Features

Loyal fans from Invercargill to Kerikeri keep virtuoso songwriter Paul Ubana Jones still on the road after 45 years. He plays live for us and chats to Alex Behan. Video, Audio

Finland is the most metal country in the world. But which of their towns is the most metal of all? Tony Stamp investigates. Audio

The Pacific Games Council is confident Samoa is on track to organising a successful 16th edition of the tournament next year, the council's chief executive says.

The Mate Ma'a Tonga rugby league team need regular Test matches against New Zealand, Tonga coach Kristian Woolf says.

The first Indian to set foot on Aotearoa arrived in 1769. A new publication throws light on the buried history of the Indian diaspora to New Zealand. Audio, Gallery

Squeaky Bum Time - hosts Emile Donovan and Max Towle are joined by Yellow Fever’s Dale Warburton and Stuff's Liam Hyslop to look ahead to the final round of group games. Audio

South Auckland hip-hop dance crew the Rewa All Stars have grabbed the attention of mega star Will Smith with their Fresh Prince of Bel-Air routine. Two of the dancers, Iavana Seuala and Nese Godinet, talk about how they hope to change perceptions about South Auckland. Video, Audio

The very best in Americana, alt country and blues music, hosted by Mark Rogers. Monday nights after the 11 o'clock news on RNZ National, 101 FM.

Stuff and RNZ's new true crime podcast. Gone Fishing: Mayhem. Murder...Maybe...Gail Maney was jailed for 15 years for ordering a killing and maintains she's innocent.

A new play The Atom Room, performing at Circa Theatre in Wellington boasts a score by composer Ruth Carr from electronic group Minuit. Audio

Follow ten of New Zealand's finest young singers on their journey to the prestigious Lexus Song Quest final.

Samoa will look to ban all single-use plastic from January, its government said, in the latest move to protect the country's oceans.

At thirteen Taeko Yoshioka Braid survived a moment of history that changed the world forever; the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Produced by Lynda Chanwai-Earle. Audio, Gallery

An Australian telco's groundbreaking online coverage of the FIFA World Cup failed to fire this week, and this has sparked fears of frozen screens here during the Rugby World Cup next year. Video, Audio

Dung beetles are a natural and efficient way to to get nutrients down into the soil, keeps pastures clean and, in turn, help mitigate runoff into streams, says Dr Shaun Fogie of Dung Beetle Innovations. Audio

South Auckland hip-hop dance crew the Rewa All Stars have grabbed the attention of mega star Will Smith with their Fresh Prince of Bel-Air routine. Video, Audio

A member of pioneering German industrial group Einstürzende Neubauten, Alexander Hacke and his partner Danielle de Picciotto make immersive soundscapes with using  instruments like the hurdy-gurdy, droning guitars and autoharp and incorporate spoken word and throat singing. Video, Audio

The five members of Christchurch surf-rock / rockabilly band Hawaiian Maiden never turn down a pun or a cold one. They came in to serve us up a burst of summer with instrumental tracks from their latest album Better Hustle. Audio

Political and tribal violence in Papua New Guinea's Highlands is compounding the struggles in a region devastated by a major earthquake nearly four months ago. Audio

No matter the outcome of November's referendum on independence from France, ties with New Caledonia will remain friendly, Vanuatu's prime minister says.

Every one of the estimated 100,000 tourists heading to Mount Aspiring National Park each year travel through Randall Aspinall farm. When tourists spot his stock in the river, he'll sometimes hear about it on the news. Audio, Gallery

From next week Rarotonga in the Cook Islands will have a new mobile health clinic servicing the island's [13,000] thirteen thousand people. Audio

A new Pacific Marine Climate Change Report Card has been produced recently in Samoa as part of World Oceans Day activities to highlight the current science on the state of the Pacific Ocean. Audio