Features

It defeated him in 2023 but octogenarian Garth Barfoot was determined to finish this year's New York marathon. Audio

Field speaks about feeling "sad", a late diagnosis with ADHD and his own son's anxiety that his dad would never come back from The Wiggles tours. Audio

Jon Toogood has released his first solo album Last of the Lonely Gods . It's an album he wrote to make sense of a few challenging years which included the death of his mother, his brother in law, and health issues from long-covid.  Audio

Jon joins Charlotte in the RNZ Nelson studio, halfway through his NZ tour.  Audio

Red was all the rage as Australia's fashion set stepped out at Flemington.

Most of the New Zealand teenagers who joined a focus group on periods said they got their first period before understanding what their body was doing.

Musician and documentary maker Moana Maniapoto talks about the album that took the band around the world, returning to places they had performed in the past, and connecting with indigenous wāhine to record language and culture through music.  Audio

Want a break from real-life American politics? Take a mental health break by watching a movie about a US president instead.

Moana & The Tribe have returned with a concept album project that starts in Aotearoa and travels around the world - encapsulating the voices, language, and culture of six indigenous wāhine. Video, Audio

Hungarian virtuoso Jenő Lisztes is bringing his hammers to the Auckland Town Hall this week to perform in a one-off cimbalom showcase. Video, Audio

There has been a period product revolution in the last decade - but are NZ teens using them?

The Sampler - Tony Stamp catches up with three releases from 2024, from US trio Bonny Light Horseman, British singer Lucy Rose, and Alberta collective Crack Cloud.

Claudia Campbell thought she'd be looking after the dogs while her glam mum and sister went to the Melbourne. Then she discovered she was a contender.

An Evening with Stephen Fry is about to hit the stage in New Zealand and takes an inside look into his life. Audio

Northland vet Rory Dean tells Country Life about his new book Adventures of a Country Vet.

Historian Michael Belgrave writes about New Zealand's complicated and fascinating past in Becoming Aotearoa - our first major national history volume in 20 years. Audio

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Award-winning writer Patrick Ness leans into absurdist comedy in Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody - his new book for 8-to-11-year-olds. Audio

Maggie Tweedie meets Jurassic 5 rapper and visual artist Chali 2na. Audio

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Rotorua scientists are turning sticky goo produced by tough little bugs into nutritious animal feed.

Delaney Davidson and Barry Saunders are back together again with a new album, titled Happiness in Near. William Dart checks whether it lives up to its optimistic title. Audio

US presidential candidate Donald Trump has publicly condemned The Apprentice - a recent film about his rise to fame - as "fake and classless".  

Marking the Feast of All Saints today with William Walsham How's great hymn For All the Saints. Audio

"Don't sweat it. It's actually nothing to do with you," was the advice from British pop star Rick Astley's teen daughter when a meme made him internet-famous in the late 2000s. Video, Audio

Tom Hanks and Robin Wright turn in emotion-filled performances in Here - a movie that feels like a play.

Feast your eyes on a "glowing and glorious" Waikato holiday home designed with energy-saving principles.