Features

Pushing the boundaries is expat multimedia artist Angela Tiatia's stock in trade - she's often condemned by Samoan people offended by her work. Audio

From next year, students at the Otago Girls' High School will be allowed to wear pants thanks to Hannah King, who made a presentation to the school board. Audio

Our society is "self-harming on an industrial scale" to an extent that we now live in an era dominated by diseases of consumption, says a marketing expert. Audio

The Silk Road Ensemble will headline Womad 2019. Trevor Reekie also explores new music from Malian superstar Salif Keita, Ethiopian chanteuse Minyeshu and a new album by The Plaza Francia Orchestra featuring a couple of musicians from The Gotan Project. Audio

This New World - Te Ao Hou - explores the synergies between taonga pūoro and western string instruments. Rob Thorne and New Zealand String Quartet recorded at 2018 NZ Festival.

Wellington restauranteurs Lucas Putnam and Marianne Elliot talk us through recipes for guacamole, quesadillas and marinated fish salad from their new cookbook La Boca Loca: Mexican Cooking For New Zealanders.  Audio, Gallery

Phum Viphurit was 6 years old when he moved with his parents from his birthplace of Bangkok to their new home in Hamilton, where he lived until he was 18. He's now a global singing star thanks to YouTube. Video, Audio

Donald Trump's unexpected victory in 2016 was a case of "the dog caught the car" author Michael Lewis says. And his incoming administration was unprepared and ignorant of basic government functions. Audio

Matasila Freshwater and Becs Arahanga are two of the eight filmmakers together telling the story of VAI, a woman whose journey covers seven South Pacific countries. The film is due for release in 2019. Audio

With a referendum on independence due on Sunday expected to confirm the status quo, the French prime minister has told the National Assembly in Paris that he doesn't "trust results proclaimed in advance".

It’s getting on for thirty years since Neneh Cherry soared to global fame on the back of ‘Buffalo Stance’, still one of great dance records. There have been long silences in the intervening years, but a new album shows her talents are intact while her music has matured. Audio

VIDEO - In the latest episode of Beyond the Beehive, Max Towle explores Southland's reputation for deep stoicism and the impact of that on mental health. Video

Porirua people are demanding urgent help after six suicides and a death in a car accident since June.

The government is reviewing New Zealand's 30-year old education platform Tomorrow's Schools and aiming to make education "much more personalised and much less one-size-fits-all”. Audio

Horatio Robley witnessed the most famous battle of the New Zealand Wars, fathered a child with the daughter of a sworn enemy, his sketching helped end a war and his writing helped save the art of Māori tattooing. Audio

With a referendum on independence due on Sunday expected to confirm the status quo, the French prime minister has told the National Assembly in Paris that he doesn't "trust results proclaimed in advance".

Poll of Polls - A year on from when the coalition government was sworn in, it has built voter support.

Gisborne GP Dr Nicholas Wright is a big advocate of a plant-based diet and says he has seen patients come off insulin and other medicines when they adopt it.   Audio

A group behind plans for a floating island in the Pacific has given up on a cryptocurrency it planned to build the project's economy on.

We have a new collection of recent RNZ recordings featuring the ever-mellow cello.

Hamish McKeich conducts the NZSO in classical hits and they première a new work by Gillian Whitehead, marking 250 years since Captain Cook and his crew made landfall at Turanga-nui-a-kiwa.

New Zealand’s mental health system has been repeatedly pulled apart in major investigations, the latest of which reports next month. Jess McAllen looks at the history and recurring themes of the past 30 years.

The future of New Zealand's relationship with the Pacific is the focus of a meeting of government, business and community leaders from New Zealand and the Pacific in Wellington today.

Taking on the country's skyrocketing house prices and helping first home buyers get a step on the ladder was what Labour promised to do in its election campaign. Tom Furley looks at what they've delivered so far. Video