Features

We hear from canoe sprint star Lisa Carrington and departing Warriors legend Simon Mannering, and welcome incoming Silver Ferns coach Noeline Taurua in this week's edition of Extra Time. Video, Audio

The War had only finished four years before I started school and it still felt very close, even to a five-year old, writes John Bluck.

Nick Bollinger reviews a solo album with an American twang from Australian singer-songwriter Juanita Stein. Audio

Opinion - Honouring sportspeople isn't something we do particularly well in New Zealand, but last night's tribute to retiring rugby league star Simon Mannering was a stunning success, writes Jamie Wall.

American pop star Pink provided a theatrical extravaganza at Dunedin's Forsyth Barr Stadium last night. RNZ Music correspondent Ashleigh Nicholl reports back. Audio

Kiwi music legend Jenny Morris will be inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame at the 2018 APRA Silver Scroll Awards.

The busy calving season is underway at Mark and Debbie Van Beek's dairy farm near Hokitika. Mark walks through the calving paddocks several times a day to make sure the cows and newborn calves are okay. Audio

Havana Meets Kingston are live on stage at WOMAD Taranaki in 2018. Audio

True stories of people who have "done wrong, been wronged, or got caught somewhere in the middle" – from wrongful shooting victims to serial streakers – are brought to life in the weekly podcast Criminal. Audio

This week Nick features trumpet player Clifford Brown and drummer Max Roach, as well as Billie Holiday, Dianne Reeves and Gregory Porter.  Audio

New Zealand campaigners are hoping for a ban on wet wipes similar to the one the UK has promised to impose by 2042. Audio

Review - Off-the-grid survivalist story Leave No Trace is touching, it's thought-provoking, I can't recommend it highly enough, and like many people I'll be watching the career of young Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie with interest. Video, Audio

Fiona McDonald of the Headless Chickens joins us to choose songs and tell stories on the Mixtape; we chat to Bailterspace and Superette ahead of their shows at the Other's Way festival; and Nick Bollinger reviews a tribute album for an American record collector with a deep connection to NZ music.

Think golf and you might imagine well-heeled, middle class men enjoying G&T at the 19^th hole, but Nights’ leftist pundit Brian Roper reckons otherwise. Audio

At only 12 years old, Rotorua school girl Zeeah Rona Waerea-Tamai is already hitting the right notes with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. She'll perform this weekend with the APO in South Auckland.

Kiwi music legend Jenny Morris will be inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame at the 2018 APRA Silver Scroll Awards.

Fair Play podcast - Former Black Fern, MP and Women in Sport Aotearoa board member Louisa Wall says if the government is to fund anything rugby, it should be to help women and migrant communities access the sport. Audio

The Podcast Hour - The Kingsmen's 1963 anthem 'Louie, Louie' is one of the most-recorded songs of all time, but its composer - Los Angeles musician Richard Berry - lived most his life penniless. Video, Audio

A selection of live music performances from some of NZ's favourite musicians, including Bic Runga, Neil Finn, Tiny Ruins, David Dallas, Ladi6, Dave Dobbyn and the Phoenix Foundation.

International choral conductor and composer David Childs is back home to adjudicate at this year’s Big Sing Festival. He talks to Upbeat. Audio

Vets say they're concerned over the growing anti-vaccine lobby among pet owners, and food fads such as raw and grain-free diets for animals are gaining popularity. Audio

Sue Paton of the Addiction Practitioners' Association Aotearoa tells Jesse Mulligan we need to treat addiction as a health problem, not a moral or legal one. Audio

Soprano Madison Nonoa has won a new Auckland opera competition which is a joint venture between the Perpetual Guardian Foundation and the Auckland Opera Studio.

Progressive rock is a term that's been used widely for 50 years. But it can still be difficult to pin down what it actually is. Rob Burns from Otago University has written a book on the genre. Video, Audio