Features

Solo: A Star Wars Story gives Han Solo an origin picture, but will it be enough for the fans, asks Simon Morris. Video, Audio

The Samoan community is still reeling from last weekend's unrest on the island of Savaii.

Some Māori and Pasifika rugby players' names routinely get butchered by commentators and fans, but RugbyZ is stepping up its game, writes [*Jamie Wall*] . Video

Researchers believe quiet classical music can induce relaxation and help influence positive decision making, including choosing healthier food options. Tune in now to test it out!

It’s been a year of unusual fish species turning up around New Zealand’s coast – some of them from parts of the globe where the sea is a lot warmer. Audio

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Starting day care can be a daunting and emotional time for children, and their parents. Early childcare education teacher Heather McRobbie has some tips. Audio

Your new classical podcast for June is here! Michael Houstoun plays Preludes and Fugues by JS Bach.

Gareth Farr's powerful cello concerto Chemin des Dames marks the centenary of a bloody WWI battle, and also acknowledges the effect of war on women and their families. #NZMM Video, Audio

One of the key aims of Samoan Language Week in New Zealand is instilling a sense of identity and pride in young Samoans living here.

Analysis - Labour is happy to call it a "housing crisis" but it doesn't seem to want to act like it's one, writes Guyon Espiner.  

An "empowering" Pacific experience led Fiji's Unaisi Bolatolu-Vuniwaqa into a top international security role in South Sedan, she says.

Pain au chocolat or chocolatine? In France's equivalent of the trans-Tasman pavlova stoush, the impassioned and longstanding debate over the pastry's name has reached the French parliament. Audio

Swedish soprano Lisa Larsson joins the APO for this concert featuring Berg's lush Seven Early Songs and Mahler's Fourth Symphony, where the last movement depicts a child's vision of heaven.

New Zealand Music Month has been running for 17 years. Alex Behan asks the people who were there from the start to tell its story: how it began, what it's achieved and where it's going next. Video, Audio

Of the 22 kiwi singles that hit the charts in 1968, 19 of them reached the top 10. This was the first great year for Kiwi pop music says music historian Grant Gillanders. Audio

Australian R&B producer/singer Oscar Key Sung on how his visa woes set him on his own Berlin-inspired musical adventure. Video, Audio

Rural legend Mark Warren turned his family station around in his twenties and gained fame as a 4WD rally driver. Now he teaches people how to survive driving in hazardous conditions. Audio, Gallery

Oat the Goat is a beautiful online children's story book about about kindness, empathy, tolerance and acceptance. Behind the message is a stunning soundscape performed by the NZSO alongside taonga pūoro. Audio

A single shoe that tells the story of a New Zealander's spectacular sporting success is in well-earned retirement at Te Papa. So where's the other one? Audio

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Philip Norman's orchestral work is a heartfelt response to the series of devastating earthquakes in Canterbury. "Something like 10 quakes of magnitude 5 or more occurred while I was composing the score," Norman says. #NZMM Audio

Papua New Guinea's emergency controller says the response to February's Highlands earthquake is mostly shifting from a focus on relief to recovery. Audio

Tauranga businessman Craig Nees is starting a boxing gym for young people, inspired by the work of legendary boxing trainer Billy Graham. Audio

Listen again to New Zealand's top young pianists recorded in Auckland at the Wallace National Piano Competition.

Wellington composer Tane UpJohn-Beatson uses the NZSO and taonga pūoro to create a moving soundscape for Oat the Goat, an interactive online story book for children. Audio