National

Newly minted National Party leader Christopher Luxon has signalled the party wants to make changes to the bipartisan housing accord his deputy Nicola Willis set up with Labour.

Luxon told Morning… Audio

409 days from entering politics, Christopher Luxon is the new leader of the National party, promising a "reset" and to lead a party for all New Zealanders. The former Chief Executive of Air New… Audio

How do we determine and stand up for what is rational in 2021? Cognitive scientist Steven Pinker tackles this question in his new book Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters. Video, Audio

While the National Party was in the throes of its leadership crisis last Wednesday night, Parliament's Speaker had hours earlier taken the highly unusual step of lambasting the Labour government over… Audio

Charlotte Ryan talks to Marlon Williams about life in Lyttleton, singing and touring with Lorde and his new Christmas song collaboration on Paul Kelly's new Christmas album "Paul Kellys Christmas… Video, Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has soul classics from the Temptations and the Delfonics, country courtesy of Marty Robbins, blues from Roosevelt Sykes and birthday tunes for JJ Cale. Audio

Tony Ward began his quest for a better criminal rehabilitation model when he was appointed as the inaugural director of the Kia Marama treatment programme for child sex offenders at Christchurch's… Audio

Among the fascinating characters hovering around The Beatles in Peter Jackson's documentary Get Back is Michael Lindsay-Hogg, the director charged with making a film out of the band's rehearsals for… Audio

Debbie Harwood is a multi-award winning New Zealand solo artist and producer. She has also lent her voice and production skills to countless solo projects and recordings of other NZ artists over the… Audio

Acclaimed New Zealand producer and multi-instrumentalist,  Julien Dyne has released his fifth solo album, Modes.

Julien was the drummer for the Opensouls, Tyra and the Tornadoes and he currently… Audio

Tony Stamp marvels at the new album by Whanganui-a-Tara folk outfit French for Rabbits, and a deeply spiritual EP from anonymous South Auckland artist FABLE, while Elliott Childs assesses a… Audio

Tony Stamp marvels at the new album by Whanganui-a-Tara folk outfit French for Rabbits, and a deeply spiritual EP from anonymous South Auckland artist FABLE, while Elliott Childs assesses a… Audio

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In 2018, N.K. Jemisin became the first author to win the Hugo Award for Best Novel in three consecutive years, each award going to a book in her widely-heralded Broken Earth series. As a child the New… Audio

When Swedish artist and mystic Hilma af Klint died in 1944, she left behind more than 1300 works, only seen by a handful of people. The discovery of her paintings decades later has turned art history… Audio, Gallery

In today's Focus on Politics podcast, Political Editor Jane Patterson talks to National's leader Chris Luxon in his new office to assess what his leadership will look like. Video, Audio