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One of the most influential rock and roll performers of the 1950s and 60s, has died aged 89. Video

A set of casual duets by Melbourne singer/guitar-slinger Courtney Barnett and Philadelphia fret-flayer Kurt Vile, is a happy pairing writes Nick Bollinger. Audio

A complex interaction of genetic factors underpin our risk of getting heart disease - and leading a healthy lifestyle lowers the risk, research says. Audio

On the first of each month RNZ Concert offers a new classical podcast for free downloading, for two months. Currently, Saint-Saëns' Egyptian Piano Concerto and Gareth Farr's Octet are available. Next week there will be a new one ...

Ben Edwards has taken out the Best Producer award for his work on Reid's 2017 album Preservation. Other winners include Clint Murphy – Best Engineer for his work on Hamilton rockers Deviskin's album, and Henrietta Harris – Best Cover Art for her work on Grayson Gilmour's album Otherness. Video, Audio

The government must get all sectors to work together to achieve its goal to build 100,000 homes, experts say. Audio

Mention the word poetry and many of us will flashback to a time when we were forced to recite and dissect poems at school, a poet from the US says we are over-complicating a simple pleasure. Video, Audio

Ex-Byrd Chris Hillman never expected to make another album, but Tom Petty persuaded him otherwise, the results are impressive writes Nick Bollinger. Audio

Opinion - Political opponents questioning the new government's legitimacy have failed to understand the results, or history, writes Brent Edwards.

Grizzly Bear, Ria Hall, Nathan Haines & Jonathan Crayford, and Perfume Genius are among the musical acts who'll be performing at Wellington's New Zealand Festival.

Justice Mata Keli Tuatagaloa, who was sworn in as the first female Samoan Supreme Court Judge in August 2015, talks to Nine to Noon's Kathryn Ryan. Audio

Gustavo Dudamel conducts his Los Angeles Philharmonic in a riveting performance of Gustav Mahler's monumental and spiritual Ninth Symphony, tonight at 7pm on RNZ Concert.

In a new podcast, Bruce Hopkins walks Te Araroa to take his father and brother's ashes back home to Stewart Island.

Analysis - Facing deportation from Australia? Best hope your son's a footy star if you want a sympathetic run in the local press, Phil Pennington writes.

"The best of capitalism is behind us. For the rest it will be over in our lifetime." Economics journalist Paul Mason says a post-capitalist world is almost upon us. Audio

Nick Bollinger says its the most natural union of two standalone talents he's heard in a long time. Audio

He's coming to New Zealand in March for the first time in almost 20 years, and he's still surprising us with new music. His latest offering is like nothing he's done before. Audio

Paediatric emergency nurse, Sarah Hunstead, is on a mission to build caregivers’ confidence and skills at performing first aid on children, in the vital minutes before an ambulance arrives. Video, Audio

The marimba and the cello are prominent in a two-concert combo from this year's Adam Chamber Music Festival in Nelson. Ian Rosenbaum plays marimba and listen out for Rolf Gjelsten and Andrew Joyce playing a Beethoven sonata each.

The news that Grace Jones is coming here in March hit the nation with considerable force. Fanboy Grant Smithies got to talk to her in 2011. She was 'utterly charming'.

A political scientist says Tonga is still searching for the right type of democracy and discussions taking place this week will help address that.

Abby McBride is s a kind of 21st century Victorian naturalist. She is a sketch biologist,a profession she says she made up - and she has been studying our sea birds.

Among the legislation facing the new parliament is David Seymour's End of Life Choice Bill, but after a record-length Health Select Committee hearing delivered no recommendations, where is the debate now? Audio

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The news that Grace Jones is coming here in March hit the nation with considerable force. Fanboy Grant Smithies got to talk to her in 2011. She was 'utterly charming'.