TāngataPeople

There are lots of myths about autistic people who don’t talk. Here are three and why they’re so wrong.

The wife of Elvis Presley will visit New Zealand for two nights with an audience.

“Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.”

Juggling bills is hard, especially in a new country. As Ashburton's Pasifika community grows, they're sharing their hacks on heating, local resources and gardening.

Sour and soft, Ethiopian's favourite bread is injera, this fermented flat bread has accompanied traditional food for centuries.

An hour or so outside of Dallas, Texas, is an all-woman tiny home village founded by 70-year-old Robyn Yerian, akin to a college dorm for older folk, she says.

Northland fisherman Cliff Barnes, 80, has had more brushes with death than most of us have had hot fish dinners.

Stoked to release his family band Kora's long-awaited new album this week, songwriter Francis Kora will next drop a set of dance tracks for people who still like to get down despite their creaky bodies.

Most significantly, she is the spokesperson and face of a deeply flawed "wellness" industry, says her biographer Amy Odell.

After training as an opera singer, Isabella Moore now works as a 'curve', aka plus-size, model in London.

We get advice on parenting, work and romantic relationships, so why not for friendship? US writer Danielle Bayard Jackson says we need to work harder on our platonic friendships.

It's not just people over 50 who prefer finding their way with an old-school physical map, says Murray Jones, owner of The Chart & Map Shop in Hamilton.

Sales have soared at an unassuming Northland bakery since Al Brown started posting reviews of its pies and pastries on the video platform Tiktok.

The wartime values instilled by his father still hold a special place for master baker Meinolf Kraeling.

Comedy with no words is how George Fenn describes his awkward new show.

Fresh from supporting Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan, with a new album Neon Cowgirl and an upcoming NZ tour, the Kiwi songwriter is watching all of her dreams come true.

Whether it's for the first time or a return to tertiary, people who are near or beyond retirement age still have the fighting spirit to head to university.

It’s commonly assumed that Māori women don’t carve, but one group of wāhine are creating an environment to support others who want to learn the craft.

Kiwi darts fans hit the bullseye with their colourful costumes at Auckland's Spark Arena on Friday night.

Auckland artist Simon Lewis Wards creates Jetplanes, Candymen and Milk Bottles using practical skills he learnt as a tradesperson.

Classical concerts seldom encourage audience participation, but that’s exactly what the Flight of The Conchords star does in his collaboration with the NZSO.

Pretty much the last place you'd think you'd find a rice paddy growing is on a hill in Nelson, but Yuki Fukuda is doing just that.

A classical Greek playwright killed by a tortoise and a Viking raider scratched by a severed head - these are just some of the absurd stories told about people's deaths.

After five decades performing at piano bars around the world - and a stint in an Italian jail - Linn Lorkin still loves making Auckland audiences smile.

Ben MacDonald said he would never do MasterChef again, especially if he had children. Eleven years and two kids later he tied up the apron strings and headed back to the esteemed Melbourne kitchen.

The "In Conversation" event at Auckland's Spark Arena promises to unpack "the power of authenticity" and the "necessity of resilience".

Mike McRoberts was all set for a career in law when a taste of the RNZ newsroom in the 1980s set him on the path to a distinguished career in journalism.

In the 1970s the Māori Wardens were described as 'a form of apartheid' and efforts were made to eliminate them for good. But the government of the day didn't count on their tenacity and commitment to aroha ki tetangata.

Get a sneak peek at the best photojournalism and documentary photography from around the globe.

After 18 years with bipolar 1 disorder, an Australian woman's life has been changed by a poo transplant from her partner.

Andrew Oliver defied the odds, living with Fryns-Aftimos syndrome to the age of 41. He loved farming, tankers, fire engines, daily routines.

Opinion: Imagining yourself interviewed on the radio is one of life's great joys, says author Ashleigh Young. The hard part is when you have to do it for real.

Westenra says she was a long-time friend of the couple, in their 70s, who were found dead earlier this month.

