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Hundreds of Tongans could face being sent from New Zealand back to their cyclone-ravaged country before it has recovered from the storm's devastation, an immigration lawyer says.

A Pacific LGBTQI dance collective in New Zealand has pushed cultural boundaries with its new show in this month's Auckland Pride Festival. Video

The United States is broke and an intergenerational Ponzi scheme has taken the place of rational economic planning, a leading American economist says. Audio

Simon Morris looks at next month's Academy Awards, assessing the chances of Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, The Shape Of Water and Darkest Hour. Video, Audio

Lyttelton-born singer-songwriter Marlon Williams' second album Make Way for Love is out on February 16. It's a lovelorn album written in the wake of his break-up with Aldous Harding. Video, Audio

The latest offering from UK siblings Field Music is a big, nutty fruitcake of an album, Nick Bollinger writes. Audio

A lava build-up has been observed emerging from the sea just off the Kadovar Island volcano in Papua New Guinea.

A community leader on the Fiji island of Ono-i-lau says the damaging winds from yesterday's cyclone Gita were the most frightening and dangerous on living memory on the island.

Damian Christie is fascinated by the "amazing stuff" researchers are doing. He'll use his PM's award prize money to set up the country's first science video news agency. Audio

Alistair Deverick is perhaps one of our country's most underrated musicians. He's been making music under the Boycrush moniker since 2012 and RNZ Music is super stoked to present the first single off his upcoming album.

Ian Young, at 86, is one of a small band of skilled clock and watch repairers. Semi-retired for more than a decade, he's still carrying out intricate repairs in his home workshop. Video, Audio

If you paid attention to most festival lineups and top paid DJ lists, you’d be forgiven for thinking electronic music is only made by men... turns out it's not.

Analysis: The profitability, economic value and reputation of New Zealand's biggest construction company have been gunned down today, writes Gyles Beckford.

The wheels of love are being set motion today in Queenstown as Cycle Speed Dating is back. Audio

The Fiji Women's Crisis Centre has won a humanitarian award from the Australian National University

Peter Walls points out some of the reasons why Bach was not so well-loved in his own lifetime. Audio

Melody Thomas meets some local producers and DJs who are part of a long, but often overlooked, tradition of female innovation in electronic music.

A team from Otago University is investigating the challenges faced by food allergy sufferers and whether particular personality types make it worse. Audio

The Samoa Red Cross is prioritising water and sanitation needs for communities affected by Cyclone Gita.

A four minute conversation led to a revolutionary tooth decay treatment using silver nanoparticles and a PM's science award for the chemist who worked on it. Audio

Pacific countries will have to work together on international arbitration reform is the aim of discussions this week in Fiji.

A popular Samoan musician Ma'ilo Ben Vai has died after a long battle with cancer. Video

A former governor of Fiji's Reserve Bank estimates traffic congestion is costing the economy almost $US200 million US dollars a year in lost productivity.

The scruffy weed-filled corner of your yard could be the key to making a thriving garden. Eecologist Wendy Seabrook makes the case for weeds. Video, Audio