Features

"We've been here since the 50's back when an Islander house in Grey Lynn was normal."

Great Ideas looks at how we'll communicate and get information and entertainment in the future. Audio

Xenia Pestova's beautifully crafted concert includes Miriama Young's The Grey Ghost for piano and electronics, drawing on the song of the North Island Kōkako.

An $8-million research programme to better understand the Taupo supervolcano and prepare the community for an eruption has just begun. Audio

Composer and musician Peter Hobbs has released the single '300 Yards Of Ground' to commemorate the centenary of the battle of Passchendaele – one of the worst days in New Zealand military history.

Now more than ever we need the truths inherent in novels and the privacy and subversion of reading, says Booker Prize-winning writer Richard Flanagan. Audio

It starts by depicting a world of greed and exploitation, then things take a turn for the cosmic. Nick Bollinger offers his verdict. Audio

“They were knives my cousin-in-law sold to my wife; really cheap knives … from a pyramid scheme. Most people complain they aren’t very good, but they are phenomenal knives we’ve had for 20 years.” Video, Audio

"I'm sick of the election. It's like a game of monopoly at this point ... everyone's tired and only one person's having any fun." Audio

It's been revealed that New Zealand ordered Tokelau to suspend two public servants accused of making a controversial helicopter buy.

The consistent growth of the Fijian population in New Zealand is one reason the organisers have given for why the Fijian language should be celebrated.

Overconsumption of clothing is a big waste issue in the world's major cities, but now a New Zealand company is doing something about it. Audio

The brown trout was introduced to New Zealand 150 years ago today, but the freshwater 'sports fish' almost didn't make it here. Video, Audio

There’s irony in the way Paul Kelly employs the phrase 'life is fine', the title of his new album. The song of that name begins with the singer preparing to drown himself, stopping only because the water is too cold. Audio

Robert Harris set his first alternative history in a world in which Hitler had won WWII. His latest novel, Munich, re-examines the 1938 Munich agreement between Hitler and Neville Chamberlain. Audio

You get things done if you like doing them, says King Country farmer, vet, wife, mother and rural romance author Danielle Hawkins. Audio

As reporters tried in vain to work out which way Winston was leaning and what he wants from political partners, the issue of sport on TV suddenly arose again. Audio

American composer Joachim Horsley has taken a stab at rearranging famous pieces of music from Beethoven and Bach, as well as the Psycho theme arranged for piano and knives. Video, Audio

In 1877 Chief Justice James Prendergast ruled the Treaty of Waitangi to be "a simple nullity" signed by "simple barbarians" and "savages". But was this arch-villain of NZ history simply a man of his time?  Audio

Kim Hill is joined by a panel of experts to explore the use of gene editing technologies for human fertility and reproduction.

Encouraging kids to sing louder in school, combined with a lack of knowledge around vocal techniques is leading to the formation of nodules on children’s vocal folds. Audio

"It’s challenging, it’s interesting, it’s thought provoking and it really does engage you," says CEO Christopher Blake of one of several innovative concerts the NZSO is planning for 2018. Audio

Niue has just announced a new marine park in a bid to conserve and protect its marine resources for future generations. Video

From the finely tuned dagger boards to the complex foiling systems Team New Zealand's design boss Dan Bernasconi reveals how they won the America's Cup and how the future is monohull. Audio