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Today's expert is preserving New Zealand history one piece of furniture at a time. This afternoon we are going to talk about antique restoration with Dr William Cottrell. He restores important… Audio

A Canterbury researcher with a personal connection with Parkinson's disease is going to investigate hallucinations experienced by those with the disease. Dr Kyla-Louise Horne has been awarded a 180… Audio

This is a very lose definition of a crumble, but no one will care once they start eating it! Chef and author Sam Parish has come up with a unique lemony twist on the traditional crumble that will have… Audio

A massive art and lights festival is transforming Sydney from today. Over TWO million people are expected to visit the Light Walk experience - where one of the installations is by a group of New… Audio

A New Zealand short-film called The Polycees that explores the secret world below the Beehive premiers soon. It's a kids film with the idea to help pre-teens explore ideas of democracy and politics. Audio

He’s written tunes for The Muppets and Dora the Explorer, now Wellington musician Bret McKenzie has penned US music star Lizzo’s debut song on The Simpsons. Audio

Harakeke has a special place here in Aotearoa, but the native flax is also one of the strongest sustainable fibres in the world. To develop a harakeke product for the global market,  23-year-olds Ben… Audio

When Sealord introduced school-hours shifts at their Nelson Factory, they went from labour shortages to more applicants than they could accommodate. CEO Doug Paulin talks to Jesse. Audio

It's New Zealand Music T-shirt Day! Here's what our best-dressed RNZ team are wearing to show their support for music charity MusicHelps.

This week for Bookmarks we meet co-founder of Letterboxd, Matthew Buchanan. As well as running the online social networking service for movie buffs he's also a designer. He talks to Jesse about his… Audio

Last year local Whangamata poet Mike Beveridge published a book called Poems for Remembering, which was then read by prominent, Spanish blues musician Jeff Espinoza, who turned Mike's poems into an… Audio

We have already experienced historic storms this year, with scientists globally agreeing that climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. What could this mean… Audio

Today's music feature is celebrating New Zealand Music Month. Multi-award winning director, producer and documentary maker, Dan Salmon has written a piece for Audioculture about the vast collection of… Audio

 There's a new exhibition on at Te Papa this week, Mawhiti Tino Rawe - Clever Crustaceans, where you can go an interact with five "celeb crustaceans". NIWA scientist Dr Kareen Schnabel talks to Jesse.

At 11:59pm on February 14 2021, Auckland moved to alert level 3 after a student at Manukau Institute of Technology tested positive for COVID 19 Micah Sili was the student president at the time, and… Audio

When BBC Laura Trevelyan newsreader recently discovered her family had owned more than a thousand slaves on a sugar plantation in the Caribbean, she knew there had to be a reckoning. Video, Audio

Tim Shallard is the founder of Morningcider, he talks to Jesse about how Morningsiders are getting behind their brand. Audio

 If you read the fine print of your smoke detector it might recommend very specific battery replacements, something many don't do. To clear things up, Adrian Nacey from Fire and Emergency New Zealand… Audio

This week we've got an amazing recipe that you can probably alter to suit - but the base of it is guaranteed winter comfort food. Audio

Wellington-based Māori musician AJA (aka Aja Ropata) performs four songs with her band, including her 2022 Silver Scroll-winning waiata 'Te Iho'. Video, Audio

A pair of brother-in-laws have turned a run-down hydroponic farm into a flourishing business, producing thousands lettuces. Before taking on the huge task they had never grown a lettuce before.  Audio

"Miracle is not a word we use very often in science, but it was an accidental miracle" - Dr Divya Adhia of the Dunedin School of Medicine on Lynley Hood's restored eyesight. Hood, an award-winning… Audio