Features

A multi million dollar luxury floating hotel could be the next attraction for the steampunk capital of New Zealand.

Everybody loves a fritter, says food writer Lauraine Jacobs. She shares a recipe for beetroot and carrot fritters with mint, lime and yoghurt dressing Audio

UFC Middleweight star Israel Adesanya aims to take the torch off of fellow Lee Gar native Ray Sefo when he faces his student Brad Tavares this weekend.

The New York-based musician hopes his new album – about a mythical kingdom that has run out of gold – will eventually become a film. Video, Audio

A mother who had three children taken by social services has opened up about her struggles when she fell pregnant and her fear that they would take her new baby.

The version of 'Crown Him With Many Crowns' you'll find in hymnbooks is probably the work of not one but two writers - Matthew Bridges and Godfrey Thring. Sing along to three of the possible twelve verses in today's programme. Audio

Hear new Gareth Farr, Dimensional People from Mouse On Mars, Peter Ablinger's Voices and Piano, and discover composer Alvin Singleton, who's music is soulful, with an understated simplicity that glows with warmth.

Six string players from the NZSO get together as the 'Amici Ensemble' to play a new work by Anthony Ritchie, a sextet by Brahms and the richly-scored Souvenir de Florence by Tchaikovsky. Music Alive at 7.30pm on RNZ Concert. Audio

Kim Hill leads a discussion about food production and food waste.

Opinion: The entire legal profession in New Zealand must take some serious lessons from the Russell McVeagh report, writes Steph Dyhrberg.

Today Nick features Armenian pianist Tigran Hamasyan, plus a new track from Anita Schwabe, and a couple from Betty Carter.

The Bamboo’s are stalwarts of the Australian soul funk scene. We meet New Zealand-born Lance Ferguson, who has clocked nearly two decades as the big band's leader. Audio

Former refugees are being given opportunities to shine in their chosen professions thanks to the Red Cross Pathways to Employment programme - but it's a rough road to success with many barriers. Audio, Gallery

Some of Australia's media coverage of the growing Chinese influence in the Pacific has been bordering on hysterical, an academic says. Audio

A new look at music sales charts, new songs of love and lust from Lontalius, Holly Arrowsmith plays live, a fairytale album from a founder of The Clean, new all-ages gigs in Auckland, funk band Bamboo, and Simon Grigg is in for the Mixtape. Phew.

What are the most popular classical albums at the moment? Find out which are in this week's top ten on RNZ Concert at 12 noon.

The RNZ Sport team catches up with rising mixed martial arts fighter Israel Adesanya, Black Sticks hockey captain Stacey Michelsen and Southern Steel netballer Wendy Frew, on Extra Time. Audio

Review - A sequel that comes 14 years after its predecessor, The Incredibles 2 was worth the wait, with a take on the now-ubiquitous superhero flick that focuses largely on family dynamics and social norms.  Video, Audio

Every spring since 2011, a team of bird experts has headed out to 100 sites across Wellington’s parks and gardens to count birds, and Greater Wellington’s Philippa Crisp says the news they are bringing back is very positive. Audio

Politicians are famous for fudging their words, so a new algorithm from Auckland University is putting their kōrero to the test. Audio

Pasifika mothers who gamble has increased from 36 percent in 2006 to 52 percent in 2014, which along with bullying and gang involvement is a risk factor for children gambling, a study has found. Audio

Emile Donovan and Max Towle are joined by Wellington Phoenix uberfan, Dale Warburton and the Totally Football Show’s Iain Macintosh to preview the weekend's action. Audio

NZ songwriter Eddie Johnston has just released his first new music in two years. The two new songs are personal enquiries into lust and love, which Eddie admits are “feelings i don’t really understand". Video, Audio

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