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Before the match this Sunday morning RNZ brings you the ten reasons why we don't mind if Ireland beat the All Blacks. Video

Talking Heads frontman David Byrne is playing in Auckland tonight. RNZ Music’s Kirsten Johnstone saw him in Wellington and was overwhelmed by the incredible display of musicianship, movement, and joy on stage.

The world's fastest electric motorcycle now lives in Auckland along with the woman who built and rides it - and she's confident her next bike design will be faster than any on earth. 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.

There are two Beethoven cello sonatas and interesting new works for percussion in this concert from the 2017 Adam Chamber Music Festival in Nelson.

Mary Holm discusses reverse mortgages, which can be a good way for retired people to make use of the money they have tied up in their homes. Audio

Conductor Tianyi Lu and the Auckland Philharmonia's Frances Moore discuss gender equality in music. After 125 years of women’s suffrage in Aotearoa why does it still take a special  occasion to have female composers' works heard?  Audio

Warren Tate has jointly won the 2018 Marsden Medal for a lifetime of molecular discoveries about proteins and the genes that code them. Audio

Australia will expand its Pacific Labour Scheme to all Pacific Island countries, starting with Tonga.

RNZ Music's Alex Behan was backstage at last night's Vodafone NZ Music Awards, capturing the winner's reactions. He chatted to Troy Kingi, Alien Weaponry, Six60, SWIDT, Brooke Fraser, Sons of Zion and Che Fu, who spoke about Upper Hutt Posse's induction into the NZ Music Hall of Fame. Video, Audio

Six60 took home five Tuis at the 2018 Vodafone NZ Music Awards at Auckland’s Spark Arena last night. Check out all the winners here. 

Fourteen years after launching “the new voice of talk radio” MediaWorks will silence Radio Live and jobs look set to go as a classic hits station takes over. Mediawatch looks at why and what might replace it. Audio

The release of a report from an investigation into the alleged misuse of millions of dollars of government funds in Tokelau has been delayed by a pending legal case, the territory's leader says.

Civil society is looking at China as the best bet for reducing illegal logging in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands.

The French National Assembly has voted to give French Polynesia a building in Papeete for a memorial site of the French nuclear weapons tests.

Papua New Guinea government allocations to the health and education sectors have reduced substantially in the last several years, an economist says.

The Pacific European Union Marine Partnership was launched today in New Caledonia .

New Zealand's Minister of Finance says New Zealand needs to better understand the contribution of its Pacific community. Audio

Journey's End is a new version of R C Sheriff's classic play about World War I, following a small group of men on the eve of the 1918 Spring Offensive. Video, Audio

Google designer turned full-time stand-up comedian and writer Sarah Cooper uses tongue-in-cheek advice to hold a mirror up to the double standards women face in at work. Audio, Gallery

Dunedin five-piece Six60 took home a total of five Tuis at the 2018 Vodafone NZ Music Awards, which took place at Auckland’s Spark Arena tonight.

Welcome to RNZ's live coverage of the 2018 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards. The live blog kicks off at 7.30 tonight with red carpet shots, then once the ceremony begins, we'll have backstage interviews with all the winners.

Opinion - Simmering beneath the broader discussion of how state residences were managed has long been issue of the church's own surrogate role as parens patriae, David Cohen writes.

In a show set to surprise his fans, comedy legend Bill Murray produced some genuinely funny moments at the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington last night. Elliott Childs went along.  Video, Audio