Murdoch Ngahau was an 11-year-old runaway when a Māori warden pulled up in a yellow van. Here he is writing to the woman who stopped and saved him.

The professional wrestler, who died earlier this week in Florida, leaves behind him some fond and not-so-fond memories for fans, spectators and peers, an AUT scholar says.

Her and her husband John Dankworth's friends included stars such as Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald, Lester Young and Dizzy Gillespie as well as the late Princess Margaret.

Students at an Auckland specialist school are getting valuable practice in the art of connection as they learn to play the strategic two-player board game.

Analysis: He'll be remembered differently by several different generations, and that's almost the definition of a pop cultural icon.

A Te Awamutu farmer is making a name for himself on social media making videos with his dairy cows.

The winner of season two of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under has her sights set on a new sparkle - but at a great sacrifice.

The second season of reality show This is Wheel Life follows the recent law school graduate’s life as she navigates all the experiences of a person in their 20s.

The 46-year-old has given an update on his heart condition after collapsing at the gym last year, and opens up on what it means to be on the board of Creative New Zealand.

The economist and philanthropist will be inviting the public to wander through his private sculpture park on the western hills north of Pāuatahanui.

"Can you ever really know your kids?" That's the question at the heart of Sameer Pandya's new novel Our Beautiful Boys.

Wellington-born Faith Ward, known as Flexi Faith, stood out among thousands of young women, earning her spot in this season's squad of dazzling dancers.

Chris Faiumu, founder of one of Aotearoa's most successful bands, died suddenly this week. He leaves a rich musical legacy.

It's one of the key ingredients you'll find at table spreads for everything from family gatherings and birthdays to weddings, funerals and chief title bestowments.

Sophia and Bob Warren started training for the endurance event just weeks before their first competition. They've now done it three times, including a spin at the World Champs in Chicago.

For eight weeks Steve Braunias was at the High Court writing a diary on the Polkinghorne trial and has now published a book about the notorious case.

Kara Rickard will take up the hosting role, with Tony Stamp producing the Saturday show.

Thousands of New Yorkers got a taste of New Zealand kai last month at the grand reopening of the Oceania Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, courtesy of New Zealand chef Anthony Hoy Fong.

In her debut feature documentaryTOITŪ Visual Sovereignty, award-winning film producer Chelsea Winstanley goes behind the scenes of a landmark Māori art exhibition.

Four years after her own mental health crash, the 24-year-old White Fern is spreading the word about a free kids' counselling hotline.

Auckland bass player Jabulani (Jay) Moyo takes inspiration from the traditional sungura dance music he grew up listening to with his dad.

The checklist: Extroverted, hedonistic, powerful, adventurous, open and autonomous.

A leading vascular surgeon is angry and frustrated that patients like Amelia Turner are told their symptoms are eating disorders before a correct diagnosis is made. He says the collateral damage of not being believed is far-reaching.

The Tim Bray Theatre Company produced over 100 productions and performed for King Charles and Queen Camilla.

New Zealanders who've served jail time share their stories in Harry Walker's new book A Voice for the Silenced.

If Richard O’Brien had landed the role of Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar his smash cult musical The Rocky Horror Show might never have happened, he says.

Security with secretive pasts, heart-breaking stories on borders and running on the adrenaline of 20-hour workdays.

Wegovy, a weight loss drug made famous by celebrities around the world, is on New Zealand pharmacists' shelves, but it is unfunded and could cost users around $500 a month.

As the UK comedian prepares to come back to our shores, there’s one incident of ‘dying on his ass’ that he’d like to forget.

In 2000 Beth Rodden, then only 20, was on top of the world. One of the world’s greatest free climbers she and three others were tackling a sheer face in Kyrgyzstan - then a nightmare began.

For many Kiwis, learning to drive is a rite of passage - the new series License to Drive shows how people with disabilities pull it off.

"I stripped down and got into the freezing cold water, just trying to keep my camera above the waterline and managed to get that photo of it after about 300 others."

