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Nick Bollinger reviews dark reflections on modern America from Sufjian Stevens; a celebration of an old-time song-and-dance man from Joachim Cooder; and the hip-hop-from-another-planet of Sam Gendel.

Auckland is nearly one week into its shift down to level one but central city businesses say they are still hurting.

Checkpoint has spoken to a number of businesses calling for their fellow CBD… Video, Audio

Brooke Fraser is celebrating a decade since the release of her iconic album Flags. To mark the occasion she's launching Resonate, a three-part podcast featuring special guests Boh Runga, Sony Music's… Video, Audio

Sufjian Stevens is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. His debut album, A Sun Came, was released through Asthmatic Kitty, a label Sufjian and his step-father started together… Audio

Joachim Cooder is a drummer and keyboardist best known for his collaborations with his father, Ry Cooder. His new album, Over That Road I'm Bound: The Songs of Uncle Dave Macon is Joachims reimaging… Audio

From bad boys of Tango to Ethiopian Soul queens and everything in-between, RNZ’s Worlds of Music has been showcasing global sounds since 2016. Video

With close to half a million people having already voted while politicians have been in full campaign mode, what's the point of the age-old rule forbidding election advertising on polling day? That's… Audio

The two MPs vying to be Prime Minister have disagreed on whether election advertising should remain banned on election day.

After the 2017 election, the Electoral Commission encouraged the government… Video, Audio

The barbs flew during last night's leaders' debate in Christchurch, but both prospective prime ministers are guilty of getting tricky with the truth. Checkpoint ran a fine-tooth comb through the… Audio

Friends and whanau of a terminally ill woman who was bounced between nine different motels in the final months of her life believe her case shows how deadly the housing crisis. is. Lisa Diamond died… Video, Audio

Clarinetists Anat Cohen and Benny Goodman, tenor players Lucien Johnson and Lester Young, and pianists Tord Gustavson and Jason Moran. Audio

Trombonist Conrad Herwig's new album mixes Horace Silver classics with Latin grooves. Audio

Composer Salina Fisher speaks to Nick Tipping about her new work 'Kintsugi' inspired by the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold dust and lacquer. Audio

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark has new music from Hayes Carll and John Wesley Harding, a birthday tune for Jackson Browne, a classic courtesy of the Allman Brothers, a track from Bert Jansch's… Audio

Auckland's move from level two to level one has been met with overwhelming support from residents strolling Queen Street this afternoon.

Checkpoint reporter Nick Truebridge and camerman Nick Monro… Video, Audio

Nick Bollinger discusses the power of refusal in the music of Lincolnshire's Billy Nomates; the visceral post-rock of Auckland's Wax Chattels; and a motherlode of previously unreleased Prince. Audio

New Zealand's horticulture industry is under immense stress as orchards across the country struggle to recruit workers to prune and pick billions of dollars of fruit. Nick Bibby Business manager for… Audio

Today the government decides whether Auckland moves to Alert Level 1 from 11.59pm on Wednesday.

It has already agreed, in principle, to move the city down to Level 1.

Ten days have passed since the… Audio