch attacks, needs to be vigilant against incursions on their freedoms, writes Colin Peacock. Audio

An early childhood teacher's dream of writing a whole lot of waiata, and performing them to early childhood centres and primary schools around the country is coming true despite her untimely death. Audio, Gallery

You're probably over all the stories about e-scooters, but there's more to them than clogged sidewalks and crashes. Horace Dediu is an independent expert on "micromobility", a term he coined for small vehicles. Audio

Wellington's celebrity cat 'Mittens' has turned up two days early for a curtain call at the Michael Fowler Centre.

When Jamali Maddix takes to the stage, expect brutally honest material on the state of society and personal tales of hate and confrontation from his travels around the world. Video, Audio

Why is George Orwell’s 1984 still relevant in 2019? Jesse Mulligan takes a deep dive into the novel with Melbourne University’s Robert Hassan. Audio

Our Changing World - ESR is using a laser to scan crime scenes, allowing police and juries to 'fly through' the scene long after the event. Video, Audio

In the middle of the Glastonbury Festival sat an event reminiscent of the Las Vegas Strip - butterfly trainers, acrobatic strippers, Fat Boy Slim dressed as a bumble bee. It was Lost Vagueness. Audio, Gallery