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Amnesty International says the governments of Vanuatu and Fiji must call on Australia to end its practice of traumatic offshore detention.

Wellington students desperate to find rentals are getting creative to try and find housing, while others with rentals are struggling to make rent - but experts warn it will only get worse.

Best of 2018 - In June the Insight team's Philippa Tolley asked what future lies ahead for gangs, which after a period of decline and stagnation are seeing a rise in membership. Video, Audio

Theresa May warned a defeat of her deal would threaten democracy and there was no plan B - so what now? David Townsend ponders the UK’s parliamentary paralysis.

Nick Cave has a reputation for being prickly, but on this tour he's opened the floor to questions from the audience. Kirsten Johnstone went along to see him in Wellington.

Gardening guru Lynda Hallian's got some great ideas on how to rejuvenate a stressed garden which might have been neglected during the silly season. Audio

Tonight's Deutsche Welle Festival concert from Germany features a full performance of Benjamin Britten's 'War Requiem'. There's quite a story behind the concept and composition of the work, which Brian Kay explains in this Curtain Raiser. Audio

Allergies, the bane of so many Kiwis’ lives, have been on the rise in recent decades and a Malaghan Institute researcher wants to know why. Audio

Traditional greenwood chair-making uses pre-industrial revolution methods and tools to make chairs, and one Bay of Islands man is a devotee of these old skills. Audio, Gallery

Nauru President Baron Waqa says China is trying to win over and dominate Pacific Island countries.

Nick Cave has often been a mythical character, a dark horse singing songs of depravity and desperate acts. And tonight fans get the chance to ask him anything, in person. How will that go?

People are sick of the "take, make, dispose economy", but in some parts of the world they're getting a 'right to repair', forcing manufacturers to make it easier to repair longer-lasting goods. Audio

Opinion - It's fun to compare old selfies and new but, as Paul Brislen writes, facial recognition technology means it leaves you vulnerable.

Christchurch lofi-pop artist Pickle Darling has just released his superb album Bigness. Here's the video for the latest single from it, 'Soft Cars'.

It's the hottest, busiest, smelliest time of year for recycling centres - and, one year after China stopped taking our plastics, some are still struggling to move thousands of tonnes of waste, Nina Fowler reports.

Science Fiction and Fantasy dominate the latest streaming TV releases with Netflix, in particular, piling the options especially high, reports Dan Slevin.

Ensemble Zefiro is a wind sextet that plays Baroque and Classical repertoire on authentic instruments of those periods – two oboes, two bassoons, two horns.

A traditional two-week mourning period is being observed in the Vanuatu village of Yakel following the death of movie star Mungau Dain earlier this month.

The Marshall Islands has enlisted renowned blockchain expert, Steve Tendon, to help it develop its cryptocurrency.

Trevor Reekie plays some of the line-up of international and local musicians who will be appearing at WOMAD in March and speaks to musical director of the festival, Emere Wano. Audio

Writer Ashleigh Young received an astonishing phone call in 2017, she had won a somewhat obscure US literary prize, and with it came an influx of money and a lot of attention. Audio

Melody Thomas and Tony Stamp explore queer representation in television, film and pop music and where LGBTQIA+ audiences are hoping it will go from here. Audio

The American Samoa Congresswoman, Aumua Amata Radewagen, says she expects a deal to be made to stop the US government shutdown but says President Donald Trump is right in insisting on funding for a new border wall.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's trip to Vanuatu this week will set an historic precedent according to a senior local journalist.