Features

Just before her father died last year, champion athlete Ashleigh Hoeta made him three promises. She's kept them all. Audio

Sheep breeders will increasingly have to address animal welfare and the right to farm but right now their biggest challenge is profitability. Audio

Landowners in East Coast-Te Tai Rāwhiti have made huge progress clearing their farms and orchards after Cyclone Gabrielle but the work is far from over. Audio

Let the oven do all the work with this easy-but-aromatic curry from Julie Le Clerc.

To accompany her new single, TG Shand created a real-time animation of Banks Peninsula's ever-changing weather. Video, Audio

William Dart features an enticing new tribute album reminding us of the magic and the loss of Lou Reed. The Power of the Heart has a stellar line-up of contributors: Keith Richards, Rufus Wainwright, Rosanne Cash, Lucinda Williams, Rickie Lee Jones and others. Audio

Since launching in 1989, TV3 staff have delivered a 6pm news bulletin every single day. Mediawatch tuned in to their final broadcast on Friday.

You might think the life of a 19^th century hymn translator was pretty uneventful. Not so for John Mason Neale, who translated the first hymn in this week’s programme, Christ is made the sure foundation. His fairly short life (48 years) was marked by disagreements with church authorities, his writings were often controversial, and he had to put up with verbal abuse in the street from time to time. Audio

Enis Bacova from Dante's Auckland nabbed a silver trophy at the recent pizza world champs in Naples. Audio

Secret files, sexual assault allegations, embassies, jails... the Julian Assange saga has been going on for so long most of us have probably forgotten how it started. Audio

At the "risk of ruining their childhoods", Kiwi podcasters Rob Johnson and Christopher Webb regularly revisit their favourite films from decades past. Audio

Our Changing World - We might think deep-sea squid look a bit strange, but if they had the capacity for it, they would likely consider us monsters. Audio

RNZ looks back at the first and last tests of All Blacks coaches for the past 40 years.

Paolo Bertolin plucks some highlights from this year's programme, including Cannes sensation The Seed of the Sacred Fig. Video, Audio

The call to play Glastonbury came very last minute - and it only panned out because of a pre-planned trip to the UK and Europe in July.

"They're interested in having terribly, terribly annoying ads so you'll pay money to make them go away," an academic says. Audio

Stan Walker, Aaradhna and Anna Coddington are amongst those up for the main APRA Silver Scroll Award Kaitito Kaiaka.

Book lover Tilly Lloyd trawls her bookshelf to explore the best NZ fiction published since 2000.

This week's tasty midweek meal is ready on the table in 20 minutes, thanks to Sam's favourite shortcut ingredient, the supermarket BBQ chook. Her butter bean chicken recipe is also healthy and budget friendly.

For the first time in 27 years, RNZ Concert has a new sound desk in its Wellington studio. Bryan Crump thanks the people who made it possible. Audio

Chicago's most dysfunctional kitchen has returned to screens - and upped the stakes. Can Kiwi chefs relate to the life it depicts? Jogai Bhatt reports.

Many of us fear developing dementia or engaging with a loved one who has it. It doesn't need to be this way, says an Australian aged-care specialist. Audio

Bill Edgar makes it his business to attend to the wishes of the dying, no matter what the request. Audio

The acclaimed singer-songwriter had to strengthen her voice to create new bilingual album 'Te Whakamiha'. Audio