Features

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

'From the Pit' features images of Kiwi musicians captured by some of the best music photographers in the country. The exhibition is on display during NZ Music Month at Flying Out and Q Theatre in Auckland.

Community leaders in the South Auckland suburb of Ōtara are creating a bike stunt competition partly to educate young people about safety.

Grammy Award-winning mezzo Sasha Cooke sing's Berlioz's beautiful set of songs Les Nuits d'été with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edo de Waart.

Mediawatch: Some pundits predict the PM's upcoming social media summit in Paris won’t move US-based tech companies. But could reformers find US lawyers and lawmakers end up on their side? Video, Audio

Teen doom-pop sensation Billie Eilish played her first arena concert in New Zealand last week, and RNZ Music sent two young fans to their first ever concert. It was a night of dreams and feelings for those onstage and in the crowd. Video, Audio

After 2,600 kilometres on horseback, foot and bike, a group of trekkers and volunteers are nearing their final destination of Slope Point. So far, they've raised nearly $400,000 for multiple sclerosis research. Audio, Gallery

In the wake of the Mueller Report, an "impeachment enquiry" into President Donald Trump is the wisest course of action, says English political columnist and author Jonathan Freedland.  Audio

Week in Politics - Jacinda Ardern announced an international mission to rein in social media platforms this week, but will her world summit in Paris succeed, asks Peter Wilson.

Saint-Saëns' opera, like the biblical tale, takes place in the city of Gaza around 1150 BC. Georgian mezzo Anita Rashvelishvili stars as Dalila in this Metropolitan Opera production. Listen on RNZ Concert from 6pm.