Features

A selection of live music performances from some of NZ's favourite musicians, including Bic Runga, Neil Finn, Tiny Ruins, David Dallas, Ladi6, Dave Dobbyn and the Phoenix Foundation.

Our Changing World - Scientists have been recording the cacophony generated by creatures living on coral reefs and it turns out that amongst all the noise is the sound of seaweed. Video, Audio

This concert is a complete cello-fest, recorded at the Adam Chamber Music Festival in Nelson.

Christopher's Classics has announced the line-up for its Christchurch concerts in 2019. Christopher Marshall talks with David Morriss about why he likes to support music and musicians. Audio

Review - This is the first movie in years you can talk about in the same breath as Chinatown, Heat or The Godfather, with unlikely director Steve McQueen proving the mark of a great director is picking great talent, then listening to them, Simon Morris writes. Video, Audio

Are We There Yet? - Why are kids so messy? Is it nature or nurture? And is there any way to make them pick up clothes and toys? Katy Gosset considers how to cultivate the clean gene. Audio

Ngā Taonga - With the possibility the remaining 79 Post Shops will close, Sarah Johnston dredges up recordings of the thriving mid-century Post Office - employer of 16,000 staff - and its decline during the 1980s.  Audio, Gallery

Scientists have been recording the cacophony generated by creatures living on coral reefs. And it turns out that amongst all the noise is the sound of seaweed. Video, Audio

George Harrison died 17 years ago on Thursday, aged 58. Although in the shadow of the Lennon-McCartney partnership as a song writer, by the late '60s he'd flowered into one of the greatest songwriters of his generation. Audio

Chicago country stalwart Robbie Fulks and Louisiana piano pounder Linda Gail Lewis team up for a rambunctious set of duets. Audio

Fiji NGO Coalition on Human Rights has welcomed the government's accession to two international covenants but says more needs to be done.

Seven people died in fighting in Papua New Guinea's Enga province last week, with warring tribes burning down at least 3000 homes, the local police commander says. Audio

The co-founder of a new political party in the Cook Islands says people are disillusioned with the current government. Audio

Animated explainer -  You may know that some types of fish are dwindling in numbers so it matters what sort of seafood you eat - but did you know it also matters how it was caught? Video

Janetta McStay, Judith Clark, Richard Farrell .... just a few of the pianists profiled in this selection from the treasure trove. Create your own playlist and enjoy!

Medical professionals must be themselves cared for if they are to provide care for others - although mindfulness can also help, says one of the organisers of the country's first compassion in healthcare conference.  Audio

George Harrison died 17 years ago today, aged 58. Simon Sweetman joins Jesse Mulligan to look at some of Harrison's lesser known songs as a Beatle, as a collaborator, and as a solo artist. Audio

Opinion - Shane Jones may think the new Air New Zealand safety video fails the safety test and imports US street culture but James Nokise writes, does he not remember the Poi E video?

Widescreen - Jason Momoa’s Frontier is a bingeing highlight but Escape at Dannemora is the best streaming option this week, writes Dan Slevin.

The House - The start of every day at Parliament is like being at school, when the headmaster used to read out notices at assembly.  It even covers all the same sorts of things. Just another way that Parliament is like Hogwarts.  Audio

The charismatic Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos - the Silicon Valley blood-test startup exposed as a fraud by journalist John Carreyrou - probably justified her massive deception as the means to a noble end, he says. Audio

Li Wei Qin plays Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations on his 1780 Guadagnini cello, with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.

Writer, left wing campaigner and WWII veteran Harry Leslie Smith has died aged 95. The "world's oldest rebel" spoke with Kim Hill in 2017 about defending the UK's NHS and the need to keep fighting for change. Audio

The giant willow aphid has only been in New Zealand for five years, but it has quickly become a widespread sticky nuisance for farmers and orchardists. Audio