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Award winning Kiwi-Samoan violinist Hayden Afele-Nickel talks to Bryan Crump about getting classical music out of the museum and into the lives of all New Zealanders. Audio

South African rugby officials have come out in support of under fire player Bongi Mbonambi. Nathan Rarere speaks to our African correspondent Nabil Ahmed Rufai is in Ghana's capital Accra. Audio

There's a new ferry service in town set to offer trips between Auckland and Waiheke at a cheaper price than long-running operator Fullers360. From next month, Island Direct will provide up to 18… Video, Audio

Composer Ross Harris likes ambiguity. Little wonder then, that he latched onto a passing remark his wife made in French: 'Prendre ses rêves pour des réalités – let your dreams become reality'. Audio

Drifting from one casual job to another, Phil Oakey had zero ambition to be in a pop group. His one instrument, a saxophone, lay abandoned on the floor. But in 1977, everything changed with a single… Video, Audio

The Royal NZ Air Force Jazz Orchestra's new album is called Kaiwhakatere - Navigator, and features originals from the band members. Audio

Charlotte Ryan catches up with Connor Oberst and his reformed his band Bright Eyes as they return to perform in NZ next month. Audio

The Sunday Mixtape, commissioned by the Wellington Jazz Festival, was an opportunity for three very different Aotearoa jazz musicians to present sets of brand new music. Video, Audio

Few pundits flagged the West Coast, birthplace of the Labour Party, to be part of the big blue swing this election. Audio

Winston Peters has touched down in the capital, as New Zealand First seeks to position itself as a power-player in approaching government negotiations. Any official talks involving National ACT and… Audio

Music from the world with Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man and Moroccan oud player Driss El Maloumi. Audio

Office Dog has just released their debut album Spiel on Flying Nun Records.
The trio, joined by Violet Hirst on keys, perform four tracks from Spiel at RNZ's Auckland studio. Video, Audio

As the Rugby World Cup in France enters the knockout stages, Māpuna talks to a former rugby professional, Daniel Browne, who lifts the lid on the way it used to be in French club rugby. After leaving… Audio

One of the UK's foundational black music producers Barbados-born Dennis Bovell was an instigator of the slow-reggae love song genre Lovers Rock, producing songs such as Janet Kaye's 1979 hit Silly… Audio

Joseph Romanos is an award-winning sports journalist and commentor. He is also the author of numerous New Zealand sports books, on everyone from tennis player Chris Lewis to cricketer Martin Crowe. In… Audio

He's not the first composer to attempt to complete it, but Robert Wiremu's arrangement of Mozart's unfinished Requiem is possibly the most imaginative. Audio

The Auckland Youth Orchestra is celebrating its diamond anniversary this month. Ahead of concerts in Whangarei, Hamilton and Auckland, Bryan Crump speaks to musical director Antun Poljanich and former… Video, Audio

The media have been a political football this year - and now some politicians are complaining the media are against them in this election. But hundreds of millions of dollars of public money is spent… Audio

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio

Sir Wayne Smith took some convincing to write a memoir, but recently – over two months at his Waihi Beach bach – the legendary rugby mentor detailed his life to sportswriter Phil Gifford. The… Audio

Scientists have worked out how brain cells die in Alzheimer's disease, but there's caution over starting the celebrations just yet. Audio

All Rugby players from the team that trashed the Ranfurly shield are available for selection for this weekend's games despite an ongoing investigation into behaviour at a post match party. Pictures of… Video, Audio

Musicians have long been inspired by the sounds of nature but could humans intentionally make music with another species?' Wellington jazz musician Dave Wilson pays tribute to the riroriro song that… Video, Audio

Competition for milk supply in Waikato is intensifying as a new international player sets up shop. Audio

Dr Simon Eastwood is the 2024 Mozart Fellow at Otago University. He's looking forward to dedicating an entire year to composing full-time, and talks with David Morriss about his plans. Audio

Once again New Zealand Rugby is having to deal with a case of players behaving badly.

The prized Ranfurly Shield is in bits, and a player from the winning Hawke's Bay Magpies has been charged with… Audio

New Zealand Rugby says it's "deeply disappointed" and has launched an investigation into circumstances around the damage to the Ranfurly Shield. Hawke's Bay won the prized Log O' Wood off Wellington… Video, Audio

New Zealand Rugby is investigating reports of a white, drug-like substance visible on the broken Ranfurly Shield after Hawke's Bay's win against Wellington at the weekend.

Hawke's Bay Rugby Union… Audio