Features

Mediawatch - Is Winston Peters' surprise announcement that NZ would spend $10m over three years to broadcast more TV content in the Pacific a bid for 'transparent media', a soft-power propaganda move, or a Pacific Reset bandaid?  Video, Audio

Episode 6: Call centre operator Jadwiga's employer limited her work opportunities, so when she became seriously mentally ill she felt she couldn't be honest about what was happening.  Video

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

Opinion - It is encouraging to hear the pushback against Heather du Plessis-Allan's comments that Pacific Islands "don't matter" and that Pacific people are "leeches" on New Zealand, writes Luamanuvao Dame Winnie Laban.

Fiji Times editor-in-chief Fred Wesley has won news media executive of the year at a presitigous Asia-Pacific media awards.

The legal profession is facing massive disruption because Western legal systems are complex, expensive, and many of the more mundane tasks lawyers do could be done more easily via technology, Law professor John Hopkins says.  Audio

Mary Woodward, now age 90, won Miss New Zealand in 1949, dealt with the tragedy of post-war Britain, personal family tragedy, has fought for women's rights, sex education and the environment - and has just written a memoir. Audio, Gallery

Opinion - It is encouraging to hear the pushback against Heather du Plessis-Allan's comments that Pacific Islands "don't matter" and that Pacific people are "leeches" on New Zealand, Luamanuvao Dame Winnie Laban writes.

The Sampler - Pre-Beatle Britain is usually portrayed as a pop wasteland, but records like Paradise: The Sound of Ivor Raymonde remind us that wasn't the case, writes Nick Bollinger. Video, Audio

Some of them threw rocks at glass ceilings, some of them were visionaries ... since the middle ages women have been music pioneers.

Ross Kashtan, who runs a kava bar in Florida, has trademarked the word which is a commonly-used traditional Fijian greeting.

Fijian overstayer, Renuka shares the heartbreaking story of how she came to be illegal in New Zealand. Audio

"The Pacific Islands don't matter. They are nothing but leeches on us," Newstalk ZB broadcaster Heather du Plessis Allan said this week, a sentiment she has stood by in the face of complaints - and evidence to the contrary. Audio

András Schiff's performance of Bach's Well-tempered Clavier Book 2 was a highlight at the BBC Proms 2018.

Faumuina Associate Professor Fa'afetai Sopoaga is credited with single-handedly getting Pacific health into the curriculum at Otago University's medical school. Audio

Voices - Fijian overstayer Renuka shares the heartbreaking story of how she came to be illegal in New Zealand. Her case illustrates the brutal reality of appealing for residency.  Audio

It's 30 years since The Warratahs recorded their first album at RNZ's Wellington studio. To celebrate the release of the new compilation Drivin' Wheels, they return to play acoustic versions of some of their most beloved tunes. Video, Audio

New Zealand's Associate Minister of Education Jenny Salesa has launched a cultural competency tool for teachers working with Pacific learners.

In all, 12 children across Papua New Guinea have been diagnosed since polio was rediscovered in July. The debilitating disease is in five provinces, including the capital, Port Moresby.

Niue's Premier Sir Toke Talagi says the Pacific Islands Forum is stuck in limbo and making little progress.

The Wellington chapter of the RNZ Complaints Choir make sweet music out of our listeners' complaints. Audio

NZ music legend Shayne Carter will perform with two of his biggest bands - The Straitjacket Fits and Dimmer - in a national tour later this year.

In La Mer Claude Debussy captures the ocean’s colour, light and mood, using the orchestra as his paintbrush. It's played here by the NZSO conducted by Edo de Waart.

Victoria University lecturer Dr Vini Olsen-Reeder and songwriter Ria Hall talk about their personal relationships with te reo, on Te Ahi Kaa. Video, Audio