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Award-winning writer, musician, and broadcaster Nick Bollinger delves into diverse corners of Aotearoa's musical past and present to investigate what it is that differentiates New Zealand pop music… Video, Audio

Todd Muller is leaving Parliament. Known for a brief stint as Opposition leader, he also won plaudits for his bipartisanship and advocating for awareness about mental health. Audio

Ukrainians say they're escaping to New Zealand on a special humanitarian visa, only to find themselves locked out of jobs and housing, and turned away from MSD offices.

Last week a Ukrainian support… Audio

Marine mammals were a source of food and clothing for Māori and Moriori, and valuable oil for Europeans. Hunting them brought cultures together, made fortunes and cost lives but today it's saving them… Video, Audio

These are the wars that cost more lives than any other in our history. Stretched over more than a decade & the entire country, these conflicts changed Māori warfare & much of what came next.

Parliament is considering a major health reform. We outline the symptoms, diagnoses and the treatment plans proposed by the different parties. Audio

Thirty five years later, Fran Wilde and Trevor Mallard discuss the campaign, strategy and tactics involved in the 1985-86 campaign to legalise gay sex. Audio

A young woman who needed a hysterectomy to treat chronic endometriosis has detailed the traumatic process she had to go through, with a surgeon who told her she had a responsibility to reproduce.

A… Video, Audio

A woman admitted to an overcrowded Taranaki mental health unit says felt dehumanised and unsafe when she was forced to sleep on a mattress on the floor of a lounge, as all the bedrooms were full. Video, Audio

When Lynn Paterson - or Red as she's also known - told people she wanted to kayak around New Zealand, they said she couldn't do it. Not only that, some said she would die. But she set off from… Audio

Access to gender affirming medical services differs from region to region. And healthcare professionals say it's harming transgender and gender diverse New Zealanders.

Nations United explores the significance of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. In the midst of a pandemic radically transforming our world, it sets out what must be done. Audio

Fiordland is facing up to 40 percent unemployment with many tourism business saying they're unsure about their future.

This year the region has been hit by severe flooding that cut access to Milford… Video, Audio

“It’s a mixture of relief and I guess exhaustion, and disappointment and also hope.” Clare Curran is leaving politics, she talks bear pits, the media, Dunedin, mental health and tartan noir.  Audio

It's been a tough time for the British royal family of late. However, there is a ray of light in the form of Sophie, Countess of Wessex, who is being tipped to steady the royal ship. Author Christina… Audio

National MP Denise Lee hangs in the backbenches of the debating chamber but says electorate work takes a more on the ground approach Audio

Margie Bale is one of Australia's leading camel vets. She is based out of Brisbane but travels all over the country doing everything from pregnancy testing and ultrasounds of pregnant camels, to… Audio, Gallery

During his 15 years as the Mayor of Greymouth, Tony Kokshoorn dealt with storms that tore up roads, a struggling economy and of course the Pike River Mine Disaster which claimed the lives of 29 men… Audio

New Zealand saw the UK’s ‘Brentry’ into the EEC in 1973 as an existential threat to our nation’s future. It preoccupied New Zealanders for a decade and eventually all hinged on 48 hours of… Audio

The Cook Islands government has contracted a firm to do millions of dollars worth of repairs to its trademark water project. Audio

Kim Hill explores the true cost of abundant cheap, fatty and sugary food with Dr Sally Mackay, Dr Matire Harwood, Deborah Manning and Prof. Hugh Campbell. Audio

Auckland's two mayoral front-runners join Checkpoint host Lisa Owen in RNZ's first mayoral debate.

Current mayor Phil Goff and contender John Tamihere have expressed little love for each other so… Video, Audio

Once upon a timeour major media companies and telcos were none of each others' business. Now they are all up in each others' business because of 'convergence' driven by digital technology and the… Audio

Words have power. No one knows that better than Matt Blomfield, a former Hell's Pizza executive who found himself the subject of an orchestrated attack by Cameron Slater on the blog Whale Oil in… Audio

In April, a new law made domestic violence a workplace issue - what does that mean in practice and is it really necessary?

Claire Crofton investigates. Audio

Insight - The internet has helped those wanting to spread extremism and in the wake of the Christchurch terrorist attacks anonymous forums have come under scrutiny. Max Towle investigates whether… Audio

Bob Marley played his first and only NZ concert on Monday, 16 April 1979, at Auckland's Western Springs. Gareth Shute looks back on that visit and the seismic effect it had on this country's… Video, Audio

2018 was a turbulent year for the government’s media policy. Mediawatch asks the new minister Kris Faafoi about growing demand for public money in 2019 and calls for help from private companies… Audio

A Cook Islands developer hopes work will be underway later this year on a five star hotel on Rarotonga. Audio

UK band The Stranglers have had 23 UK Top 40 hit singles and 17 UK Top 40 albums. Before their two NZ shows Strangler Baz Warne chatted with Trevor Reekie. Audio