The Māori word of the week is: poitarawhiti. Te Tima Poitarawhiti o Aotearoa. The NZ Netball team. Audio

Dr Michael Anderson from Massey University needs your help; he wants you to listen out for the shining cuckoo's arrival in New Zealand, and tell him when and where they arrive. Read more Audio

Founder of American group Throwing Muses, solo musician, and author of the memoir Paradoxical Undressing, who is visiting New Zealand for spoken word and singing events. Read more Audio

In the year before the outbreak of the First World War, New Zealand was surprisingly modern and curiously recognisable. But we were also a nation of insecurities and fears.Who were we then? What did… Read more Audio

If you knew more or less when you were going to die, what would you do? One Auckland man faces up to that prospect… and he talks to David Steemson for Spiritual Outlook. Read more Audio

Once a heralded chess champion, Genesis spent many years in and out of mental institutions, battling with severe bipolar disorder. He was also known as a formidable communicator, a teacher, chess… Read more Audio