Features

There's a call for Papua New Guinea's Sustainable Development Programme to consider creating an oversight mechanism. Audio

Years ago a 13-year-old girl went missing in California. In the early 2000s, a woman turned up claiming to be her. To help solve the puzzle detectives brought in a forensic linguistic expert. Audio

Luke Wright is part of a renaissance in British poetry, he performs his political, moving and often very funny poems to full houses in the UK and is coming to New Zealand for the Auckland Writer’s Festival. Video, Audio

The pain, pride and longing of this Polish exile can be found in every corner of his music. Margaret Ogilvie shares some insights into Chopin's life and work. Audio

RNZ Music is proud to present the brand new video from Kiwi dance duo Lee Mvtthews, for their dubstep banger, ‘Let Me Go’.

Two Cents' Worth - Growing cannabis is something we do pretty well in parts of this country, but until now that has not been something to be proud of or even talk about. That's about to change Audio

In the Icelandic comedy Woman at War, Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir plays a lone eco-terrorist trying to balance motherhood with saving the planet. She's certainly a heroine for 2019, writes Simon Morris.  Video, Audio

Listen to new releases ranging from homegrown, colloquial hip-hop to grown-up love songs, Japanese indie pop to British Brexit music with this week's The Song Crush team. Video, Audio

Opera divas and divos were the rock stars of their day and often became household names, but many also lived through troubled times.

Guest violinist Aisslinn Nosky directs the strings of the NZSO in music by Vivaldi, Handel, Telemann and Geminiani.

Twenty-five years ago, a plane carrying the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi was shot down in Rwanda. It marked the beginning of a genocide in which an estimated one million Rwandan’s were slaughtered. Audio

The Auckland Opera Studio is where Amitai first performed, as part of an ensemble. Now they are opening a new  space, where Amitai and Isabella will sing favourite works from younger days at a soirée marking its opening. Audio

The tiny Hawke's Bay settlement of Nuhaka has chess champions, a large Latter-day Saints congregation and a thriving apple & kiwifruit orchard. It's also been a centre for Māori language revival thanks to people like 82 year old Liz Hunkin. Audio, Gallery

Voices - Award-winning UK-Nigerian musician, Paul Ubana Jones has his own thoughts about last month’s mosque shootings in his home city of Christchurch; choose love he says. Video, Audio, Gallery

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Tenor Amitai Pati and soprano Isabella Moore will perform in a soirée marking the opening of a new space at the Auckland Opera Studio. Audio

New Zealand's work-based savings scheme is getting more flexible, and opening its doors to those over 65 – although not completely. Investment advisor Mary Holm explains the updated KiwiSaver. Audio

Fiji have won a record-extending fifth Hong Kong Sevens title in a row after beating France 21-7 in the Cup final.

The Switched On Pop podcast goes deep on some of today's biggest hits, analysing them by reference to everything from Baroque art to The Bee Gees. Audio

It’s a huge task to turn a school around, when the roll is dropping and there’s little love from the locals. At West Spreydon School it’s taken a decade.

UK-Nigerian musician Paul Ubana Jones has toured the world sharing stages with Bob Dylan, Norah Jones, Crowded House and more, but Christchurch is home, and he has thoughts about last month’s mosque shootings. Video, Audio, Gallery

"My idea is that there is music in the air, music all around us, the world is full of it and you simply take as much as you require," said Elgar. He might also win the prize for 'best moustache' ... Audio

Insight - As legislation to ban most types of semi-automatic and military-style guns works its way through parliament Philippa Tolley explores how gun owners are responding. Audio

Unified grief and a near-unanimous response to the Christchurch terror attacks could lead us to think that peace has broken out in New Zealand amongst New Zealand politicians. So has it? Phil Smith investigates. Audio

Kirsten Johnstone and her guests share the best new hip-hop, homegrown melodies, Japanese indie pop and Brexit tunes. Video, Audio