Features

Feel guilty taking sick leave? Don't - soldiering on is so pre-pandemic, writes Jogai Bhatt.

Cassandra Jenkins talks to Charlotte Ryan about the challenges of making music and touring midlife, and how she's doing things on her terms. Audio

David Shaw farms hundreds of creamy white Hēpara Cashmere goats in South Otago. Video, Audio

Nicky Park and Jogai Bhatt talk to 'risk takers' in hospo giving it a crack.

Kelly Gibney shares the recipe for a deliciously straightforward vege pizza.

Remember cassette tapes? Buying Docs from overseas? Fearing being a sell-out? Gen Xers look back.

William Dart looks at the phenomenon of Georgia Lines, from winning the Smokefree Rockquest as teenager in 2014 to her extraordinary debut album, The Rose of Jericho, ten years later. Audio

Kiwi opera singer Jonathan Lemalu is back from London for a run of live shows and a spot of fundraising. Audio

You can hear hymns based on the psalms in this week’s programme, including All people that on earth do dwell (Psalm 100), O God, our help in ages past (Psalm 90), and I to the hills will lift mine eyes (Psalm 121). Audio

The new brat is a style, an attitude and a cultural counter-strike to conformity, writes Serena Solomon. Video

Picking the music is Kiran Dass, one of NZ's most trusted book reviewers and programme director of WORD Christchurch literary festival kicking off today. Audio

After a series of box office flops, Disney summons the star power of real-life mates Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman. Video

People in the Netherlands started shooting up in the late 19th century and are now some of the tallest in the world. Audio

"I'm a sponge and I'm just like, absorbing all these weird juices. So, it's pretty awesome." Video, Audio

The first thing one notices about this year's film festival programme is how contemporary it is. It's up to date. It's fresh, writes Dan Slevin. Video

After being bombarded with diet and exercise messages, it's no surprise a generation of women have terrible relationships with their bodies, says Niki Bezzant.

The Christchurch Symphony Orchestra's Chief Conductor is celebrating 10 years with the orchestra. He talks with RNZ Concert's David Morriss about some of the highlights and challenges of the past decade. Video, Audio

Our Changing World - An expedition to the Bounty Trough off the Otago Coast uncovers a treasure trove of deep-sea creatures – including some species new to science Audio

Three to Seven host Bryan Crump chats with conductor Stéphane Denève ahead of the first of two concerts with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Audio

Playing rare songs, sharing hearfelt yarns, shedding a tear and surrounded by family, the set at the Civic was special, writes Liam Swiggs.

Try a baguette making workshop. Get yourself a Parisian Pony at the hair salon. And what are those cardboard beds really like?

Mere Boynton is one of the artists featured in a new series from SOUNZ: Inspiring Journeys Through Music. The series looks at what it takes to be a Māori musician in 2024. Video, Audio

If it wasn't for a deep dislike for university, New Zealand might not have witnessed the fast rise of rapper Jujulipps. Maggie Tweedie gets the story of how Jujulipps found her musical path and has grabbed every opportunity since.  Audio

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If you're a pork eater, it's hard to fathom that bacon - and its cold-cut cousin ham - can be judged on a scale. Isn't it all a salty, fatty dream? Audio