Features

For SOUNZ Contemporary award finalist Rosie Langabeer, composition is about capturing the magic of music... a certain combination of sounds used to cast a spell. Video, Audio

Adam McGrath and his band The Eastern traveled and played nearly non-stop for years, collecting stories of salt-of-the-earth folk, being champions for the downtrodden and under-valued. Adam tells tales of his own upbringing, and how music helped him through some of the rough patches.  Video, Audio

Danny and Yaron Eliahu, whose family business has been supplying New Zealanders with fresh pita bread for 30 years. Audio

A decision by traditional leaders in Wallis and Futuna to reject work related to seabed mining has been welcomed by a regional body of non-government group Audio

The number of voters on Fiji's electoral roll appears to be at odds with the country's census figures, with possibly up to 50,000 extra voters registered compared to the population count.

An American scholar sternly critical of contemporary feminism, Christina Hoff Sommers says gender feminism has replaced equity feminism. Audio

Commemorative events for the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic that killed about 9000 New Zealanders over two or three months include the first attempt to record the identity of the victims. Audio, Gallery

Daniel Bolton is best remembered by his stage name, Darcy Clay, whose debut 1997 single, ‘Jesus I Was Evil’ was an unlikely breakthrough hit. A chaotic, riff-heavy song recorded to a 4-track tape machine in his Auckland flat. But the people who first heard it knew it was something special. Video, Audio

MPs acknowledge the efforts of suffragists in the past, how far the country has come and also what needs to be done as it marked the 125th anniversary of women attaining the right to vote in New Zealand.  Audio

The future for classical music in New Zealand looks bright if these young women are anything to go by.

People of the Pacific need to decolonise their minds and reflect on the traditional role of women as men's equals, says New Zealand's Minister of Pacific Peoples.

Nashville Babylon: the very best in Americana, alt-country and blues

In 2007, the two farms at Omapere Rangihamama near Kaikohe were run down and the Trust was broke. A decade later, the Trust won the prestigious Ahuwhenua Māori Excellence in Farming Award for top sheep and beef farm in Aotearoa. Video, Audio

This week Wellington hosts the first ‘Aotearoa Audio Arts Festival’, a dynamic new event involving experimental performances, live electronic music, audiovisual works and sound installations at the City Gallery. Audio

Mediawatch - Experts insist 1080 is by far the best option to save native species and that science backs them up. How can the media report responsibly on opponents’ noisy protests, social media growth and increasingly alarming threats? Video, Audio

Multi-instrumental millennial Tash Sultana creates the sound and energy of a full band with just a guitar, sampler and a bunch of pedals. Nick Bollinger checks out her debut album. Audio

Despite struggles with health and technology, Martin Phillipps has consolidated the return of his iconic band the Chills with a timely and topical new album. Nick Bollinger talks to the big Chill. Audio

Opinion - Asia Pacific Report's Sri Krishnamurthi reflects on how much Fiji has changed since its first political coup in 1987.

Insight documentary - Our plastic is becoming Malaysia's problem, where illegal factories are burning and dumping the waste they can’t process, Nita Blake-Persen reports. Video, Audio

There is plenty of raw sensuality and raucous fun in the last week of the Proms on RNZ Concert.

New Zealand women living in the country are still facing a high level of isolation, says fifth-generation farmer and president of Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) Fiona Gower.

Every week, depending on the season, Glen and Janna Monk send up to a thousand crates of the vibrant purple fruit over to Christchurch. Audio

Some of them threw rocks at glass ceilings, some of them were visionaries... Here are just a few of music's feminist moments.

Auckland's Laneway festival is returning to Albert Park on Monday, 28 January with acts including Florence + The Machine, Courtney Barnett and Parquet Courts.