Features

Mediawatch - The visiting fans of Peru impressed our media and had some sports pundits pondering why our fans are so staid by comparison. So what did the media in Peru make of us? Audio

The cherries are early this year and it’s looking like a bumper crop too, says an Otago orchardist. Audio

If your child thinks they are good at maths, then they probably will be – that's the conclusion of a major international study looking at data from more than 15,000 British and American schoolchildren.

'David Bowie - A Life' is an exhaustive oral history of the rock legend by British journalist Dylan Jones, editor of GQ Magazine. Jones talked to stars such as Lou Reed, Nina Simone, Debbie Harry and Martin Scorsese. Audio

The Tongan community in New Zealand will be able to trace historical identity records with a university now holding the registers of births, deaths and marriages for people of British descent born in Tonga.

Opinion: Everyone knows South Auckland. It's that place where, according to a number of New Zealanders on Facebook, Pacific Islanders only come down from the trees when there's trouble to be made.

Support has been flooding in for a Dunedin school principal who spoke out about the problem of parents expecting teachers to take responsibility for their children's actions outside school hours. Audio

The rate of cancer in the region in the Pacific is being described as a "hidden epidemic" by the authors of new research.

There's new evidence that schizophrenia could be related to our immune system – a discovery which could radically change the way the condition is treated. Audio

Trailblazing musician Sharon O'Neill has just been inducted to the NZ Music Hall of fame. She picks six of her favourite songs for the mixtape. Video, Audio

Christchurch band Breathing Cage won a controversial music award and made a classic album before breaking up in 1992. Twenty-five years later they are playing together again. Video, Audio

Lifting yourself up by the bootstraps is great – providing you have boots, says AUT's Richard Pamatatau in the latest Smart Talk at the Auckland Museum. Audio

One of the most popular operas of all time, Bizet's story of the demise of sultry gypsy Carmen is presented by Chicago Lyric Opera at 6pm on RNZ Concert.

Author Buddy Mikaere reflects on the Battle of Great Pā. Audio

As we remember Pike River today, we revisit the Orpheus Choir's concert featuring Dave Dobbyn's This Love composed and performed in memory of the 29 miners lost.

The Kiwi creator of Time magazine's 'most comfortable shoe in the world' says success has come from focusing on doing a few things really, really well. Audio

John Drummond looks at famous pieces of piano music as windows into the world in which they were created. Audio

The Royal New Zealand Ballet is teaching inmates at Arohata Women’s prison how to jeté, pirouette and plié.  Audio

When the earthquake lifted Kaikōura's harbour, it left dolphin and whale operators like Lynette Buurman literally high and dry.

Australian actor Steve Bisley takes an unflinching look at what became of a teenage farm boy who hitched to swinging Sydney in his second memoir. Audio

Would you pay for a weekend away reading books without distractions? UK bookworms can now go on weekend reading retreats. Audio, Gallery

The 500th anniversary of the Reformation is commemorated at a special Bach Cantata Vespers service held by the Lutheran Church of New Zealand in Wellington Cathedral. You can hear the whole service at 10am on RNZ Concert.

Is a glitzy awards ceremony the best way to celebrate creativity?

Nick Bollinger inspects one of the controversial corners of Bob Dylan's extensive catalogue. Audio