Features

Kimbra strives for self-improvement on her third album. Nick Bollinger assesses the results. Audio

A world-first human rights tracker, developed by a Wellington economist, has shown Australia is ranking worse than New Zealand in certain human rights performances. Audio

Star Wars fan and New Zealand Symphony Orchestra timpanist Larry Reese chooses five favorite pieces of music. Video, Audio

The overall sound of this touring group of viols is warm and mellow but there's also grit and power when needed in their concert of music spanning three centuries.

New research on a cluster of eight former amateur or professional boxers - all Pasifika and living in South Auckland - showed that seven of the men developed dementia before age 65. Audio

Nick includes tunes from Miles Davis' 1958 album Jazz Track plus songs by Dianne Reeves and Cassandra Wilson. Audio

When a child's behaviour is persistently difficult, parenting faults often set in and just keep rolling out, says educator Joseph Driessen. He looks at the top ten and suggests what people can do differently.  Audio

From the clean Nashville sound of Jamie McDell, to the weathered voice and humour of Bernie Griffen - RNZ Music's Kirsten Johnstone samples the latest country offerings from our neck of the woods. Video, Audio

First there was Cleo, then came Jonah and finally Bono; three cats who came along at just the right time for New Zealand-born journalist and author Helen Brown. Audio

Nick Bollinger discusses the ascent - and intent - of chart-topping rapper Cardi B. Audio

Zoologist Lucy Cooke talks to Jesse Mulligan about drunk moose, stoner sloths, basic beavers and penguin prostitutes.  Video, Audio

"Imagining the two Koreas overcoming our differences and finally achieving reunification provokes a truly unexpected emotional response from me," writes Korean New Zealander Maria Mo.

Every year, around 100 New Zealanders sign up to bequeath their bodies to Otago Medical School. An anatomy professor tells us how it works. Audio

William Dart takes a brief look at three performers, linked by the use of satirical humour in their music: the incomparable Noël Coward, the impeccable Richard Rodney Bennett, and our own indefatigable, inestimable Robbie Ellis. Video, Audio

Inara George’s new album acts as a tribute to her late father Lowell George of the band Little Feat. William Dart reviews Dearest Everybody. Video, Audio

A Wellington woman says she was left on the side of the road 20 minutes’ walk from her home after turning down the advances of an Uber driver last Saturday night. Have you experienced anything similar during an Uber or taxi ride?

Samoa's Rugby World Cup hopes face another major hit after World Rugby delayed their upcoming qualifiers.

Listen: Local musicians take us along on their personal pilgrimage to uncover more about the musical roots and stories of a place, culture or artist, in the form of an aural tour diary. #NZMM

The Australian 'Black Saturday' bush fires of 2009 are remembered in Brett Dean's Fire Music, performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.

Welfare without conditions works, but it's a hard road convincing people of that, writes Dr Jess Berentson-Shaw.

As the nights get longer, film fans like Dan Slevin turn to specialised offerings. A film about a softly-spoken Dutch garden designer is his pick from this year's architecture and design film festival.

Numbers of the sacred predators have grown, with a detrimental effect on the people of Timor-Leste. Vincent Paunovic travelled to Dili to explore the cultural significance of crocodiles and the attempts made to manage them.

The Wellington Jazz Festival is just weeks away and RNZ Concert’s resident Jazz-man Nick Tipping chooses five faves not to miss. Video, Audio

Blake Porter is investigating what happens in our brain when we decide to quit something that is good for us or persist with something that is bad us. Audio