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Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi composed 'The Four Seasons' for the girls at a Venice orphanage where he taught music for 22 years. It's one of violinist Angelo Xiang Yu's favourite pieces to play.

The Onehunga hip hop group, SWIDT have just released their new EP, The Most Electrifying. They perform one of their new tracks live in our Auckland studio.  Video, Audio

A book written in detention by a refugee on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island is a work of art before being an act of resistance, the author says. Audio

Māori children are exposed to alcohol advertising an average of at least 22 times a day, a wearable camera study shows, prompting calls for government regulation. Audio

A professional rugby competition in the United States is on the lookout for more players from the Pacific Islands.

Tragicomic webcomic and webseries - Meet Hannah Moore; her mum’s the principal, her dad’s disappeared, and to top it all off? Her art teacher’s getting it on with her mum.

A school where students are grouped into villages and teachers are referred to as "aunty" and "uncle" is helping boost achievement for young Pasifika in South Auckland. Video

It's no secret New Zealand is facing a shortage of skilled trades workers, and one Wellington company says it's focused on changing the "builder's crack" image to recruit women, older people and those considering tertiary education.  Audio

Aspiring  Māori songstress Sianne Dougherty speaks with Yadana Saw about broken stereos and breaking stereotypes as a young mother pursuing a career in music. Video, Audio

Power Play - Jane Patterson meets a senior New Zealand First staffer grinning from ear to ear because the country didn't go off the rails with Winston Peters in charge for six weeks.

Oboe concertos are something of a rarity in the concert hall, but here Bede Hanley plays one by contemporary American composer Christopher Rouse with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.

Dancers from Inano Dance talk about their dances and how they are inspired by their culture, as part of 'Epetoma o te reo Māori Kūki 'Āirani: Cook Islands Language Week

A new biopic of the German singer Nico is the perfect excuse for William Dart to revisit the Warholian days of Venus in Furs and Femmes Fatales. Video, Audio

Two hundred freshwater mussels (kākahi) have a new home at Wellington's predator-proof sanctuary Zealandia. Audio

A new documentary shows an African American skate subculture still vibrant in the face of police racism and closing rinks. Video, Audio

Top New Zealand composers have been invited to orchestrate the psychedelic pop rock band’s famous tunes, recontextualising history by playing them in a completely different way. Gareth Farr and Luke Buda explain. Audio

A school where students are grouped into villages and teachers are referred to as "aunty" and "uncle" is helping boost achievement for young Pasifika in South Auckland. Video

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Tami Neilson starts her NZ Sassafrass! tour in Wellington tomorrow. She spoke to Megan Whelan when the album dropped in June.  Audio

New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has received a proposal from the Papua New Guinea government for the use of $NZ3 million earmarked for Manus Island.

Fonterra’s next chair will need to tackle poor performance and capital spending problems, business commentator Rod Oram says, by changing the co-op’s culture. Audio

New Zealand’s older population are largely healthy – but renters are at a disadvantage as they age, a Massey University study found.  Audio

Filmmaker Lorna Tucker is proud of her documentary about the "still punk" 77-year-old fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood, even though Westwood has called it "mediocre".  Video, Audio

Alzheimer's and dementia research is being conducted on male mice only, despite women making up a larger proportion of those diagnosed with the disease.

The first lineup announcement for Northern Bass 2019 includes Shapeshifter, LTJ Bukem, Action Bronson, JessB and more. The three-day New Year's festival, which takes place in Northland's Mangawhai, is in its eighth year.