Features

Cows are far smarter and more emotionally connected to each another than we give them credit for, says farmer Rosamund Young. Audio

Auckland's Karangahape Road community now has its own newspaper.

Auckland band The Beths pop into the studio to talk to Jesse and play songs from their EP and forthcoming album. Video, Audio

Philadelphia fret-flayer Kurt Vile talks about his collaboration with Melbourne songwriter Courtney Barnett. Audio

A group of Pacific women in New Zealand affected by breast cancer want people to know that early detection is a key factor to long-term survival. Audio, Gallery

A Fiji man has launched a petition against a major beverage company because he says their products disrespect local chiefs and culture. Audio

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake felt in Samoa on Saturday triggered memories of the devastating 2009 tsunami. Audio

Life-threatening medical delays for Australia’s detained immigrants, Jennifer Lopez on romance and Taika Waititi saves the blockbuster.

Mediawatch - Fairfax Media is planning to shrink its daily papers around the country to a tabloid - or ‘compact’ - size next year. Audio

Yadana Saw heads to a Women and Music Technology workshop to make music using her laptop and a whole bunch of wires. Audio

Bruce Hopkins finds his pounamu, lost trail notes, maps and missing hat in week three of his journey to take his father's and brother's ashes home to Rakiura/Stewart Island. Audio

'A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden' and more music from the Pacific Rim feature in this concert from the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.

Paloma Migone digs into the cold cases of those who never came home. In part one, Robyn Jensen says she'll never give up hope of finding her daughter, Kirsa. Video, Audio

Author Delia McCabe has combined her knowledge of the human brain with 20 years of research into how food influences brain function. Audio

The remains of a Kanak man who died in 1918 serving in the French army have been exhumed to be returned to New Caledonia.

Kurt (Vile) and Courtney (Barnett) - in this less self-destructive pairing of those names - form a strong, wholesome relationship on the album Lotta Sea Lice. Audio

Tonga's rugby league coach Kristian Woolf has paid tribute to his halves Ata Hingano and Tuimoala Lolohea for guiding them in their 32-18 win over Samoa at the weekend.

In 1966 artist Gordon Walters had a breakthrough moment when he first showed a series of 12 radically abstract geometric paintings in Auckland. Audio, Gallery

Mediawatch - You can now get the shows you want from our biggest TV broadcasters without tuning in to them - or even owning a TV. What does the rise of TV on-demand mean for broadcast TV? Audio

His career changed after a fuse box fell off a wall and onto his head. Now Tama Waipara's ‘addictive’ job is putting together some of these dream music line-ups for the Auckland Arts Festival... Video, Audio

Dayanne Almeida is a self-confessed sheep nutter. She was determined to move to New Zealand from Brazil to work in the sheep industry and now spreads the word on social media. Audio

Papua New Guinea's government has been urged not to use an agricultural summit to promote expansion of industrial agriculture. Audio

Samoa's only women's touch rugby team is on the lookout for new members, with plans to grow a gold-medal winning side in time for the 2019 Pacific Games.

After a wet winter, and in some places a drenched summer before that, Teresa Cowie asks if it’s possible to design cities that can cope with the increasing extreme weather being driven by climate change.  Video, Audio