Features

The New Zealand String Quartet is joined by international pianist Kathryn Stott for this CMNZ concert, in Auckland. She plays solo piano music by Fauré & Ravel, then together they play quintets by John Psathas and César Franck.

The three-piece teenage metal thrash band, whose songs are inspired by Māori history, released their first album, Tū, last month to huge success and now a documentary about the band has been released. Video, Audio

The modern definition of mental health as being something positive to aspire to should be viewed with suspicion, according to philosopher Simon Keller. Audio

A mother and daughter team is keeping Gujarati cooking traditions alive, across the generations and across the miles. Audio, Gallery

The director of Pacific Strategy and Engagement at the University of Auckland says New Zealand's curriculum fails to reflect its students from Pasifika and other minority backgrounds. Video, Audio

NZ music industry stalwart Simon Grigg talks through six of his favourite songs, and the people who helped shape his illustrious career for the RNZ Music Mixtape. Video, Audio

Holly Arrowsmith won the Tui for Best Folk album in 2016 for her first LP For The Weary Traveller, and a few years later has delivered its follow up A Dawn To Remember. Video, Audio

Further deterioration of mental health among refugees on Manus Island, and a lack of psychiatric support "will lead to serious, adverse outcomes", the UN refugee agency says.

LA-based Kiwi songwriter Eddie Johnston (Lontalius) listened to a lot of Coldplay and U2 as a kid. He says their "big choruses" inspired his two new songs about lust and love. Video, Audio

Fisheries ministers from around the region have unanimously appointed Manumatavai Tupou-Roosen as the next director general of the Forum Fisheries Agency.

An American Samoan playing for the Denver Broncos American football team has pledged $US640 thousand US to fund a new health centre in Tafuna.

An imaginary kingdom, a man with golden ears and a "cast of plenty" feature in the latest solo work from Hamish Kilgour of The Clean. Video, Audio

There was some confusion in Parliament recently about how this privilege thing works.The basic idea is that because Parliament creates the laws for the country, it also sets the boundaries on those laws - and it has ring-fenced itself from some of those laws. Audio

It's empowering for farmers to be realistic about how many good working years might be ahead of them, says 72-year-old farm business consultant Don Fraser. Audio

Rotten floorboards, leaking showers, water running down internal walls: where do tenants turn when landlords fail them? Not the Tenancy Tribunal - in fact, often not anywhere. Kate Newton asks why.

Participation trophies and constant praise of children's natural talents do not help children, or the adults they become, in the long run, says Professor Jill Klein from the University of Melbourne. Audio

Guest violinist Aisslinn Nosky leads string players from the NZSO in a concert of music by Vivaldi, Handel, Telemann and Geminiani.

Auckland four-piece Openside treat us to a full-force, energetic set of emo-pop, including the song 'Somebody Else' which you can watch on video here. Video, Audio

Squeaky Bum Time - Emile Donovan and Max Towle wrap up the weekend’s action including French fruition, English ecstasy and the end of an unlikely Russian run and look ahead to the semis. Audio

Atu-Mai, New Zealand’s first national violence prevention programme for Pasifika young people was launched in Auckland recently by ACC Minister Iain Lees-Galloway to be delivered by innovative Pasifika organisation Le Va.

Mediawatch -The New Zealand Herald has revealed that subsidising movies made in New Zealand has skyrocketed in spite of little agreement about whether it pays off. Video, Audio

Simon Grigg was there for the birth of both punk and dance music in New Zealand, helped deliver OMC’s 'How Bizarre' to the world, and conceived of Audioculture. He shares six songs - and people - that influenced him. Video, Audio

Organic garlic growers Lon and Gilly eke out a living in Central Otago. To make ends meet, Lon has sometimes chopped wood and washed dishes, while Gilly has shifted cattle breaks and painted t-shirts. Audio

The Auckland pop-punk band treat us to an energetic set. Video, Audio