Features

The Solomon Islands government says it's contained the oil spill from a wrecked ship at the centre of an environmental disaster.

A Catholic lawmaker in Hawaii, Representative Rita Cabanilla Arakawa, has urged the Church to allow priests to marry.

Many believe '90s TV sitcom Melody Rules is a contender for that title. Twenty five years on, original writer Geoff Houtman is on a quest to find out what went wrong and what Melody Rules has to teach us about failure.

When the NZ prime minister revealed she was pregnant, alarm bells rang. Would she be able to concentrate? Would she find it all too much? No-one's asking that now, writes Anabelle Crabb.

The Veils’ Finn Andrews has just released his debut solo album One Piece At A Time. The affable singer/ songwriter sat down with Tony Stamp to discuss the album track by track. Video, Audio

Dawit Arshak escaped war-torn Ethiopia in 1984, eventually moving to NZ with his wife and two kids in the late 1990s. Although he and his daughter' Mahlete's lives have been very different, they're united by a desire to help others. Audio, Gallery

For William Dart, Tom Petty’s song 'Walls' somehow catches the glow and the gloom of 1996. Dart explores a recently compiled CD box set that pays tribute to a true American treasure. Video, Audio

Alison Ballance gets the latest on this year's record-breaking kākāpō breeding season. Audio

The members of Red Priest brought some joy into the RNZ Concert studio yesterday. Audio

Max Bruch's most famous work features every year in RNZ Concert's poll of listener favourites. Violinist Karen Gomyo and the NZSO are conducted by Edo de Waart.

Dan Slevin is emotionally mauled by a very cute canine in the new film A Dog’s Way Home.

Crew members on giant container ships are singing karaoke to dispel homesickness and loneliness. Richard Scott checks out a BBC podcast offering rare access to the sounds onboard. Audio, Gallery

RNZ Music was lucky enough to experience this intimate live session with experimental electronic Estonian duo Maarja Nuut & Ruum. They performed their darkly evocative track ‘The Lost Geese’. Video, Audio

New Zealand's Fijian community is reeling after three people from Fiji were killed in Friday's mosque attacks in Christchurch.

Indie folk musician Dave Baxter (aka Avalanche City) finished his NZ tour last week and the next day visited our Auckland studio to chat with Jesse Mulligan and play songs from his latest album My Babylon. Video, Audio

As children return to school this week, Psychologist and disaster mental health expert, Dr Sarb Johal explains how to best support them following the Christchurch mosque shootings. Audio

"I drew a picture of the economy and it comes out looking like a doughnut. The purpose is to meet the needs of all people within the means of this incredible delicately balanced living planet." Audio

Beethoven said this symphony was not mimicking sounds from nature, but was an exploration of the effect nature has on the human soul.  Audio

After the Christchurch terror attack, renaming the New Zealand rugby team is now a matter of urgency, writes Jamie Wall. Video

Back in the '70s, artist Harry Sangl persuaded a group of female elders from the Eastern Bay of Plenty to be painted by him. At an exhibition of the portraits, Justine Murray meets Harry (now 97) and some of the women's descendants. Audio

Facebook knows who we message, the calls we make and the contacts in our phones, so why aren't we all closing our accounts? Max Towle investigates. Video

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'The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace' was composed in the year 2000 by Welshman Karl Jenkins. Our introduction to this popular modern work is by Brian Kay. Video, Audio

French Polynesia's leading advocate for the victims of France's nuclear weapons tests has died.

Students at this week's Polyfest in Auckland say the festival is becoming more culturally diverse to include more than just New Zealand's Pacific or Māori communities.