Features

Insight - Four out of five species whose juveniles make up the whitebait catch are in decline or under threat. Teresa Cowie heads to the West Coast to find out why and what needs to change. Audio

Internationally renowned printmaker Marilynn Webb and emerging filmmaker Isaac James Te Reina Cleland were honoured with Te Waka Toi Awards this year. Justine Murray talks to them about art and life. Video, Audio

27-year-old Kentucky singer and songwriter will be visiting here next year opening shows for the legendary John Prine. Nick Bollinger caught up with him in a Minneapolis car park. Audio

Leoshina Mercy Kariha from Papua New Guinea has been crowned 2018's Miss Pacific Islands at the Atele Indoor Stadium in Tonga.

New Zealand's largest tertiary provider for Pasifika students has launched a strategy to further boost Pasifika success and numbers. Audio

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Mediawatch - New Zealand's vote against a UN resolution protecting special rights of the world's roughly one billion peasants and rural workers went largely unreported. Jeremy Rose investigates.  Video, Audio

Latinaotearoa fuse South American beats and Spanish vocals with classic Kiwi roots vibes. Video, Audio

The second week of December will see the annual meeting of the Tuna Commission in Hawaii and the Parties to the Nauru Agreement look to be going to the event well prepared. Audio

Supporters of West Papuan self determination gathered for the province's symbolic independence day over the weekend Audio

Country Life tags along as BioGro auditor Vivienne Cruickshank checks out whether a Bay of Plenty kiwi orchard is up to scratch. Audio

Rosanne Cash has been performing since she was 18 when she toured with her famous father Johnny. Audio

After multiple miscarriages and the deaths of both her mother and a close friend, Tammy Robinson became determined to live out her writing dream. Now a major American publishing house has picked up her eighth book Photos of You. Audio

Los Angeles-based singer and composer Julia Holter has just released her fifth album Aviary and will be performing in New Zealand early next year. She spoke to RNZ's Kiran Dass. Audio

Alt-country star Mel Parsons plays us tracks from her new album Glass Heart and chats to Jesse Mulligan. Video, Audio

New-season garlic is milder, juicier, easier to crush and easier to digest than the longer-life stuff, says chef Julie Biuso. She uses a full ten cloves of it in these crab cakes. Audio

William Dart looks at two albums that became shows and one show that became an album… Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown and David Byrne and Fatboy Slim's Here Lies Love the former; Linda Thompson’s My Mother Doesn’t Know I’m On the Stage the latter. Video, Audio

Many people think money matters are too scary or too boring so put it to one side, but Mary Holm says they're often making things harder for themselves, and has a new book for how Kiwis can set and forget their finances.  Audio

Nick Bollinger discusses an album that looks at the state of American Dream, circa 1968. Audio

Wireless Docs - In the new documentary My Friend Friedrich, those who knew superstar Austrian-born artist and architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser talk of his love for New Zealand and his own special way of life. Video

Hamilton rapper Raiza Biza and Melbourne rapper Remi talk about how they became musical pen pals and their new EP Black Hole Sun. Video, Audio

Agriculture students at Waitaki Boys High are learning practical skills and contributing to research on Fraser Farm – a 20-hectare sheep property that borders their school. Audio, Gallery

Dave Baxter aka Avalanche City dropped by to play his first new single in three years. 'Prayed for Love' is from his forthcoming album My Babylon, which is out in February. Video, Audio

Olivier Messiaen was fascinated by the myth of Tristan and Isolde and his Turangalîla Symphony forms the central work in a trilogy of compositions concerned with the themes of romantic love and death.

Suzy Amis Cameron is an environmental advocate, Wairarapa farmer, wife of film director James Cameron and the author of OMD: The simple, plant-based program to save your health and save the planet. Video, Audio