Features

Alternative folk/pop artist Bryony Matthews plays songs from her debut album Little Queen. Audio

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Shoe designer Kathryn Wilson talks about her naïve passion launching a label 15 years ago and how bumps in the road serve as milestones in the latest episode of My Heels Are Killing Me. Audio

"They think we're hippies running around with no socks and shoes on, but really it's all about the soil!" – Canterbury farm manager Rex Mitchell. Audio

Stick vacuums are lightweight, super handy and can suck your wallet dry. George Block tells us which models get the Consumer tick of approval. Audio

Three Beethoven movies make a case for Beethoven as some sort of messianic figure. In Composers on Camera, Thomas Goss looks at the deification of a flawed genius. Audio

In his early 20s, Dr Joe Te Rito was part of the group who took the Māori language petition to parliament. 45 years on, he is still a Māori education leader. Audio

Some peace-related items feature in this week's selection of traditional and modern hymns, as well as some to celebrate St Francis of Assisi - All creatures of our God and King and Make me a channel of your peace. Audio

You’re feeling sick, and your doctor has prescribed some medication. But when you swallow that pill, spare a thought for the drug it contains – and the difficult route it faces to reach its target. Audio

Wellington band MarineVille's fourth album is such a ripper, a record company in Austria has just released it on vinyl. Grant Smithies gives his verdict. Video, Audio

LA saxophonist Kamasi Washington has been confirmed in the WOMAD 2018 lineup. Nick Bollinger takes a listen to his ecstatic jazz. Audio

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Any IT retailer will help you buy parental control software, but the best firewalls are family values and a strong sense of self-worth, says cybersecurity expert John Parsons. Audio

This week, Nick Tipping's popular jazz programme Inside Out says "Happy 100th Birthday!" to the singular Thelonious Monk. You can drop in to the programme on the radio, or playlist and podcast episodes here.

Tom Petty’s great gift was for writing songs that sounded like they had always been there. Here are just ten of the great ones. What a shame there won’t be any more.

Hungarian pianist Dénes Várjon plays a recital of Beethoven and Schumann followed by music from his homeland by Liszt and Bartók.

Most of us know what it's like to suffer the consequences of less-than-wise choices made the night before. The creators of Sober Self think they have a solution. Audio

An Auckland photographer who has been documenting people who live on the streets in Auckland says their stories touched his heart. Audio, Gallery

The metal band Napalm Death's provocative name (which may or may not have led to the Indonesian president wearing one of their band t-shirts) was intended to be both shocking and anti-war, singer Barney Greenway says. Audio

Wellington band MarineVille's fourth album is such a ripper, a record company in Austria has just released it on vinyl. Grant Smithies gives his verdict. Video, Audio

Simon Morris checks out the new New Zealand film The Changeover, a remake of the '90s hit Flatliners and a festival favourite described as "Wuthering Heights as directed by Alfred Hitchcock", Lady Macbeth. Video, Audio

The Rainbow Youth video, which stars four farmers and a dropped pie, challenges the negative use of the word 'gay'.

A programme called The Skill Mill is giving teenage offenders in the UK and a growing number of other countries an opportunity to gain qualifications and eventually enter the job market. Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews Red Dirt Boogie a re-release of two solo albums Davis made for Atlantic in 1970. Audio

Timothy Spall takes on his most dastardly character yet in the film adaptation of Margaret Mahy's novel The Changeover. Audio