Features

'Straya is a country with a genius for the pithy phrase or shortened word, and etymologist Mark Gwynn has the job of recording the 17,000 and counting that make up the Aussie lexicon. Audio

The age of grievance is being fuelled by an "itch to be offended" in modern culture and it is undermining democracy, US writer Frank Bruni says. Audio

The words to Supergroove’s iconic song Can’t Get Enough will soon be revealed as the lyrics go up for auction on Trade Me to raise money to oppose a Coromandel mining project. Audio

Releasing a solo album is uncharted territory for Thomas Powers, a New Zealander living in Los Angeles who first found fame as one half of the hit-making Auckland indie electronic band The Naked and Famous. Audio

Like a bright-green file among a stack of brown manila, vivid memories are more accessible to us, neuroscientist Charan Ranganath says. Audio

Widescreen - Dan Slevin samples a selection from this year’s French Film Festival; swashbuckler D’Artagnan, political farce The President’s Wife and crime caper The Crime Is Mine.

Can moisturisers contribute to keeping us healthy? Doctor of medicinal chemistry Michelle Wong says there's growing evidence they aren't just for vanity and more people should be using them. Audio

Enigmatic singer/songwriter Delaney Davidson performs live with Chamber Music New Zealand from his new album Out of my Head at the Great Hall, Christchurch. Audio

Foods and nutrients can be powerful tools to improve our mental well-being, a nutritional psychiatrist says. Audio

Tony Stamp visits Wellington for a guided tour of his former RNZ colleague's favourite music venues, in the third of this four part series. Audio

The words to Supergroove’s iconic song Can’t Get Enough will soon be revealed as the lyrics go up for auction on Trade Me.  Audio

The meltdown at the Chernobyl power plant is the stuff of legend. But Raúl Ortega Ayala isn't as interested in the disaster as he is in what's left behind. Video, Audio

Nearly 60 million people have watched this new Netflix show. Perlina Lau looks at why we're so captivated.

What began as a counter-movement to skinny culture has now gone down a dangerous social media rabbit hole.  Audio

Could the answer to one of our most pressing health needs be hiding in Aotearoa’s bush?  Audio

Clinical fatigue specialist Vincent Deary speaks to Susie Ferguson about the advice in his new book How We Break. Audio

WATCH - The singer, producer and te reo Māori advocate tells Charlotte Ryan why music is her "real heart project".

Star pole vaulter Eliza McCartney has spoken out against New Zealand's tough selection policy for the Olympic Games team. 

Auckland chef Nic Watt shares the recipe for some rich and spicy morsels. Audio

This special NZ Music Month Mixtape celebrates the hero guitars played by some of our most legendary musicians.   Audio, Gallery

Serg Tankian, frontman of System of a Down, talks to Charlotte Ryan about his colourful life as a young immigrant to Los Angeles, and the risks and reward of being part of an avant-garde, political band. Audio

Dame Jane Campion tells Susie Ferguson what it was like to lose a baby as she won international acclaim for her 1993 film The Piano. Audio

Delaney Davidson's Out Of My Head is his first solo album for a long six years and tenth in total. William Dart checks it out in the context of the singer's earlier partnerships. Audio

Hymns for the Feast of Pentecost today, including contemporary hymns by NZ hymn writer Bill Wallace (Wild wind of the Holy Spirit) and the UK's Bernadette Farrell (Spirit of God, rest on your people). Audio