Features

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

Testing for drug levels in waterways is about to be trialled in the regions, following a pilot programme in Auckland that found traces of methamphetamine, morphine, methadone, and codeine. Audio

"It's pretty trippy, eh," said Finn Egan as he crested the hill to be smacked by the crisp southerly blowing in off Wellington's South Coast. Video

The three parties now in our government went into the election with different ideas for broadcasting and the media. Mediawatch asks the new minister Clare Curran: what’s the plan now? Audio

Jordan Rakei was born in Tokoroa and raised in Brisbane, but moved to London in his early twenties to combat a lifelong struggle with anxiety.  Video, Audio

Piper at the Gates of Dawn is regarded as a masterpiece of sixties psychedelia, but the man who was instrumental in making it soon fell victim to drugs and mental illness, eventually quitting music altogether. Video, Audio

My Heels Are Killing Me - Two designers, Rachel Mills and Kristine Crabb, talk about ethical and sustainable fashion production. Audio

Music brings colour in many forms for pianist Joyce Yang. The synesthete sees colours when she plays music and says music stimulates an intense visual sensory experience for her. Video, Audio

Look Blue Go Purple and Sneaky Feelings from Flying Nun catch Willliam Dart's attention in today's New Horizons at 5pm on RNZ Concert. Audio

The struggle between profane and genuine love is played out in Wagner's Tannhäuser, as our hero is torn between the saintly Elizabeth and the love goddess Venus.

Watch the tiny community of Karekare Beach come together to put on something big – a unique horse race on one of the world's most beautiful beaches.

There’s lust and fear in seemingly equal measures, and it’s left to us as listeners to decide who is the seducer and who is being seduced. Audio

In this animation, fly along the front wall of the palisades showing the sophistication of the defense measures of the Pa.

Martin Luther's great hymn 'A Mighty Fortress is Our God' features this week, to mark Reformation Day on 31 October. Audio

This very special concert from Dunedin features the first performance of a major work by NZer Anthony Ritchie for two soloists, choirs and orchestra to commemorate WWI.  Audio

Julia Deans performs a mix of old and new songs live and unplugged and tells us about having to protect herself in her early days as a young woman in the music industry. Video, Audio

Nick Tipping says 1967 was a particularly good year for music and so he'll be playing all sorts from 50 years ago, on Inside Out from 5pm on RNZ Concert.

Is the new Cabinet just more of the same? Take a closer look before deriding it, David Slack suggests.

Cellist Matthew Barley brings his passion for improvisation, education and musical journeys to his recital at the 2017 Adam Chamber Music Festival in Nelson.

View all of the drama recreations from New Zealand Wars documentary in their full length.

Lutheran cantor Rick Erickson has come to NZ especially to lead an ecumenical Vespers service this weekend in Wellington. He talks with Eva Radich. Audio

Ria Hall shows us around her turangawaewae; Nadia Reid's producer Ben Edwards joins us to talk about the Tui he's just won; Anthonie Tonnon performs two new songs in the RNZ studio; we pay tribute to Fats Domino, and heaps more!

Bruce Beutler received the 2011 Nobel Prize for discoveries about the innate immune system in mammals, Our Changing World catches up with him. Audio

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.