Features

2018 has been another bumper year for New Zealand music. Some of the RNZ Music crew play and discuss some of their favourite songs from Aotearoa.   Video, Audio

A survey of sports clubs in New Zealand has revealed nearly two-thirds of them are either losing money or breaking even, Bridget Tunnicliffe reports.

New Zealand’s biggest-ever inquiry into our mental health system says it’s broken and action is urgent. Many in the media pointed out that’s what previous inquiries have said too so we shouldn’t expect much meaningful change now. Is that realistic reporting or damaging defeatism?    Video, Audio

It doesn’t matter if you’re from Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw or even Slytherin, there's something for everyone in the NZSO's Harry Potter concert.

Folk-inspired four-piece Alae managed to sneak into the now-closed Auckland venue Golden Dawn one last time, to fil a special version of their single 'Home'. 

From next year, Oranga Tamariki may have to provide secure youth justice care for hundreds more teen offenders as a result of law changes. But is New Zealand's Ministry for Children effectively turning young lives around now? Video, Audio

Singer-songwriter and West Coast native Mel Parsons discusses her new album Glass Heart with RNZ Music's Alex Behan. Video, Audio

Jess from Jess' Underground Kitchen shares her recipe for a melon caprese salad, as well as some ideas for savoury dishes with seasonal fruit. Audio

Wellington guitar-pop trio Hans Pucket released their second album Eczema earlier this year. They play some tracks and chat to Jesse Mulligan. Video, Audio

For her third album, Native Tongue, Australian Wiradjuri Filipino artist Mojo Juju looked into her family’s ancestry to explain her present.  She speaks with Yadana Saw about putting a mirror to Australia’s complicated past. Video, Audio

Banks have been among the most powerful institutions in the world for centuries. But now times are a-changing, says Jenée Tibshraeny. Audio

VIDEO - Rapper Hugh Ozumba (aka Unchained XL) tells Yadana Saw that African Kiwi youth are short on role models and he struggled a lot before realising he was free to represent a new culture. Video, Audio

James Milne, AKA Lawrence Arabia, has been putting together a new album, track by track, month by month, under the title Singles Club. William Dart checks on the first ten songs. Video, Audio

Opinion - With pornography is increasingly in the public eye, the newly released NZ Youth and Porn survey is an interesting document with national significance, writes Kris Taylor.

US wealth is not dispersing as it once did because the super-rich dynastic families are avoiding tax and influencing policy, says Chuck Collins who gave up his wealth in his mid-20s.  Audio

Elliott Childs reviews the new album from genre-bending Canadian hardcore-punk band F'd Up. Audio

Kingi Biddle talks to Justine Murray about his definition of "rich" what he's learned about safe spaces and how he deals with moments of depression. Audio

Review - The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is another win for Netflix - and the Coen Brothers - and is worth a month's subscription on its own, according to Dan Slevin.

Ground-breaking electronic album Switched on Bach celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. RNZ Music’s Trevor Reekie spoke to Mark Graham, who comprehensively covered the influential electronic hit. Video, Audio

Switched on Bach celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. RNZ Music’s Trevor Reekie spoke to Mark Graham, a musician and lecturer in the Department of Creative and Performing Arts in Waterford Institute of Technology in Ireland who recently wrote a comprehensive piece on its history. Video, Audio

We're near the end of another bumper year for New Zealand music so it's time for the RNZ Music crew to play some of the tracks they loved best. Video, Audio

Call-out culture - gaining prestige by shaming others for intolerance - is damaging young people's mental health and harming social discussion and university culture, leftist academic Jonathan Haidt warns. Audio

We're live from the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington at 7.30pm for the annual performance of this Christmas treat. Conductor Nicholas McGegan spoke with Upbeat earlier in the week. Audio

Orchestra Wellington is reaching out to new audiences by going old school with a vinyl release, with a little help from RNZ Concert.