Behind the "massive sunglasses", retiring Vogue editor Anna Wintour can be kind and caring, says Kylie Bax.

Some 200 guests are expected to join the billionaire Amazon founder and the former journalist in celebrating their marriage.

Dame Anne Wintour, who has been editor-in-chief for 37 years, will continue to hold a seciour role at the company.

The New Zealand musician spoke to RNZ days before she let the world into the raw, fleshy world of her new album Virgin.

If you think winter is going to be depressing, it will be depressing – it's about matching the right action at the right time to get the best results, says a maramataka expert.

Suga of BTS has wrapped up military service - the seventh and final member of the group to be discharged from the South Korean military. BTS is expected to reunite later this year.

Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee has earned the Kiwi comedian a Logie nomination for Most Popular New Talent at the prestigious Australian television awards.

Plagued by the looming threat of disruptive protests, the upcoming Venetian wedding of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and former news anchor and licensed pilot Lauren Sanchez — which is expected to be a lavish, multimillion-dollar affair — may be one of the most anticipated and closely guarded events to be held in the floating city of love.

Grow a Garden, a Roblox game where players plant virtual seeds and grow exotic plants, had 20 million people playing it at once last weekend.

As she prepares to support iconic indie band The Pixies on a US tour, Christchurch musician Amelia Murray (aka Fazerdaze) is taking as many solo walks as possible.

On their family whenua in north Taranaki, the McClutchie whānau explore growing different crops and aspire to grow Māori medicinal plants in the future.

This Matariki, the stars align for Mark and Susannah Guscott - an award-winning couple bringing together whakapapa and astronomy on their sixth-generation Wairarapa farm.

This weekend, Aotearoa officially celebrates Matariki for the fourth time, marked by the reappearance of the star cluster in the night sky. Here's how to find them.

Parekaia Tapiata hopes that New Zealanders will embrace Puanga, a star that might be new to some, with open arms this Matariki season.

“If I was say a millionaire, but I was still very much struggling with my health, with food addiction, all of these different things, the money would just come in and then it would go out on all of these addictions.”

Like other quirky TV shows that explore coercively controlling groups, Sirens leans into the “wackiness” of cult life.

World-renowned mountaineer Mingma Tsiri's quest to bring back the dead from the world's highest peak is documented in a new film.

The 80-year-old writer shares his "extremely humbling" experience of learning to speak and write the Māori language in the new RNZ podcast Witi Underwater.

“I can't kick to the head, because I can't reach that high now, but I can take someone's knee out,” says 86-year-old martial arts teacher Mary Patu.

With gloomy weather shadowing the event, attendees came prepared for downpours, mud and wind.

Zoe Johnston and her fellow rodeo riders are self-funding the trip by chopping and selling wood and putting on show jumping days.

Rescued Kitchen turns surplus bread into crumbs and tonnes of tomatoes into sauces.

Meet the Bay of Plenty possum-trapper who's just become the first Kiwi to win a season of hit survival show Alone.

The pair, who both starred in the 2024 film It Ends with Us, have been locked in a legal battle for several months, with a trial set for next year.

Thanks to a hi-tech inflatable raft and a support crew, 'Yak' can once again paddle down a raging river.

Irish author John Boyne’s latest novel, Air, is the final in an interlinked quartet of novellas.

Bob Teal's resourcefulness has allowed him to keep growing a niche range of berries into his 80s.

Dave Alexander has spent almost nine years building a turbo-charged lakester speed machine in his Mangatāwhiri garage.

A new book pays tribute to the pioneering women of New Zealand’s medical profession.

A random Instagram post led Sacha Willetts down a rabbit hole that introduced her to a whole new sport.

In March 2016 Bailley Unahi’s life changed forever when the balcony she was under at a Dunedin party collapsed.

The broadcaster reckons he is "quite similar" to the charismatic and well-loved host of the British version of the show, Bradley Walsh.

The former New Zealand prime minister says her dad wasn't sure she could handle politics, but Ardern says she led with empathy, and now talks to others about how to do the same.

