Features

Gas Monkey Garage's Richard Rawlings loves 'gasoline breathing, fire breathing dragons'. Video, Audio, Gallery

Eleven-year-old Neva Bertram and ten-year-old Iris Gallagher have made the finals in this year's Next Tech Girl Superhero Competition with their app GIRLS – Girls in Real Life Situations. Audio

Winner of an Arts Foundation Icon Award, Peter Godfrey has passed away at the age of 95. Peter inspired hundreds of singers in the many choirs he conducted and leaves a lasting legacy in the healthy choral music scene of NZ. Audio

Crops like rice, wheat, barley and potatoes now contain more sugars and less protein than ever before due to increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Audio

Conductor, composer and educator Peter Godfrey, known as the 'father' of choral music in New Zealand has died. Audio

Many of us are at our happiest in a natural environment on a sunny day far away from work, according to ratings provided to the smartphone app Mappiness. Audio

Southern man, music fan, poet and journalist Richard Langston takes us on a personal journey through Dunedin and its music. Video, Audio

Economist Shamubeel Eaqub details the ongoing economic impacts of the UK's slow withdrawal from the European Union – aka Brexit. Audio

Moving to live a life in New Zealand has become tougher for Pacific people who aspire to a brighter future under the quota scheme. Audio

In the 13th Caucus it's negotiation time. We look at Winston Peters' post-election posturing and 'constitutional conventions'. Plus, we unpack the election results and what they mean for the parties. Audio

Haka metal trio Alien Weaponry have taken home the trophy for their te reo Māori song ‘Raupatu’, edging out fellow finalists Maisey Rika and Kingi Kiriona for the 2017 APRA Maioha Award.

Composer Salina Fisher has won the SOUNZ Contemporary Award 2017, New Zealand's premier composition prize, for her work for string quartet 'Tōrino'. Video, Audio

The winners of the 2017 Silver Scrolls for song writing in the areas of pop, classical, Māori, film and television music have been announced. Video, Audio

How worried should we be about Terminator-like robots? The Wireless takes a deep dive into artificial intelligence.

Speech and language therapist Christian Wright shares some insight. Audio

The winners of our premier song writing in the areas of pop, classical, Māori, film and television music have been announced! Video, Audio

Wellington-based, British-born crime writer, Neil Cross, has a knack for creating twisted characters that are loved and loathed by TV audiences across the globe. Audio

Scottish conductor Douglas Boyd directs the Auckland Philharmonia in tonight's live broadcast from the Town Hall.  Music by Mendelssohn, Schumann and Beethoven. Audio

A thrash-metal band of headbangers from Northland's Waipu are using their haka and te reo skills to teach a history lesson from the stage, writes Mihingarangi Forbes. Video

Simon Morris laments the closing of Wellington's Paramount Cinema, grits his teeth at two noisy comedy sequels and revisits a favourite from the last film festival. Video, Audio

A new study found 1 in 20 sports supplements contained anabolic steroids – and many didn't declare it on their labels.  Audio

Despite our quest for happiness (and all those smiley face emojis) depression, anxiety and suicide are on the rise in the western world. What's really missing from our lives is meaning, says writer Emily Esfahani Smith. Audio

A Lutheran missionary in Papua New Guinea's Highlands says a perfect storm of traditional spiritual beliefs mixed with local interpretations of Christianity have resulted in a marked increase in violence in which the victims are accused of sorcery. Audio

The author of a new book on Pacific nuclear testing says he hopes it will shed more light on Britain's little known role in this controversial chapter of the region's history. Audio