Features

Here’s your first look at ‘Better Days’, the first solo release from Auckland-based multi-instrumentalist Sam Loveridge.

On the Basis of Sex tells of the early years of gender-equality campaigner – and later supreme court judge – Ruth Bader Ginsburg and stars Felicity Jones and Armie Hammer. Video, Audio

Analysis - Now we'll find out whether Labour has the political courage to walk through the door opened by the Tax Working Group and actually implement a capital gains tax, writes Tim Watkin.

The Electric Avenue music festival returns to Christchurch's Hagley Park this Saturday. RNZ's Katie Todd picks three local acts to look out for.

Join us for tonight's livestream concert from the Auckland Town Hall. The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra with guest pianist Tamara-Anna Cislowska playing Gershwin and Falla.

Famous friends like Jordan Luck, Marlon Williams and Delaney Davidson pay tribute to Christchurch songwriter Al Park on the new covers album Better Already. William Dart takes us for a listen. Video, Audio

VIDEO: As the Christchurch Town Hall underwent a $167 million refurbishment, the building’s original architects would pop in, to look over the works.

There’s a crime wave on the coast of California. People are clambering around the cliffs stuffing hundreds of succulents in bags and shipping them back to Korea and China. Audio

Stories from fa`afafine, transgender, and queer people of Sāmoa - one of the original continuous indigenous queer cultures of Polynesia and the Pacific Islands. Co-editors Yuki Kihara and  Dan Taulapapa McMullin began collating the stories 11 years ago and the result captures a piece of social history of Samoans at home and the diaspora. Audio, Gallery

RNZ Music followed Alien Weaponry's journey as they made their way across Europe, playing small gigs and giant festivals to legions of loyal fans. Watch the full doco here.

Up to 98 percent of this country's electrical waste could be going to landfill, according to a case study in the Whangārei district.  Audio

Te Reanga Morehu o Rātana have been rehearsing for months at Rātana, near Whanganui, where the rhythmic beat of the poi echoed across the pā. Now it's time to win over some new believers. Video

One hundred and fifty years ago the Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev published his version of the Periodic Table of the Elements. To commemorate this, the United Nations has designated 2019 as the International Year of the Periodic Table. Audio

Telling migrant stories in their original languages has its challenges, but for one theatre director it’s worth it, Voices reports on a Taiwanese - Kiwi story of identity, love and loss. Audio

Orbital enjoy a rare place in the history of rave culture and techno music, having been both commercially and critically successful since 1989. They tell us about pivotal moments in that career, and taking electronic music mainstream. Video, Audio

NIWA freshwater scientist Amanda Valois is co-opting citizen scientists to work out where plastic rubbish in streams is coming from. Audio

Call this performance a visit to the living room of Clara and Robert Schumann. The festival Heidelberg Spring did everything they could to generate a cosy atmosphere, with the artists exploring the universe of German art song, the lied.

A spotlight on the super rich shopping for passports, including in the Pacific Islands, and what that means for international efforts to combat tax evasion. Audio

Three petitions with over 10,000 signatures calling for the King of Tonga to dissolve Parliament and launch an investigation into the government have been presented to the palace in Nuku'alofa.

Vanuatu is looking at alternatives to plastic baby nappies which are clogging the country's landfills.

Welsh musician Cate Le Bon visits for a chat about music, pottery and furniture making, and she performs 'Love is Not Love' in our studio after 52 hours of travel to get to NZ! Video, Audio

Joshua Becker decided to simplify his life, embracing minimalism. But where to start? His new book offers suggestions on how to decide what is really important. Audio

One of Aotearoa's most beautiful festivals celebrates its 20th birthday in Auckland this weekend, and the music lineup is as strong as ever. RNZ Music’s Bridie Chetwin-Kelly shares six acts worth listening to.

The title track from The Proclaimers' latest album, Angry Cyclist, reflects their dismay at Brexit and the US political scene, 30 years since the anti-Thatcher anthem 'Letter from America' made their name. Video, Audio