Features

Listen to performances from the three very talented young pianists in the competition final at the Christchurch Town Hall.

With social media, apps and online newsletters serving piles of delicious recipes, is there still a place for the dirty, dog-eared pages of a cookbook on the kitchen bench?

Once a brake pad salesman, Nick Hayes has launched a second career, spinning techno and hard industrial dance tracks from his yard in Yorkshire.

A retrospective exhibition will showcase the achievements of the fashion brand known for its vintage-inspired and avant-garde styles.

A young Canadian woman has honoured her father's memory by sharing his massive record collection with the world.

With hair wet from a swim in Point Chev, the LA-based artist chats about her new jazz-inspired songwriting and her upcoming NZ shows.

Health pioneer and New Zealander of the Year Bev Lawton tells us what she'd do with unlimited funding. Audio

Gianina Schwanecke samples a range of dried seaweed at Auckland company Pacific Harvest.

This week in Hymns on Sunday we’ve some communion hymns, a psalm from the Scottish Psalter, and we’ll hear some hymns from writers who are great examples that age is no barrier to doing new things. Audio

Event producer, musician and artist Daniel Belton looks forward to being part of two multi-media shows in one night at this year's Dunedin Arts Festival. Video, Audio

In an intimate new one-man show, the 73-year-old activist rocker doesn't hide the fact that anger is his "default emotional condition".

In the new podcast Levittown, a Kiwi reporter investigates the battle to prevent sexual exploitation via AI. Audio

The additional cost of doing life alone is known as "single tax". Audio

We've all heard of mum guilt but what about dad guilt?

Neil Ieremia, founder of the dance collective Black Grace, chats with RNZ Concert's Bryan Crump ahead of the group's 30th anniversary celebration. Video, Audio

Plan 9 talk about making the music for a new documentary series on the great New Zealand author. Video, Audio

Lady Shaka is a queer DJ hailing from Aotearoa, carving out her own unique space in the global scene, living in London and establishing herself as a Pacific club queen, indigenising dance floors.  Audio

Without Sly Stone, there would be no Prince and no Parliament Funkadelic— he is an undeniable testament to his influence on the music world. This legacy is at the heart of a new film titled Sly Lives! aka The Burden of Black Genius, directed by Questlove and produced by Joseph Patel and currently streaming on Disney+.  Audio

Nitin Sawhney is a musician, composer, and producer known for fusing jazz, electronic, orchestral and Indian classical music. He picks the tunes on Music 101 ahead of his slot at WOMAD. Audio

The Menzies/Endres Duo, violin and viola player Mark Menzies and pianist Michael Endres, perform Schubert, Schnittke, Beethoven and Fisher at St Andrew’s on the Terrace, Wellington, in June 2023.

The price of butter has skyrocketed, forcing home cooks and chefs alike to clarify what you can substitute to keep cooking costs down.

Video calling has given us a glimpse into our colleagues' lives like never before - but is that a good thing?

The Leprosy Mission New Zealand is working to try and break the stigma surrounding leprosy in Papua New Guinea by working in partnership with 45 targeted communities. Audio