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American artist and musician Laurie Anderson is one of the curators of this year's NZ Festival of the Arts. Anderson tells Kim Hill she feels unchanged by the decades that've passed since she… Video, Audio

Serhii Plokhy is a professor of history at Harvard University. His 2018 book Chernobyl: History of A Tragedy tells the story of the nuclear accident that occurred on Saturday 26 April 1986, at the No… Audio

Damian Barr is an award-winning Scottish writer whose 2013 coming of age memoir Maggie & Me (about growing up gay in Thatcher-era Scotland), was The Sunday Times' Memoir of the Year. Audio

Ruby Mulinder and Sean Nixon bought their first farm two and a half months ago and jumped at the chance to welcome the public and show them where their food comes from. Audio, Gallery

Trade Me has been our favourite online marketplace for nearly two decades, but serious competition is on the way. Peter Griffin looks at our e-commerce options. Audio

The Netherlands Chamber Choir are giving two concerts in the 2020 New Zealand Festival of the Arts. Video, Audio

Most of the female kākāpō have bred and the team is carrying precious fertile eggs to the 'egg room' for incubation, in part 4 of Voice of the Kākāpō . Audio

Members of the public may get overnight access back into Milford Sound from the 16th of March. It's the first time the public would be allowed access to the tourist hotspot since the region was… Audio

Baritone Robert Tucker takes on the challenging role of King George III in NZ Opera's production of Eight Songs for a Mad King by Peter Maxwell Davies. Video, Audio

New research has found climate change and the expected increase in extreme weather events will mean higher damages - and an additional liability for EQC. 8000 claims lodged to the EQC between 2000 and… Audio

Kākāpō breeding is in full swing after an early start, and DOC's Deidre Vercoe and Andrew Digby are checking to see if eggs are fertile, in part 3 of Voice of the Kākāpō. Audio

The Black Caps have romped to a seven-wicket win over India in the second cricket test in Christchurch for an emphatic 2-0 series sweep of the world's top-ranked side. The Black Caps dismissed the… Audio

Poetry is alive and well in New Zealand primary schools! Teachers around New Zealand are currently using a famous William Carlos Williams poem to get children to admit their naughtiest deeds. Audio

Tauranga residents say they're concerned over the unexpected arrival of a cruise ship docking in the local port this morning with 7 people on board showing flu-like symptoms. According to Tourism Bay… Audio

Nick features a new album by Austrian bass player Gina Schwarz, and tracks by bassists Paul Dyne, Charles Mingus, Dave Holland, and Linda May Han Oh. Audio

Nick goes back into the archives and checks out NZ jazz-funk band Space Case, which featured luminaries Frank Gibson Jr, Bruce Lynch, Murray McNabb, Kim Patterson, and Brian Smith. Audio

Norwegian pop trio A-ha are best known for their massively successful 1984 hit 'Take On Me'. Nearly four decades later, they're set to play New Zealand for the first time. A-ha keyboardist Magne… Video, Audio

Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield joined Kim in the studio to discuss the significance of the first confirmed COVID-19 case in New Zealand and how the Ministry of Health is responding. Audio

Each week our Country Life reporters check out the latest from farms and orchards around the country.

South Waikato had thunder rolling around the district at the weekend but the rain was very choosy… Audio

Anti-capitalist disco, uplifting English indie-pop, Jamaican reggae soul and soul soothing ambient music are all part of the Song Crush mix this week.  Video, Audio