The former prime minister's book covers her tenure as well as upbringing, but some reviews say it lacks any direct reflection on her resignation or decision-making outside of crises.

"It sounds very grown up and really not like me, but hey, I'm going to take it thank you very much."

The 47-year-old, who has been undergoing treatment for incurable cancer for years, was one of 188 New Zealanders honoured for their community contributions.

Life has been a roller coaster for comedian Dai Henwood, but the news of being a recipient of a King's Birthday Honour has given him a moment to reflect.

The 79-year-old never expected the global success of her first memoir. She now has a personal assistant to help answer all the fan mail.

Although Curtis says she's the “softest” one in her family, she often wonders if she was the person somehow “meant” to discover her beloved dad's body.

What started out as three women called Shirley having a cuppa became an international club with thousands of members. But now the future of the club is bleak.

An award winning film follows three men on a daunting east-to-west adventure crossing the Main Divide on the South Island lugging 30kg of gear.

The small east coast town in where Sir Ian grew up in the 1950s was, late arrival of electricity notwithstanding, a thriving place, he says.

Hamish Williams has made a podcast about the astonishing story of Kelly Tarlton, and what he hopes to find at the bottom of Northland's Doubtless Bay.

Dried and chapped fingers, blackened finger cots and eight hours of sitting on a wooden court pew - American artists are giving their all to cover intense trial proceedings.

Hotene joins the likes of Kura Forrester, Jermaine Clement and Taika Waititi as past Māori winners of the prize celebrating emerging talent on the NZ comedy circuit.

A Kiwi family has passed the halfway point on their monumental effort to circumnavigate the globe aboard their catamaran.

Two French migrants – and one disappointing plate of tinned escargot - are the inspiration behind a new commercial snail farm in Queenstown.

Throughout human history, every civilisation “creates board games round about the beginning of any society,” British author Tim Clare says.

An Australian podcaster's desire for a partner who does not "complain" about her workday and instead offers "peace and love" to support his ambitions has sparked discussion about the resurgence of traditional gender norms.

The 17-year-old is also the only international student to be offered a place at Peterhouse College - the oldest of the Cambridge colleges.

Auckland-based composer Levi Patel has fallen in love with a small city in a beautiful region of southwest China, and its led to some interesting musical collaborations.

Although she “retired” at age 10, Jeannie Preddey has a special place in New Zealand history.

From this month, New Zealand Defence Force staff will be standing to attention with locally made socks on their feet.

Liv Ward's comedy show poses many questions. But there are some serious undertones behind the intentional absurdity of it all.

Stats New Zealand data shows hundreds of thousands of us are working in our 70s, 80s and even 90s. Venetia Sherson, 77, asks, What keeps us at our posts?

More frequent use of emojis was linked to those higher in Machiavellian and narcissistic traits, according to an Oklahoma State University study.

Auckland artist Nigel Borell and Wellington council executive Karepa Wall aren't afraid to knock other people's socks off with their footwear choices.

Five years on from his viral breathrough track 'Laxed - (Siren Beat)', Jawsh 685 sits down with The TAHI's So'omālō Iteni Schwalger to chat about what's next.

Fording rivers and driving dangerous, winding roads is all in a day's work for Coromandel midwife Sheryl Wright.

Taranaki weaver Alison Ross is trying to bring back woollen blankets made from locally-grown wool to highlight the fibre's benefits.

"I’m a woman except for the days when I’m a man.’ I know that’s not a very satisfying answer, but there’s a part of me that is really resistant to boxing it up.”

In 1982, broken-hearted and with a “lousy degree,” 23-year-old Elspeth Beard set out on the solo adventure of a lifetime.

Sir Dave plays the second in a series of intimate acoustic concerts celebrating 20 years of RNZ's NZ Live music sessions.

The beloved presenter's latest film is about the glory of the watery world that feeds us, cleans our air and could save us from climate catastrophe. But also about how we are killing it.

Bell is currently one of New Zealand’s most successful music exports despite a lifetime of health battles that made her think having a baby wasn’t possible.

