Features

'Invitation to the Dance' includes music by Ravel and Weber, plus Grieg's evergreen piano concerto played by Jian Liu.

Jamie MacDowell and Tom Thum - two young Australian performers - play live at Taranaki's WOMAD festival.

In Depth - It's a dark cloud hanging over our civilisation, but there's still a chance to act. So why do we all have our heads in the sand? Susan Strongman reports.

Nick plays music by bass players, including Christian McBride, Matt Penman, Charles Mingus, and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen.

Auckland rapper and musician Tom Scott and has released a video for his track 'Old Dogs' - a documentary-style look at Auckland character DownTown Langi Brown - from new project Avantdale Bowling Club.

In Depth - Half of Kiwi parents wouldn't want their child playing with an HIV-positive child. For the 30th World AIDS Day, Max Towle asks how much attitudes have changed.
 

It's a double treat for brass lovers: the National Band of New Zealand plays the first half and Wellington Brass plays the second. Listen on RNZ Concert from 3pm or here on demand.

Regional Wrap - Northland farmers are smiling after a week of rain and sunshine, and one Central Otago farmer says he's never seen the clover so good. Audio

As a parent, getting into a screaming match just shows the kids you're not in control - so educator Joseph Driessen has five steps to calmly reason unruly children into changing their behaviour.  Audio

Mel Parsons drops in to chat about her new album; we speak to ex-pat R&B musician Noa Slee about his new visual album; Grammy-winning opera singer Jonathan Lemalu picks the songs on The Mixtape; and heaps more!

Opinion - Unfortunately, following the release of the review into Karel Sroubek' case I, like most people, am even more confused. And even less confident in the minister's actions, writes Brigitte Morten.

The speech phenomenon of vocal frying where the voice drops and makes a creaking sound, is growing in popularity among young New Zealand women.

Catherine Tate doesn't care whether you like her, she doesn't care whether you like her characters - she just wants to make you laugh.  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

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