Features

A vaccination expert is reassuring Samoan families concerned about measles immunisations that vaccines are safe and warns against listening to unqualified speakers preying on their fears and wallets.

Transparency International Vanuatu has urged the country's president not to pardon former members of parliament convicted for corruption.

A new coalition of female leaders in the Pacific is kicking off its first conference in the Marshall Islands today.

New Zealand's news providers has been forced to rethink the way they work, whose voices they amplify - and why, writes Colin Peacock. Video, Audio

For their contribution to excellence in music, three New Zealand alumni have been recognised by the Royal Academy. Audio

Having some money that you can easily access when things go wrong is one of the most important aspects of managing your finances.  Audio

The kākāpō Files - The number of living kākāpō chicks has risen to 64, with plenty more due to hatch in the next few days. Audio

The Independent Music NZ (IMNZ) Classic Record Award will be awarded to Moana and the Moahunters for their 1993 album TAHI at this year’s Taite Music Prize. The finalists for Best Independent Debut have also been announced.

"I'm a very positive sort of person, I know what I want and I go and get it." Audio, Gallery

Guitarist Pablo Sáinz Villegas joins Alexander Shelley and the NZSO for a concert including Rodrigo's much-loved Concierto de Aranjuez.

An expanded APO filled the stage and the choir seats of the Auckland Town Hall for an exhilarating performance of Olivier Messiaen’s Turangalîla Symphony. Audio

If Manar Ibrahim stumbled at all in her speech at yesterday's vigil in Christchurch, it's because the size of the crowd gave her a fright. Video, Audio

Icelanders are crazy about Eurovision, with its kitsch glamour and often saccharine music. But the band representing them in Tel Aviv in May are a far cry from the mainstream world of pop and its lyrics of love and unity.

During the NZ Wars, Māori used native plants to numb their muscles ahead of combat and to heal wounds they suffered on the battlefield, says Māori healing practitioner David Kukutai Jones. Audio

Aucklander Diane Huh has taken out the annual National Concerto Competition held in Christchurch at the weekend.

The wreck of a famous American aircraft carrier, USS Wasp, has been located on the ocean floor, about 4000m down, in Solomon Islands waters. Audio

Two women film makers Becs Arahanga and Sharon Whippy talk to RNZ's Kathryn Ryan about their new feature film exploring the contemporary reality of Pacific women through one life, "Vai". Audio

Music 101 host Yadana Saw tries to make sense of being at Homegrown festival after a period of unprecedented national mourning. Between the revellers, the heat and the glitter - she finds that music does make a difference. 

Mediawatch - Experts say there is clear and compelling evidence that mass shooters are influenced by previous mass shootings. Video, Audio

New Zealand's 'Queen of Drum 'n' Bass' plays tracks from her seventh studio album Love and Migration. Audio

After a period of unprecedented national mourning, Yadana Saw discovers that music can make a difference.

If you want an entertaining TV show that's off-beat to the point of bizarre, Netflix's Russian Doll is for you, says Dan Slevin.

William Dart looks into the rock-to-cabaret journey taken by artists such as Bryan Ferry and David Johansen. And he pays tribute to the late André Previn. Video, Audio

Milly Olykan is a Kiwi expat who lives in Nashville where she works for the US Country Music Association. She tells Kirsten Johnstone about her mission to take country to the world. Video, Audio