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Music from the world, for the world, hosted by Trevor Reekie.

This week featuring Gambian kora player Sona Jobarteh and NZ guitarist Nigel Gavin. Audio

New Zealand flutist Alexa Still has released Wish, an album of music by composer Valerie Coleman. Audio

In the upcoming Barbie movie, perfectly perma-tanned Ken bemoans his status as No. 2. Will he ever feel ‘enough’ compared to Barbie (she’s everything), or will he be doomed to live a life of blonde…

From Thursday, everyone in New Zealand is expected to become a football expert when the FIFA Women's World Cup kicks off. Here's RNZ's resident football expert Robin Martin's bluffers' guide for the…

For those who like their soccer with a side of romance, action, Nazis, French philosophy or gender politics there are plenty of football-inspired TV shows, documentaries or movies to watch. Here's our… Video

Glen Larmer digests the All Blacks win over the Springboks and muses over the options coach Ian Foster has for future team selection choices. The Warriors are hoping for an NRL playoff spot for the… Audio

Days before kickoff in the women's football world cup, the Australian women's team have called on governing bodies to further invest in the women's game to ensure the tournament leaves a lasting… Video, Audio

Former World Cup Captain and Wallaby Stirling Mortlock talks to Jesse about the Bledisloe Cup history ahead of the 2023 clash at the end of this month. Audio

Tabla player Manjit Singh shares his love of music through his job: he runs the Rhythm School of Indian Music in Auckland and teaches a course on the Indian Classical tradition at the University’s… Audio

Virtuoso Canadian organist performs a recital on the mighty Auckland Town Hall Organ. Audio

Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson says this election is the final chance to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, curb environmental degradation, and reduce inequality. 

Following bruising… Audio

The New Zealand Doctors' Orchestra is preparing for their next concert, which is in New Plymouth this year. Trumpet player Dr Tom Wilkinson is one of the organisers. Audio

For today's music feature we celebrate one of the lesser appreciated instruments in music, the theremin. To tell us more about this weird and wonderful instrument, we have music artist and theremin… Video, Audio

Making the Tasman Mako's rugby team has taken a huge amount of commitment and sacrifice from 17-year-old Buller High School student Ashlee Forsyth and her whānau. 

Darts that have been designed and made in Katikati will now be hitting bullseyes on the world stage for Michael 'Bully Boy' Smith. Shot Darts are a family owned dart making company in Katikati. Audio

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins' week-long trip to China centred on a meeting with China's President Xi Jinping, one of the world's most powerful men. 

Amid tense geostrategic conditions and with a trip… Audio

The Football ferns announced their 23 player squad for the World Cup at Eden Park this morning as the countdown to the tournament continues. The squad contains ten World Cup debutants, but also has… Audio

The year is nearly halfway over which means we are less than a month away from kick off in the Fifa Womens World Cup We're co-hosting it along with Australia, with games in Auckland, Hamilton… Audio

Manu Samoa coach says squad selection was 'tough'. Audio

The Special Olympics World Summer Games are currently taking place in the historic Olympiastadion in Berlin. The event hosts 7000 athletes from 200 countries, supported by 20,000 volunteers and an… Audio

Admired teacher, clarinet and saxophone player Mark Walton is back in Aotearoa for his YouTube series Aotearoa Musical Treasures and to perform as a soloist with Resonance Ensemble Orchestra in… Audio

Football's world governing body, FIFA, is preparing to weigh in on the racism claims in the All Whites' game against Qatar. Both nations strongly believe they had a player who was the victim of a… Video, Audio

Just under a month from now the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup will kick off. New Zealand is co-hosting the event with Australia, which means that women's football will have more Kiwi eyes on it than… Audio

The Qatar Football Association has denied the player at the centre of yesterday's abandoned game against the All Whites used a racial slur. The All Whites didn't return to the field for the second… Video, Audio

Former professional rugby player Carl Hayman is speaking up about the dangers of concussion in the hope that current and future players won't have to endure degenerative brain conditions. His memoir … Video, Audio

New Zealand Football is backing the All Whites' decision not to take the field in the second half of their international against Qatar in Austria, after a player was racially abused.

The slur was… Audio

Earlier this morning the All Whites refused to take the field in the second half of their match against Qatar in Austria because of racial abuse. New Zealand Football said on social media that Michael… Audio