Features

Some of New Zealand's top jazz women select the female jazz musician who most inspires them. Audio

Ahead of his performance with the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra, conductor Umberto Clerici explains why he loves playing with semi-professional musicians. Audio

Vibraphonist and producer Roy Ayers is one of the most sampled artists in popular music. Video

This story of two African-American teens at an abusive reform school in the 1960s is moving and beautifully made, says Simon Morris.

Although she concedes it's "pricey", Allison Kirkman has dined at iconic Wellington restaurant Logan Brown hundreds of times. Audio

The film has a stripper as the lead character. Those in adult entertainment and sex work industries pointed out what the film did well, and didn't.

A humble food truck at the bottom of the country has taken out the top spot in the Burger Nation competition. Audio

Soprano Sophie Sparrow and baritone Jonathan Eyers are one half of a quartet of young singers taking a show of opera highlights around the North Island. Audio

Adrien de Croy, businessman turned composer, talks to RNZ Concert's Bryan Crump about his first symphony. Audio

Ari Kerssens grew up watching queer makeup artists on YouTube and enrolled in a makeup course towards the end of school. It all changed when he lost most of his sight at age 19, writes Jogai Bhatt. Video

For over 50 years, Spike Milligan's deliciously pernicious witch Badjelly has been hugely popular in New Zealand, but the story of how it was brought to modern-day screen life is complicated. Audio

Saraid de Silva's Amma is in the running for the $68,000 international writing prize. Audio

The final album by Dunedin band The Chills Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs is a passion project led by the band's late frontman, Martin Phillipps. Audio

Over the past 10 years, Dickson Tanda has rescued dozens of women and children who have been tortured following sorcery related accusations.

Girmit: The Fields of Sadness delves into the lives of Indian labourers who were brought to Fiji under the indenture system, offering new insight into their struggles and contributions.

New Zealand's Minister of Internal Affairs says 847 Samoans have been granted New Zealand citizenship under a new law which came into force in late November. Audio

The Trump administration's decision to eliminate more than 90 percent of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) funding means "nothing's safe right now," a regional political expert says.

In Tokelau, communities are looking after baby turtles after they wash up on the shores of some of the remote atoll islands.

An envisioned technology hub, dubbed EUCON Silicon Valley Tech Park, is being touted as the savior of the CNMI economy, with the plan expected to create up to 10,000 new jobs.

After 23 years, cellist Ashley Brown is leaving NZTrio. He speaks with RNZ Concert host Bryan Crump. Audio

The Marshall Islands marked 71 years since the most powerful nuclear weapons tests ever conducted were unleashed over the weekend. Audio

Twin stars, Demielle and Christabelle, have been selected to play for Penina Pasifika, a team established in collaboration with Rugby Australia and the Australian government.

Meghan arranges a small bouquet of flowers for her guests and makes some truffle popcorn in case they want a "late night nibble."

Four award-winning authors are in the running for New Zealand's biggest fiction prize.