Features

The American-born jazz-trained singer plays us a couple of tracks from her new album Little Arrows –​ an exploration of trust, betrayal and survival. Video, Audio

Since the 1950s homes in New Zealand have been getting bigger and bigger, a family home has almost doubled. A researcher says we're building bigger but not better. Audio

"You can do anything with songwriting so why do the same thing everyone else is doing?” Video, Audio

Auckland University's Peter O'Connor leads a discussion of how and why people get involved in terrorism and what can be done to prevent that happening.

We report back from last night's Waiata Māori Music Awards, review the latest albums from The National and LCD Soundsystem, and welcome Hollie Smith as our guest on the Mixtape.

The All Blacks admit they're not currently at their best, the New Zealand rowing team reflects on the lessons they're taking from last year's Olympics into this year's World Championships, and more. Audio

Green Party leader James Shaw tells Morning Report's Guyon Espiner he wants a ministerial economic role in any Labour-Green government. Video

Many people now do office work on standing desks, but new research has found that people who have to stand at work for long periods have double the risk of heart disease of people who work while seated. Audio

Aram Khachaturian's best loved theme came from his ballet Spartacus. The next best known is probably his Sabre Dance but there is considerably more music in the Khachaturian cupboard. Audio

The 10th annual Waiata Māori Music Awards were celebrated in Heretaunga last night. Video, Audio

Seven major party candidates and a room full of young voters: so what did the first ever Youth Voters Debate tell us? The Wireless reports.

In the build up to Election 2017 Upbeat on RNZ Concert has been putting the hard questions to the Arts spokespeople of the major parties.

This week, a baby great white shark washed ashore on Sydney's Manly Beach and instead of panicking, beachgoers helped save it. Shark biologist Culum Brown was heartened to see human goodness trump fear. Audio, Gallery

Nick Bollinger interviews the Chicago-based singer-songwriter ahead of his visit to NZ. Audio

In celebration of Te Wiki o te reo Māori, seven-piece soul, RnB roots band Grove Roots perform their waiata Māori in the M101 studios. Video, Audio

What happens if you vote but die before election day? Can your pet come into the polling booth? Kate Newton has all your strangest questions covered.

In celebration of Te Wiki o te reo Māori, seven-piece soul, RnB roots band Grove Roots perform their waiata Māori in the M101 studios. Video, Audio

A British writer has written a polarising and bold portrait of the most celebrated of Victorian scientists, Charles Darwin. Audio

A team of surgeons and medical staff from New Zealand have visited Fiji as part of a mission to perform heart operations on children. Audio, Gallery

A $3 billion costing for New Zealand First's policy to remove GST from basic food was a mistake, its leader tells Guyon Espiner. Video

In this week's Caucus, the fallout from Labour's sudden tax u-turn, the volatility of polls and the cost and bottom-lines of Winston Peters. Audio

In Episode 7, couples in their 60s and 70s talk about the different ways they choose to stay connected, plus sexuality in rest homes and the ethics of sex robots. Audio

Simon Morris reviews the New Zealand-UK co-production 6 Days and kids favourite Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie. He also talks to British director Jason Connery about his golf film Tommy's Honour. Video, Audio

We're in the midst of the election campaign, and it's Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, so how do we kōrero politics in te reo? Mihingarangi Forbes joins Guyon Espiner for a lesson.  Video, Audio