Features

This three-piece American country blues band from Brown County, Indiana is lead by virtuoso guitarist Reverend J. Peyton. Audio, Gallery

Thaïs has terrific roles for the leading soprano and baritone, not to mention one of classical music's best-loved tunes -  Méditation for solo violin and orchestra, between scenes in Act 2.  Opera on Sunday at 6pm on RNZ Concert.

Tomorrow People's EP BBQ Reggae has topped the New Zealand album charts. It knocked Ed Sheeran off the number one position and is the first local release to get to number one this year. Video, Audio

KPMG's global head of agribusiness, Ian Proudfoot, believes new food protein choices and multi-nationals swallowing up small companies will change the face of farming. Audio

How far and how fast can humans go? Athlete and sports journalist Alex Hutchinson's latest book looks at the "curiously elastic limits" of human performance. Audio

The NZ Festival Club saw two contrasting but self-assured performances from Māori artists on Saturday night. For those who saw both acts, it made for an affecting and exciting double bill: Teeks and Ria Hall.

Winner of Waikato's National Contemporary Art Award 2017 for her work The Meaning of Ethics, Dunedin painter Kim Pieters' work is now in public galleries all around the country. Audio, Gallery

Kim Pieters has painted most of her life - under the radar, until a major award last year. She's also a film-maker, a photographer, and a musician in the experimental scene. Audio, Gallery

This year’s census, on 6 March, will not ask people about their sexual orientation, The Wireless reports. 

Julia Deans delivers a stunning performance of her new song 'Clandestine' and talks about her upcoming tour with Marlon Williams. Video, Audio

Julia Deans delivers a stunning performance of her new song 'Clandestine' and talks about her upcoming tour with Marlon Williams. Video, Audio

They describe themselves as a band that plays grunge-inspired Americana. Their roots are well in the '90s and early 2000s. Audio

A wave of hearing loss in young people is being predicted as we spend more time listening to devices through headphones and earbuds.

Clarissa Dunn hosts tonight's concert 'live' from the Air Force Museum at Wigram, as the CSO celebrates 60 years of music-making in the city.

The National Library has long collected letters and new software is now helping them analyse emails and and harvest social media posts.This Way Up finds out what they're collecting. Audio

The Wireless recap of the best feature stories from around the internet this week; What ever happened to Brendan Fraser ? The worst flatmate ever and tales from the Kings Arms.

We review Kupe - a Waka Odyssey, the Wellington waterfront extravaganza that opened the NZ Fest; Big Boi - one half of the most successful hip-hip act ever, is on the line for a chat, Elemeno P's Dave Gibson is in choosing songs for The Mixtape, and heaps more!

Dizzee Rascal talks about staying on top of his game, pioneering a genre, and how excited he is to be returning to New Zealand for two beautiful festivals. Video, Audio

The marmorated stink bug "just eats everything" and a new report says an invasion would wipe $4bn in export value from New Zealand's fruit, vegetable and wine industries. Audio

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WWI veteran, one-armed pianist Paul Wittgenstein wanted to keep playing so he commissioned the major composers of the day to write for him. Audio

The man who signed Lorde in America - Jason Flom has been called ‘one of the most successful record men of the past 20 years’. He tells  American music commentator and critic Bob Lefsetz about how he first came across her music.

More than 1,000 performers and a fleet of waka hourua will be on Wellington's waterfront this evening telling the story of the explorer Kupe for the opening of the New Zealand Festival. Video

More than 1000 performers and a fleet of waka hourua will be on Wellington's waterfront this evening telling the story of the explorer Kupe for the opening of the New Zealand Festival. Video

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Equal-pay advocate Kristine Bartlett told Morning Report she was in shock when she heard she had won the New Zealander of the Year award. Audio