Features

Back in 2016, six uni mates having a drink together came up with an idea of how students like them could help support Canterbury farmers under stress – a club called Handy Landys. Audio, Gallery

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Samoa says it will tighten adoption laws after hearing adopted Samoan children living overseas are being exploited and treated like slaves.

Eleven Pacific countries will form a working group to try and address the region's problems with domestic violence.

On last weekend's Q+A political scientist Dr Bryce Edwards said media and politicians "sort of have to" start reporting politiican's sex lives. Mediawatch asks if that's really the case. Video, Audio

Orchestra Of Spheres are ethnographers of the imagination. Nick Bollinger delves into their homegrown exotica. Audio

Singer songwriter Tony Joe White, best known for 'Rainy Night in Georgia' and 'Polk Salad Annie', died on Friday. RNZ's Nick Bollinger spoke to the king of swamp-rock last year. Audio

VIDEO - National MP Hamish Walker tells Phil Smith about his bid to tighten up the laws around high-power laser pointers.

Insight: Johnny Blades looks at Papua New Guinea's road to hosting the APEC leaders' summit as it teeters on the verge of social breakdown. Video, Audio

Kaitahi sells a frozen blend of fruit, vegetables, seeds, kūmara, pūhā and kawakawa (and a bit of rewarewa honey) which you shake with liquid to make an instant smoothie. Audio, Gallery

Two years since he brought us in his first solo song 'Burn It Up', Jordan Arts, aka HIGH HØØPS, brings us his debut album Seasons on Planet Earth. Jordan put together a band especially to perform live for RNZ Music. Video, Audio

It's Royal Tour season, and many New Zealanders are anticipating the Duke and Duchess of Sussex arriving in New Zealand, But what is the significance of a visit by the British royals for tangata whenua? Audio

Romance and disappointment go hand in hand in the bittersweet pop of Auckland musician Chelsea Nikkel, aka Princess Chelsea, says Nick Bollinger. Audio

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Veteran Aussie psych-rockers The Church are coming to NZ to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their classic 1988 album Starfish, which includes the band’s best-known hit ‘Under the Milky Way’. Video, Audio

The Labour-NZ First coalition government won favour with Kiwi primary schools by quickly abolishing the national standards in reading, writing and maths, but teachers and principals say their high expectations haven't been met. Video

One of Bellini's greatest bel canto masterpieces is set during the English civil war in the 1640s. This production comes to us from Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Sonia Sly tackles the big question of whether women have equal opportunities in the arts in episode six of Beyond Kate. Audio

The New Zealand forestry industry needs to find a replacement for the toxic and ozone-depleting fumigant methyl bromide. And to do that, they need large numbers of bark beetles. Audio

Annie Clark a.k.a. St. Vincent revisits last year's Masseduction as an intimate set of piano songs. Nick Bollinger checks out the new angle. Audio

The Roulettes describe themselves as survivors from a scene of "90s alcohol-fuelled Dunedin rock and roll bands". The now Auckland-based trio play us some songs and chat with Jesse Mulligan. Video, Audio

William Dart listens to the newish releases from two Kiwi songstresses. Video, Audio

Hamish Carter's staggering betrayal of his fellow Olympians undermines so much of what is good in sport, writes Stephen Hewson.

William Dart lends an ear to Estère's My Design, On Others' Lives and Kimbra's Primal Heart. Video, Audio

Polyswagg dance phenomenon and now singer Parris Goebel (aka Parri$) shares the music that motivates her and speaks about creativity, strength and passion. Audio

The visiting Ferio Saxophone Quartet give a fun concert at The Piano in Christchurch.