Features

Cellist András Fejér, the last remaining original member of the Takács Quartet, speaks to RNZ Concert ahead of the ensemble's 50th anniversary tour of New Zealand. Video, Audio

‘Hymns by Tims’ feature in this week’s programme: English hymn writer Timothy Dudley-Smith, and Timothy Rees (Bishop of Llandaff in the 1930s). Audio

Composer Bjorn Arntsen has a cure for earworms: recycle them into a new piece. Audio

Philip Norman prepares to lead Christchurch choir Jubilate Voices in a celebration of Canterbury words and music. Audio

Carolyn Mills looks back on more than three decades as Principal Harp with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Audio

We're marking the Feast of the Assumption of Mary, Mother of God, in this week's programme with hymns including Immaculate Mary and Ka Waiata. Audio

Penny Axtens is the latest composer-in-residence at the former home of Douglas Lilburn. Audio

Bass Morgan-Andrew King talks with David Morriss about why a career in opera is for him, and where it's taken him so far. Video, Audio

Auckland Philharmonia musician Alex Jeantou is taking his tuba on a tour of the town. Audio

Marc Feldman, the new Chief Executive of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, and André de Ridder, its Music Director Designate, talk with RNZ Concert host Bryan Crump. Audio

Auckland-based artist and animator Luca Tu'avao Walton is an emerging voice in the Pacific creative landscape, with a distinctive style rooted in memory, identity, and the 'nostalgia' of island life.

As the Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville prepares to elect a new government, front and centre is the issue of independence.

In Aotearoa, a Pacific advocate for youth homelessness says the country must address poverty and systemic inequities to fix the housing affordability crisis.

The UN's highest court issued a stinging ruling that countries have a legal obligation to limit climate change and provide restitution for harm caused, giving legal force to an idea that was hatched in a classroom in Port Vila.

The US Postal Service has acknowledged routing errors caused chronic delays in mail delivery to the Northern Mariana Islands.

In Papua New Guinea, more than 31 instances of polio have been detected since the disease reemerged earlier this year.

Women engineers from Fiji working for the Marshalls Energy Company in Majuro say their experience has been "transformative".

Fiji's chief prosecutor claims the President's suspension of his FJ$250,000 salary is illegal and unjustified.

Samoa's caretaker prime minister backs the Solomon Islands' plan to defer Pacific Islands Forum partners dialogue meeting. Audio

Wellington-born Alan Niven managed American rock band Guns N' Roses at the peak of their career in the late 1980s, and has the stories to prove it!.

On a wintry Sunday night an insect-themed classical concert for children was just the ticket. Bryan Crump reviews a special performance of The Spider's Feast and Carnival of the Animals with youthful participation.

After five decades performing at piano bars around the world - and a stint in an Italian jail - Linn Lorkin still loves making Auckland audiences smile.

Dunedin-born composer Nathaniel Otley has written a new piece inspired by the 2015 South Dunedin flood. Audio

Hymns to mark the Feast of the Transfiguration today, including Immortal, invisible, and Christ whose glory fills the skies. Audio