In a corner of central Rome, a family tailor shop has been hand-stitching the robes worn by the last eight popes over the past 200 years, and they're ready for the busy task of preparing outfits for Pope Francis' successor.

Over the last 18 years, Tim Friede has turned himself into a human snake bite laboratory.

Rihanna reveals she's pregnant ahead of the event, Lorde represents New Zealand and Diana Ross graces the Met Gala carpet for the first time in over 20 years.

Music's #MeToo movement has arrived. Here's what to expect from the Diddy trial.

After being fired from a corporate job, David Stuart relocated to New Zealand from Scotland and now has a burgeoning comedy career.

After retiring from international rugby last July, the 33-year-old Black Fern many regard as the world's best player is putting her jersey back on for one last ride.

Rebecca Lucy Taylor was plagued by self-doubt after a hit album that preached the opposite.

The Met Gala returns to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York this Monday, drawing a phalanx of A-listers to the famous red carpet event.

It's 50 years since 'Yesterday Was Just The Beginning Of My Life’ topped New Zealand's official music charts.

Comedian Oscar Kightley is reuniting with his mates from the legendary group Naked Samoans, which brought us the hit animation bro'Town.

Former Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter got in Trump's firing line after coining a description of the business tycoon that has now become a running joke in pop culture.

The Ugandan-born Queenslander is coming to Auckland and looking forward to some banter on the Aussie-Kiwi rivalry.

Fabric artist Maungarongo Te Kawa was born shortly after World War II ended. His family name means 'to bring peace'.

Award-winning musician Celine Wu has graced the stage of New York's Carnegie Hall but come Anzac Day you will find her at home.

Mike O’Brien still laughs at his favourites which include: "Too many cooks in the soup", "Read between the tea leaves", "I'm not trying to beat a dead horse to death" and "We need to talk about the elephant in the closet".

Damian Sutton has about 1,500 Trolls and once spent $5000 to ship a rare light blue Elephant Troll from Denmark.

Self-suffiency pro Gillian Swinton says living off the land is about community and giving back.

At 72, actor Ciarán Hinds is far from slowing down. Since his portrayal as the grandfather in Kenneth Branagh's 2021 Oscar-winning movie Belfast he's worked on five more films and six TV series.

Tracy Bennett sets the word puzzle the world’s fallen in love with.

Psychologist and media personality Nigel Latta is back with an app designed to give parents personalised advice about their children.

Despite knowing the news for a while, Emmanuel Fonoti-Fuimaono is still pinching himself. "I’m just still in shock trying to make sense of it all. It's all coming to life now, it's all becoming reality.”

About 700 people squashed together on Cuba Street, some stood on bins, to catch a glimpse of Dan Boerman's linen skills.

Making traditional Māori kai available to people around the Wellington region is about more than feeding people says founder CJ Collier.

Who drops their first-ever Māori language album, performs a run of sold-out shows overseas and releases an intimate personal documentary - all within a month? Kiwi folk legend Marlon Williams.

James May is tackling the “biggest subject on the planet" but promises you won't be bored.

In a career spanning decades, Val Kilmer took on supporting and leading roles spanning from Batman to Doc Holliday.

The Kiwi actor also reveals his outlook on life, wine, women leaders - and why he was never hooked by the lure of Hollywood fame.

Gabrielle Kervella, now in her 80s, fell in love with cheese making on annual visits to South West France to visit her husband’s parents.

The award-winning journalist writes about facing the reality of her own abuse for the first time in the brave new memoir No Words for This.

From cherimoya and white sapote to Brazilian cherries, Kris Edgington is growing a mouth-watering array of food on his productive Bay of Plenty property.

King was born Deaf and uses New Zealand Sign Language full-time, leading the primary school class using every tool in his kit that is not the spoken word.

A new report shows the "striking" disparity between men and women in the job - but what's behind it?

The LA-based comedian is back home to serve up his "silly physicality and playing off himself in various characters" on stage for the first time in nearly 10 years.

