Features

Beloved Kiwi comedian Rhys Darby has just released his first kids' book –  The Top Secret Undercover Notes of Buttons McGinty Audio

The finalists for this year's NZ Music Artisan Awards have been announced and include Estère, Marlon Williams, director Shae Sterling and the engineers and producers behind Alien Weaponry's Tū.

Auckland-based musician Geoff Ong is a self-proclaimed ‘pop star for dorks’ and he’s about to release a brand new pop banger – ‘Don’t Know You No More’. RNZ Music is delighted to be the first to share it!

Anika Moa has just released her sixth studio album - called simply Anika Moa. She talks to Kim Hill about recording in New Orleans, her family, and the impending birth of her fourth child.  Video, Audio

Darcy Clay's ‘Jesus I Was Evil’ is regarded as one of NZ's best songs. But the year after its release he took his own life at 25. Twenty years on, his father Bob talks about his son's life and work. Video, Audio

Over 100 scientists and 35 academics are exploring New Zealand's resilience to natural hazards in an ambitious nationwide project partly informed by Matauranga Māori (Māori knowledge). Audio

New Zealand's economy has long struggled to move from volume to value, but a new research-based book says lessons can be learned from the Māori economy. Video, Audio

George Hobson is a teenager with a passion for birds - especially the banded dotterels that nest on a beach in the Wellington suburb of Eastbourne. Audio

New Zealand has urged Niue's government to improve its accounting processes, warning of unexplained revenue shortfalls and a budget blowout, documents show. Audio

Nick Bollinger appreciates the verbal virtuosity of Chicago rapper Noname. Audio

Paul Simon offers some new ways of hearing some of his old songs with In the Blue Light. Nick Bollinger lends an ear. Audio

Australian comedian, author and former heroin addict Greg Fleet is in NZ to speak at a special Mental Health Awareness Week event and promote his debut novel The Good Son. Audio

New Zealand's pioneering deer milk industry has been going from strength to strength this year, picking up a host of accolades. Audio, Gallery

Local composer Rhian Sheehan spoke to Kirsten Johnstone about his new album and gave us a sneak peek at the spellbinding visuals he created to go with it. A Quiet Divide is out now, with live shows coming up in Auckland, Wellington and Nelson.  Video, Audio

Queer performance artist Mika Haka went from being one of the few Māori at Timaru Boys High School to opening for Grace Jones in New York. Video, Audio

Blockchain-based privacy technology is the next big thing and New Zealand is well positioned to be a world leader in it, an industry leader says. Audio

Avan Yu gives a solo recital at the Wallace International Piano Festival in Auckland, playing music by Mozart, Ravel and Liszt.

Neil Finn teams up with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and a choir of New Zealand pop and folk singers to perform the songs from his album Out Of Silence.

Dr Lois Tonkin spoke to 32 women who wanted children but – for reasons unrelated to infertility – didn't end up having them for the new book Motherhood Missed: Stories From Women Who Are Childless by Circumstance. Audio

The all-women Queen's Honours investiture ceremony was held at Government House in Auckland yesterday and recognised contributions to everything from comedy to conservation.

Mediawatch - Broadcasters and advertisers are grappling with “the attention economy” now that so many of us have screens of all sizes engaging our eyeballs everywhere. Audio

Liam Bowan’s fascination with making instruments began during travels through China. Then when he saw taonga pūoro at the Auckland Art Museum he thought they were so expensive, he'd better get out and make his own. Audio

Anika Moa is about to take her sixth studio album - called simply Anika Moa – on tour. The album was made in New Orleans in eight days. Video, Audio

A group of MPs from the Labour and National parties have been chosen to visit Vanuatu and Solomon Islands but before they went Daniela Maoate-Cox asked why the trip is necessary.   Audio

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