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It’s not only what you sing but whom you sing with. William Dart tests out that hypothesis using new highly collaborative albums by Sheryl Crow and Iggy Pop. Video, Audio

A fierce debate over dirty laundry is heating up in Hobsonville Point in Auckland. Some residents are furious about washing being hung out to dry on lines rigged up outside homes. Audio

New Zealand has one of the highest reported rates of domestic violence in the developed world. The government has just put tougher laws in place to try stop violence in families. Kim Griggs has been… Audio

Our most feared pest could be starting its journey to New Zealand.

Nikki Mandow dons some over-sized steel-capped boots to discover the superhuman efforts that biosecurity officials, scientists… Audio

Every day, agriculture tutor Joe Steventon heads out to high schools around the lower North Island. He round up kids and take them out to the countryside to find out what's involved in working the… Audio, Gallery

Waking up to Dr Matt Morgan at your bedside means something has gone seriously wrong. Perhaps a with vital organ, or you've been caught up in a serious accident, or you've undergone a major operation.

In the year 2006, Greg Wards was a Kiwi expat living it up on his big OE in London. One night he went to a house party and met an American woman. Audio

The boom times for the controversial swamp kauri trade appear to be declining - just as a Northland environmental group wins a David and Goliath battle to stop the region being pillaged.  Audio

Recent elections overseas were won by narrow margins amid claims voters were influenced by misleading messages injected straight into their social media feeds by political parties.  Is that what we… Video, Audio

If the government gave everyone an extra $1000 to spend would we all be better off?

Bernard Hickey looks into the theory of helicopter money. Audio

More than half the world's population live in urban areas and cities around the globe are getting larger and more congested. Through an archaeological lens, UCLA professor of anthropology and… Audio

In Waikato a dairy consultant says it's been the best winter he can remember. A good week of weather in Canterbury has allowed cropping farmers to get on with planting spring barley. Audio

Grey Lynn hip-hop duo Eno x Dirty perform new songs and talk about some of the inspirations behind their high energy party raps Video, Audio

National Party leader Simon Bridges has accused the Prime Minister of failing in her duties by being in Tokelau instead of leading a government response to the Ihumātao land dispute calling her a… Video, Audio

A new documentary Mystify: Michael Hutchence, currently showing at the NZ International Film Festival, seeks to reveal the truth about the late INXS singer. Director Richard Lowenstein speaks to RNZ… Audio

The quest for romance is never simple which award-winning Australian feature writer and journalist, Stephanie Wood found out the hard way through an on-line encounter, that became a relationship, and… Audio

Much loved British author of nineteen novels, and BAFTA winning screenwriter, the talent behind the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Deborah Moggach OBE tells Kathryn Ryan about her latest novel, The Carer… Audio

The University of Canterbury team Electric Sheep was the only New Zealand team to compete at the international RoboCup 2019 competition in Sydney, designing and building autonomous robot teams capable… Audio

This week Nick goes for a set of swinging tunes from John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Canadian singer Diana Panton, and Kenny Burrell. Audio

When restrictive new abortion laws were passed in this country, a grass roots group of women immediately mobilised. Produced by Claire Crofton. Audio

Over the last decade more than 200 produce growers in Auckland have closed up shop as more rural land has been rezoned to residential to keep up with the demand for housing.

Now, after 60 years of… Video, Audio

A band of volunteers has made it their mission to bring laughter and joy to refugee children all around the world. The Flying seagull project is a team of entertainers who visit orphanges, hospitals… Video, Audio

FarmHand connects young people with permanent work or further education through hands-on outdoor work experience. The 9-week intensive course is run by the Malcam Trust, a youth-focused training… Audio

National Party leader Simon Bridges says the Treasury Secretary may be the fall-guy for ministers' false allegations of criminal hacking of Budget documents.

The State Services Commission is looking… Audio

Reporter Conan Young goes to the Linwood mosque, where a special halal hangi was put on during the month of Ramadan Video, Audio

The re-entry of the Pike River mine this week was an historic event but there were no media there to record it; the families of the 29 men who died in the disaster did not want them there. Mediawatch … Audio

The Southland accent has a distinctive burr, and new research is revealing how those 'rolled Rs' have changed over time. Audio

New Zealanders are generating record amounts of waste, despite promises from the government that it would turn our rubbish habits around. Video, Audio

Taranaki born soul singer Bailey Wiley is becoming stronger and more resolutely herself with each release. Kirsten Johnstone finds out more about her evolution. Video, Audio