Features

Beat Rhythm Fashion were one of Wellington's premier post-punk bands in the '80s. Now they're back with the mesmerising new album Tenterhook. Video, Audio

Bizet’s story of the gypsy seductress who lives by her own rules is this week's opera from The Met. Listen to Clémentine Margaine and Roberto Alagna as Carmen and Don José, on RNZ Concert from 6pm.

Gentle rain has been falling in King Country and the Nelson region has had a good dose, too. Audio

Quirky hip-hop pioneers De La Soul discuss a remarkable thirty-year-career, including their debut album 3 Feet High and Rising which the American Library of Congress named as having "cultural, historical and aesthetic significance". Audio

As the rimu fruit begins to ripen, wild kākāpō mothers are being given chicks to look after and volunteers are coming from around the world to help with the largest breeding season on record. Audio

We mark the beginning of Lent, there's a chant from the Taizé tradition and we get an insight into how American minister Robert Lowry wrote his hymns. Audio

KIAN's debut song 'Waiting' has had 25 million streams. It won a nationwide song contest, and this new voice in  alternative soul-pop has just been signed to the same label as Lorde, Drake, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj. Video, Audio

Orchestra Wellington offers a multi-media extravaganza with one of the grandest and most popular works in the orchestral repertoire - The Planets - preceded by not one, but two premières from New Zealand composers.

The Song Crush team are loving Solange’s misty-eyed tribute to her hometown of Houston and new music from Four Tet, Helado Negro and Stella Donnelly. Video, Audio

"They started with a furious rush of energy, the combination of horns and rhythm section pulling towards a ska feel. But they ultimately settled into a more relaxed and compelling cumbia groove." Audio

There was a huge thirst for culture in the UK after WW2 and Kathleen Ferrier won hearts through her many concerts and recitals.  Roger Flury and Des Wilson tell the story of a much-loved singer, gone but not forgotten. Video, Audio

Two Cents' Worth - Nikki Mandow delves into the economic mysteries behind the guilt-assuaging plastic packaging recycling bins, which mysteriously disappeared from supermarkets late last year.  Audio

Analysis - Mark Taylor left New Zealand five years ago to join ISIS and is currently imprisoned in Syria. Peter Wilson looks at how our government might handle his possible return.

In a beautifully curated programme, ex-pat New Zealand pianist Read Gainsford introduces and plays music that links to Impressionism in some way, but is not impressionistic in itself.

From 'Empty Garden' to 'Night Shift', via 'Shine on you Crazy Diamond' and 'Beryl', we play some of the greatest tribute songs, as suggested by RNZ listeners. Video, Audio

Singer songwriter Neko Case finds comfort after the devastation of a house fire, seductive soul from Rhye, Tongan R&B and soul singer Emily Muli plays live, successful new soul-pop act KIAN, and our Mixtape guest is Trevor Reekie, and...

Our Changing World - New research shows that bull kelp along a tectonically uplifted stretch of coast south of Dunedin has a surprisingly different genetic signature to the kelp on either side. Audio

Be loving, be calm and look after yourself. These are the simple keys to surviving a new baby that often get lost in the complicated noise of advice, a psychologist says. Audio

Tim Minchin, the comedian, musician and composer of Matilda The Musical has been described by some people as a genius. But when Jim Mora puts it to him, his Australian humility kicks in. Video, Audio

Marking the Berlioz anniversary, this month's free classical download is Summer Nights (Les Nuits d'Été) by Berlioz, sung by the wonderful Sasha Cooke with the NZSO conducted by Edo de Waart.

Here's one for kids and te reo learners of all ages! RNZ Music is proud to share ‘E Ta Tohorā’, a song about whales, featuring vocals from Warren Maxwell (Trinity Roots, Little Bushman).

New Mexico born, Arrowtown raised, singer-song-writer Holly Arrowsmith is a writer of emotionally revealing, honest and thoughtful songs. Tonight we hear her live in the RNZ studios in 2018, and 2015. Video, Audio

Today, as we mark 150 years since the death of Berlioz, we listen again to a superb performance by the NZSO with four soloists and chorus, of one of the composer's great works.

If an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, New Zealand has its health priorities skewed, an eminent epidemiologist says. Audio