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Nick Tipping checks out the wide variety of jazz from the year 1964. This hour: albums from Shirley Scott, Ben Webster, and Eric Dolphy. Audio

Nick Tipping checks out the wide variety of jazz from the year 1964. In Part 2: albums by Herbie Hancock, Lee Morgan, and John Coltrane. Audio

Men's health week helps shift mindsets among Pasifika. Audio

FijiFirst party's founding members step down. Audio

In Kathryn Burnett’s new solo comedy play, Nicola Cheeseman is Back, Nicola is sick of trying to do it all. In an all too familiar situation for those in middle age: she has lost her mojo.  

With the… Audio

Nick takes a look at some of the leading lights of jazz's rainbow community, including drummers Terri Lyne Carrington and Bill Stewart, singers Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith, pianists Fred Hersch and… Audio

Nick checks out tracks from Roxy Coss, Benny Green, and Ingrid & Christine Jensen; an arrangement of a Robbie Burns song by NZ drummer John Rae, and one of the Buddy Rich Band's signature tunes. Audio

Tonight, a track from Berlin-based Kiwi project Saturns Drive, new music from Norwegian-American auteur Okay Kaya, and a glimpse of the 20-minute lullaby reimagining of gnarly Baltimore rock band… Audio

A gourmet crayfish pie, created by PJ's Pies in Hanmer Springs, would set you back $50. Owner Jim Bratschi explains. Audio

Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin looks at the latest instalment in the 1995 buddy cop comedy series Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024), documentary Joan Baez: I Am A Noise (2023) streaming on… Audio

Libraries and museums all across New Zealand are welcoming crafters of all stripes this Saturday. Nights touches base with Sue Cooper, of the Picton Knitters and Spinners. Audio

This 1975 Spectrum documentary follows a day in the life of rural Gisborne veterinarian, Mac Wallace. His day begins with a cow having trouble calving and ends at Turehau station, where a group of… Audio

Taranaki dairy farmer Cliff Shearer's practices may seem old-fashioned, but they've helped him make his way into the history books. Audio

A large part of Brian Hales' farm recently sold and will soon go into pines. We caught up with the sheep and beef farmer, to find out what was happening to his flock of rare and exotic sheep breeds. Audio

A round-up of the week's agricultural news with RNZ rural news reporter Sally Murphy Audio

This week Country Life catches up with a collector of rare and exotic sheep breeds who has just sold his farm, we learn about how a Taranaki dairy farmer's collection of antique farming books and… Audio

Government ministers hoping to bask in a post-Budget glow this week have instead been trying to tamp down the backlash to a big broken promise.

The clock is now ticking for the coalition to correct… Audio