Features

Nick celebrates 100 years since the birth of the late singer Joe Williams, and plays music from trans-tasman band Antipodes, who are touring NZ this week. Audio

Analysis - National springs more leaks, Maggie Barry's woes worsen, debating chamber tensions boil over and the controversial employment law changes are finally passed by Parliament. Audio

The Auckland Philharmonia borrows a James Bond title for its concert of music by Stravinsky,Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov.

For her third album, Native Tongue, Australian Wiradjuri Filipino artist Mojo Juju looked into her family’s ancestry to explain her present.   Video, Audio

Coarse wool from crossbred sheep has a lot of value, South Canterbury farmer Miles Anderson says, but prices are in the doldrums right now. He's part of a group working to create a sustainable and profitable market for it. Audio

Opinion - Say what you want about an MP - if you think you can rely on their political sense and what they think the public will tolerate, Andrew Geddis writes. Audio

The RNZ Music team present our favourite local tracks of 2018 on the Mixtape; we discuss the 50th anniversary of groundbreaking electronic album Switched on Bach; 90s NZ hip-hop musician Matty J Ruys is back with a new album after 20 years; and heaps more!

Wireless Docs - Comic Pax Assadi is always taking taxis. But what would happen if he grilled the drivers? Video

You can find out what opera star Jonathan Lemalu likes to listen to when he's not on stage. He sits down with RNZ Music's Kirsten Johnstone for a chat. Audio

There have been several films about the life of gay Irish playwright and celebrity Oscar Wilde - notably the two starring Peter Finch and Robert Morley back in 1960, and a more recent one starring Stephen Fry. Video, Audio

Elliot Childs and Kirsten Johnstone discuss the dystopian second album from Auckland quartet Yoko-Zuna. Audio

Gymnastics chiefs have been accused of 'stealing' parkour after voting to include it under its umbrella of sports.

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.

Review - A surreal satire about capitalism that seems to rejoice in its "cult" status, Sorry to Bother You has done well with the critics but forgot to invite the audience in, Simon Morris writes. Video, Audio

New Zealand has formally handed over a new vessel to Tokelau to serve as a small passenger ferry between the territory's three atolls.

Wildlife poachers are usually poor and desperate to risk life and limb, while those who sell the products have little chance of getting caught, investigative journalist and author Rachel Love Nuwer says. Audio

The Australian government has adjourned the House of Representatives for the year to avoid losing a vote that would have made medical evacuations of sick refugees from offshore detention easier.

Boys as young as 12 are being brought from the Pacific Islands to New Zealand to boost the rugby performance of intermediate schools' teams. Video, Audio

The House - Treaty settlements are a major part of the Māori Affairs committee's work but it also finds time for karakia, waiata, and kai in its work.  Audio

21-year-old singer and songwriter Paige Tapara has been performing since she was 7. 'Alignments' is her second single and RNZ Music is proud to be premiering it.

Our Changing World - Place names turn out to be a good record of where plants and animals once occurred and where they have been lost. Audio

‘What ifs’ dominate the new TV landscape this week, says Dan Slevin: What if Poland was still communist? What if all of Dickens’ characters lived in the same town and knew each other?

A powerful secular group says schools' religious classes favour Christianity and divide children, and the government is turning its focus on the classes too. Will they survive? Max Towle reports.

Vanuatu has launched a three day trial for the delivery of vaccines to remote areas by drones.