Features

A giant island rat that's almost half a metre long and can crack open coconuts with its teeth has been discovered in the Solomon Islands.   Audio

Voices: What did American entrepreneur Lili Gil Valletta say when she met with President Trump? And what does the 'Brown Elephant - Latino market' have to do with New Zealand? Audio, Gallery

The Wellington musician also known as Mike Fabulous describes it as a 'shimmering, drugged out cityscape'.

Our National Youth Orchestra gives a colourful performance of Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra where each group of instruments has their moment in the sun. Principal trumpet Toby Pringle is the poster-boy for this month's fee classical download.

It's difficult for Jeremy Taylor to put into words the impact that The Queen Is Dead had on him when it was released in June 1986.

In 2015 Australian adventurer, Michael Smith became the first person to fly solo around the world in a tiny amphibious plane. Video, Audio, Gallery

It sounds like a standard Hollywood blockbuster -  car chase, explosions, a raging fire, the heroic fire brigade working to save the city - but the twist is the city and its inhabitants are made of cardboard. Video, Audio

Engineer Mark Jermy has been helping forensics investigators understand the science behind blood splatter evidence at crime scenes. Audio

The Battle of Beersheba, which was part of the Third Battle of Gaza was fought in Palestine in October 1917, 100 years ago today.

Internationally renowned pianist Joyce Yang opened her tour with the NZSO in Wellington on Friday, performing the immensely demanding Piano Concerto no 3. Peter Mechen loved it. Audio

Armine Yalnizyan is a Canadian economist known for presenting an alternative analysis of economics, she says the world economy today looks a lot like it did 100 years ago. Audio

Iris Dreaming is a short one-woman opera by Gillian Whitehead to a libretto by Fleur Adcock, based on the life-story of the writer Robin Hyde. The one woman is London-based New Zealand soprano Joanne Roughton-Arnold who performed it at the 2017 Adam Chamber Music Festival in Nelson. Tonight at 7pm on RNZ Concert.

Whether it's on land, up in the air, under water, in the clouds or even in outer space there are a jaw-dropping number of Kiwi innovations. Audio, Gallery

Ian Taylor, who runs a world-leading graphics company, wants to bring Maori history to life: a history of designers, engineers, astrologers, astronomers, scientists and warriors. Video, Audio

The former Fur Patrol frontwoman popped in to play  her latest single for us. Video, Audio

The future of former Dunedin nightclub Sammy's is becoming clearer after the public has had a say on the century-old building. Video

Opinion - There was an almost audible sigh of relief from certain quarters last week at the possibility this new coalition might not be a people's revolutionary army in drag, writes Finlay Macdonald.

Does staring at your phone for hours on end serve any practical purpose? Are smartphones hijacking our mind? Audio

His first new song in two years emerged from experimentation during recent live performances. Audio

Could filter cigarettes, touted and sold to us by the tobacco industry since the 1960s as a safer way to smoke, actually be making smoking even more deadly? Audio

Antoine Tamestit with his Stradivarius viola joins the NZSO for an Italian-inspired programme featuring music by Berlioz, Elgar and Tchaikovsky.

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.

For 20 years, Swedish doctors have been treating  asylum seeking children who fall into an unresponsive state.The BBC's Linda Pressly asks why it happens and what can bring these children back to life.

What's sometimes thought of as being one of the least glamorous professions in New Zealand now has its first living-wage-accredited employer. Audio