Features

A young Māori outsider living in Japan tackles cultural isolation using the universal language of rugby in this short film from Jericho Rock-Archer.

It will be the minor political parties determining who governs New Zealand, so we scrutinise claims made during the recent minor parties debate on TV3's;The Nation.

The catastrophic floods in Texas and the sub-continent this week are terrible tragedy and a sign of things to come, former US vice president Al Gore tells Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan. Audio, Gallery

James Malcolm first got the honey bug from a beekeeper who worked on his parents cropping farm near Ashburton. Now the hard working 29-year-old owns thousands of hives. Audio

Greg Johnson is our guest on the Mixtape today, we talk the demise of Soundcloud, and Alex Behan checks in at Manurewa High School ahead of tonight's Smokefree Rockquest final.

Our nights shine more brightly now than ever before, but a growing body of research links high levels of artificial light with a host of health problems. Audio

The Silver Ferns get the wobbles – what's going wrong? Steve Adams and the Tall Blacks – just when will he play? The jubilant Black Ferns return home and rower Robbie Manson is a man on a mission. Audio

It's predicted that by 2030 New Zealand will need 100,000 new homes - 70,000 of them in Auckland - to meet the demand for housing Audio

Opinion - TVNZ's Colmar Brunton poll last night saw Labour gain 19 points in the party vote in four weeks

An original New Zealand musical is about to be unleashed on the world. The Things Between Us is written by Cantabrian composer, conductor and lyricist Luke di Somma. Audio

They're supporting Midnight Oil in NZ and touring their new album this month, but the very busy progressive rock trio managed to pop in to RNZ to play a few songs. Video, Audio

Neil Finn's new album Out of Silence is a solemn beauty, writes Nick Bollinger.

It will be the minor parties determining who governs - so we're bringing our scrutiny to bear on claims made during the recent minor parties debate on TV3's The Nation.

They're supporting Midnight Oil in NZ this month, as well as touring their new album, but this very busy band still managed to make time to pop up to RNZ to play a few songs. Video, Audio

In Papua New Guinea, a faction of the Pangu Pati is reportedly defecting from opposition to the government of Peter O'Neill.

For gay men who fled persecution in their homelands to seek asylum in Australia, detention on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island offers a special kind of torture.

In New Zealand, we have an estimated 1.4 million owned cats and 14 million feral cats. What led humanity into a domestic tango with a solitary, environmentally destructive animal? Charisma, says wildlife writer Abigail Tucker. Audio, Gallery

In our ninth Caucus, it's all about Winston - his super spin, bottom lines and how he chooses coalition partners. But also the scrap for the family vote and behind the scenes at a leaders debate Audio

Four out of five New Zealand teenagers now have a smartphone, but this super-connected generation is less happy and more isolated than those who've gone before, according to a new book. Audio

Leader Profile - ACT's political survival once again rests on the party leader retaining his electorate seat.

Simon Morris is reminded of the limitations of "based on real life" by three fact-based movies: American Made, In Between and An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power. Video, Audio

The Supervisor of Elections in Tonga says his office is rushing to get the country ready for a vote a year ahead of schedule. Audio

A conference in South Auckland is aiming to come up with a strategy to unleash the entrepreneurial spirit amoung Pacific people in New Zealand. Audio

Last Friday he live streamed the entire recording session for the album from his Roundhead Studios in Auckland. A week later the album is out. Nick Bollinger gives his verdict.