Features

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

The government's goal of a zero carbon economy by 2050 is unachievable if farming stays the way it is today, agribusiness leader Mandy Bell says.

Texas band Cigarettes After Sex debut album is unabashedly romantic from beginning to end, and we can't wait to see how NZ audiences react when they visit in January. Video, Audio

Te Ahi Kaa: Kelvin Day talks about early commemorations of the Taranaki Wars. Audio

Sam Forbes is on a mission to get more New Zealanders eating real bread made from whole grains grown here in New Zealand. Audio, Gallery

This powerful woman used her wealth and influence to commission the major composers, choreographers, writers and designers of her day. So why was she just a little bit mocked? Audio, Gallery

Drake said it best when he said that sparks flew at Spark Arena. His Auckland concert was his first in five months, and the first stop on this leg of the Boy Meets World Tour.

British author Catherine Hewitt talks about her new book Renoir's Dancer: the Secret Life of Suzanne Valadon, said to be Pierre-Auguste Renoir's favourite model.  Audio, Gallery

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

Sea and sky are the inspirations for Nick Tipping's selection on this week's two-hour jazz spot, from 5pm on RNZ Concert.

My Heels Are Killing Me chats to a Kiwi street-style photographer who shares the ins and outs of what it takes to shoot for the best in the business. Audio, Gallery

The winner of the 2017 Hill Tinsley Medal is developing anti-cancer drugs based on noble metals such as platinum and iridium. Audio

Neil and Liam Finn drop in to discuss their new album and tour, the Auckland Arts Festival's Tama Waipara plays us 6 of his favourite songs on The Mixtape, Kurt Vile tells us about his new album with Aussie muso Courtney Barnett and heaps more!

Analysis - Scrapping of the "three-strikes" law will have a huge impact on Māori prisoners, writes Mihingarangi Forbes

In our first-ever collaboration with a major publisher, RNZ Treasure Chest brings you What Are You Supposed to Be? A video book from the super-talented storyteller and animator Paul Beavis.

An English performance poet who rose to prominence in the 1970s punk scene, John Cooper Clarke is visiting NZ in April. He had a good old natter with Kim Hill in 2012. Video, Audio

For the grand final concert, the three resident quartets: the Goldner Quartet, the New Zealand String Quartet, and The Troubadours are joined by three of the special guests: marimba player Ian Rosenbaum, clarinettist James Campbell, and cellist Matthew Barley.

Nick Bollinger reviews a set that explores the roots of Memphis pop legends Big Star. Audio

Every year, thousands of New Zealanders go missing. On average about one every hour. RNZ's new five-part podcast, The Lost, digs deep for answers. Video, Audio

The Little House on the Prairie books and TV series earned millions of dollars - some of those dollars went into funding an ultra-right presidential campaign. Video, Audio

Papua New Guinea general elections only come around every five years and are embraced with great passion by voters hoping for change. Video

A candidate in Tonga's election says people do not want to change the power structure that currently exists in the Kingdom.

There needs to be a move into organic and biological farming if New Zealand wants to tackle the threat of alternative protein foods, an Otago sheep and beef farmer says.