Features

New and emerging writers of Pacific descent are being encouraged to apply for a new three month residency in New Zealand for three months next year. Audio

Choral singing is the most wonderful thing that human beings can do, says Morris Stuart, conductor of the Central Australian Aboriginal Women's Choir.The Song Keepers is a documentary following the choir's historic visit to Germany. Video, Audio

Nick Bollinger surveys the southern excursion of Oakland soul belter Shannon Shaw Audio

Dunedin band Death And The Maiden can count Shayne Carter among their growing number of fans. He invited them to perform at the Silver Scrolls last year, and since then they've released their second album of dark, electro-tinged pop, Wisteria Audio

Earlier this month, Idaho singer Eilen Jewell played in Auckland with a three-man band including ace guitarist, 75-year old Jerry Miller. William Dart checks out the man's beginnings back in the 60s with the band Moby Grape as well his most recent solo albums.

Would you consider biking to work if you were paid to? It's an idea that has been mooted in the Netherlands. The ambassador to New Zealand joined Jesse Mulligan to talk about the idea. Audio

Chef Martin Bosley mentors Rimutaka Prison inmates to prepare and serve a gourmet meal to the public every year for  Gate to Plate. He tells Jesse Mulligan about the programme and shares a recipe for smoked fish & pea risotto. Audio

From busking in Christchurch's Cashel Mall to four number-one albums, James Reid and Hamish Gee from The Feelers reflect on 25 years as one of New Zealand's most successful bands. Video, Audio

Online shopping is here to stay and it's a battle for many retail stores to keep their cash registers ticking over. Simon Pound from Ingrid Starnes and Angela Gordon from The Service Depot talk about what it takes to keep a business alive. Audio

Books and resources from the disestablished Creative Libraries at the University of Auckland could be pulped not burned in a shakeup announced yesterday.

The duo Ponguru (double bass player Phil Boniface and ngā taonga puoro player Alistair Fraser) team up with Māori narrator Rangimoana Taylor for a live performance of the ancient tale Tinirau and Kae. Video, Audio

Tapawera dairy goat farmer Tracy Hay has given each of her hundred or so kids a name. The self-confessed 'goatie' has hand-raised Tinkerbell, Treasure, Tambourine and Truffle et al so that they are completely focused on her. Audio, Gallery

Tony Stamp investigates Finland's quest to find the Global Capital of Metal, with help from their Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Audio

Gareth Farr's He iwi tahi tātou will receive it's Wellington premiere on Saturday night. It's the second in the NZSO's four landfall commissions.The first in the series was Salina Fisher's Tupaia. Audio

Rapper, writer and visual artist Jessica Hansell - aka Coco Solid - has received the 2018 Fulbright-Creative Pacific Writer’s residency.

Executive Director Frances Turner has resigned from the Royal New Zealand Ballet and will leave the company in September.

Former Music Director of the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoya is back to work with the NZSO in two programmes including the world premiere of Gareth Farr's He iwi tahi tātou. Audio

This Way Up is finishing up on 7 July. This week, presenter Simon Morton and producer Richard Scott look back at some of the fascinating people they've met, including a scam-baiter, a roadkill-counter and a high-altitude garbologist. Audio, Gallery

Moko artists and carvers Arekatera Maihi and Jacob Tautari talk about mixing chisels with tattoo guns and their personal views on giving moko to non-Māori, on Te Ahi Kaa. Audio

One of the world’s most famous lullabies has been performed especially for Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s brand new baby, in German and Te Reo Māori.

One of the world’s most famous lullabies has been performed especially for Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s brand new baby, in German and Te Reo Māori.

A New Zealand homage to the Buster Keaton-style comedies of the early 20^th century, and made by two Otago teenagers, has found favour with international film judges. Video, Audio

The White Ferns continue to smash international records, the Football Ferns get investigated; we look at what might go down at the final All Blacks and France test; plus Women's Kabaddi – what is it and why are we so good at it? Audio

Paul Ubana Jones drops in for a live session and chat; we speak to Australian folk legends the Seekers about the release of their legendary TV specials, 50 years after their break-up; We visit Auckland electro-pop producer Boycrush in his studio; Wellington songwriter Charlotte Yates is in for the Mixtape; and much more!