Features

A woman who witnessed a whale stranding on Farewell Spit has developed an invention with her husband that aims to help save the lives of struggling whales.

As revenues soar, the professional gaming industry has become a legal minefield. Audio

Two of New Zealand's best-loved singer-songwriters break from their nationwide tour to play us a live session. Video, Audio

Football fever hits Wellington, the Samoan Rugby Union declares it's bankrupt but who's to blame? And Andrea Hewitt headlines the NZ triathlon team heading to the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Audio

Tracks from John Lee Hooker, Grammy winner Sturgill Simpson, country greats Merle Haggard and Townes Van Zandt, NZ's own Nadia Reid, a collaboration between Josh Rouse and Lambchop's Kurt Wagner and more! Audio

Melbourne based Kiwi singer/songwriter Stanley Woodhouse is touring the country with fellow artist, poet and novelist Dominic Hoey also known as ‘Tourettes’. Audio

Simon Morris checks out three films that happen to be directed by women – Kathryn Bigelow's Detroit, English drama Let Me Go and from France Madame, starring Toni Colette and Harvey Keitel. Video, Audio

We may have been the first country to give women the vote, but the New Zealand women who served in WWI have largely been left out of our written history – until now. Audio

A book that tells the stories of Rotorua iwi Ngāti Wāhiao and the people's connection to Te Whakarewarewatanga-o-te-ope-tauā-ā-Wāhiao has finally gone to print.

A New Zealand company that makes self-setting traps for local predators is sharing its technology to tackle mongoose in Hawaii, American mink in Scandinavia and grey squirrels in the UK. Video, Audio

Tertiary leaders in New Zealand say we should follow the lead of The University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Science.

Rhodes Scholar Jean Balchin – who is off to Oxford University next year – talks about her many interests and why she's no longer ashamed to talk about depression. Audio

The America's Cup has a colourful past rife with dirty deals, spying, betrayal and legal battles throughout its 166-year history, a new book delves into the Auld Mug's history Audio

A new tool developed at the University of Auckland has the potential to detect – and even treat – serious gut conditions. Audio

'Tautai' is the story of Ta'isi Olaf Frederick Nelson and chronicles Samoa's struggle against the yoke of colonialism and one man's battle against the administration of the regional power, New Zealand. Audio

Former Football Fern Sarah Gregorius talks about her fight for equal rights in professional sport.

For the first time, the father and son are making an album together. They'll tour New Zealand's small-town community halls this summer. Video, Audio

New Zealand hasn't always been a land of birds, bats and insects. Millions of years ago, two species of crocodiles and a terrestrial turtle lived here. Audio

Nothing stings like the discovery that we have been lied to. Duncan Smith looks at the painful lies of infidelity, where betrayal is compounded by a powerful sense of rejection in episode one of Pants on Fire. Audio

A Russian businessman who unsuccessfully tried to revive the Romanov Empire in Kiribati says the project for his 'Alternative Russia' in the Pacific is still alive.

The Samoa Rugby Union has raised almost $US140,000 from a fundraising radio and telethon held yesterday to address a financial crisis in the organisation.

Separated mums and dads talk about how they make co-parenting work in episode eleven of Are We There Yet? Audio

Nick Bollinger revisits the disco, flares and Marshall stacks of 1970s New Zealand with the reissue of a classic from Turangi five-piece Golden Harvest. Audio

Nick Bollinger revisits the disco, flares and Marshall stacks of 1970s New Zealand with the reissue of a classic from Turangi five-piece Golden Harvest. Audio