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A study using ancient DNA shatters the idea that the kiwi is most closely related to the emu. Instead, its closest cousin is the elephant bird. Audio

Nick Atkinson heads to the 2014 New Zealand Music Managers Awards at the Tuning Fork in Auckland to see if, just as everyone suspects, Scott MacLachlan will take the top title for his work managing… Audio

For NZ Music Month, William Dart reviews new releases from Anika Moa, fleaBITE, Model Train Wreck and Midge Marsden. Audio

Anika Moa could be credited with discovering Hannah Harding. She was busking on the streets of Geraldine, trying to raise the funds for a ticket to Anika's show that night, and ended up on stage… Audio

It was a special day on Sunday 6 April for the Moa Creek cemetery in Central Otago's Ida Valley as three Chinese goldminers were properly laid to rest, a century after they died. Audio

Buzz Moller is playing as part of an Auckland show called In House: Songs and Conversation, alongside Shayne Carter, Anika Moa, and Don McGlashan. Nick Atkinson got Buzz Moller and his guitar into our… Audio

Moa Point on Wellington's south coast is a hotspot for common skinks and common geckos. Audio

Moa Point on Wellington's south coast is a hotspot for common skinks and common geckos. Audio

American author, and staff writer for The New Yorker, whose new book is The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History. Audio

De-extinction involves extracting DNA from an extinct species like a mammoth or a moa, and using its own genetic material to clone it in the lab. Nathaniel Rich has been looking at the current status… Audio

A few years ago Mike Dickison went back to university and did a PhD on giant flightless birds. A couple of months ago he was employed by the Whanganui Regional Museum to curate its huge, and largely… Audio

One of the oldest displays at Auckland museum is having a makeover so bring it in line with current scientific thinking. Audio

The nineteenth century rediscovery of the extinct giant moa sparked remarkable scenes of scientific competition, intrigue and dispute. Writer Quinn Berentson's award winning book, Moa, captures the… Audio