On 26 March 2020, Kate Newton’s street in Auckland went into lockdown along with the rest of the country. Five years later she tracked down her old neighbours.

Ginette McDonald, who got her start in theatre playing a French maid in Noel Coward’s Private Lives, returns in a new version of his classic comedy Blithe Spirit.

Once a brake pad salesman, Nick Hayes has launched a second career, spinning techno and hard industrial dance tracks from his yard in Yorkshire.

In his intimate new one-man show An Evening with Bob Geldof,the 73-year-old activist rocker doesn't hide the fact anger is his "default emotional condition".

Forgiveness helped course correct Young New Zealander of the Year finalist Ben Purua's life after his role in a man's murder. What can we learn from that?

New Zealand’s law means brands get more scrutiny if they want to trademark a Māori word.

Psychologist and media personality Nigel Latta - who was given a year to live - has announced his cancer is in remission and now expects to live for "years and years".

Normally, people can only find the best traditional Malaysian rice porridge during Ramadan, Habib Ali says.

There is no shortage of Kiwi kids aiming to one day bump Lawson out of his seat on Red Bull’s Formula 1 racing team.

Chef Chris Waghorn is up at 2am at Auckland's Māngere Refugee Centre, and he'll likely still be in the kitchen for another 12 hours or so every day during March.

Comedian and writer Ruby Wax gets real about her struggles with depression in the memoir-turned-stage show I'm Not As Well As I Thought I Was.

"I know it's pricey," acknowledges Allison Kirkman. "But I would sooner go to Logan Brown 12 times in a year than 24 times to somewhere else."

Ari Kerssens grew up watching queer makeup artists on YouTube and enrolled in a makeup course towards the end of school. It all changed when he lost most of his sight at age 19.

As the Islamic calendar moves back into New Zealand's summer time, Kiwi Muslims will be observing longer fasting days for the next seven years or so.

Groove Armada's Andy Cato says "pure madness" drove him to sell the rights to his music to pursue his passion for regenerative farming.

Henwood was diagnosed with cancer in 2020.

Henwood was diagnosed with cancer in 2020.

New Zealand is a "more interesting and developing place than Australia," says the Australian-based British actor.

Some parents want to avoid the pitfalls of smartphones and social media while keeping their kids connected to their friends. Home phones are helping.

Jake Bailey became a household name after giving his head boy speech at Christchurch Boys High a week after being diagnosed with an extremely aggressive form of cancer.

Zeena Ali asked if she could wear her hijab as part of her NZ police uniform. The response was, "What's that?"

There have always been famous children, but in a world of instant social media it's now all too easy to expose youngsters to the world.

At Mt Eden Prison, Te Manga Herewini's life hit rock bottom as tumours spread in his body. That's when he decided to change things around.

Every aspiring journalist dreams of working somewhere like New York City. For a few months one summer, Nik Dirga got to give it a go.

When Marg Hunt heard there were hundreds of cockroach-linked ACC claims, she laughed: "That's bread and butter for me."

"If I could swap this thing for being bankrupt ... if I could do that and be guaranteed 30 more years with Natalie, I'd do that in a second," he says.

For Kirsten Crawford, the journey to receiving her moko kauae has been one of identity, connection, and the feeling of "becoming complete."

When meeting someone with a visible disability for the first time, people often ask about what happened - but is that okay? Journalist and wheelchair user Olivia Shivas is heading a new magazine, showcasing the lives of Kiwis with disabilities.

Johnny Clark is the third-generation owner of Nins Bin - a roadside food truck 20 minutes north of Kaikōura.

The gift of a coveted cricket bat turned Simon Wraight into a tall, elegant cricketer, at least in his mind.

The stand-up hopes his win inspires more Pasifika to achieve whatever they aspire to.

Before social media and the age of influencers, grabbing a coffee and the Sunday paper was an adrenaline-filled moment to see if you'd made the cut.

Raising children without my own mother's guidance was like navigating a new country without a map, writes Inès Almeida.