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The founder of the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel, Craig Sisterson, reflects on this year's crop of finalists and the state of Kiwi crime writing. Craig regularly reviews crime novels and… Audio

Dirty Three's Warren Ellis goes solo to create the soundtrack for this French production about teenage rebellion in Turkey. Ryan Smith picks some tracks that show off both Ellis's talents on the… Audio

ENOXDIRTY show their love for Grey Lynn and share their track "Omar (We Like)" Audio

Conservative Party founder and one time leader Colin Craig has announced he is suing blogger Cameron Slater, a political rival and a lobbyist over what he calls a campaign of lies from the "dirty… Audio

Jim Pinckney undertakes a heartfelt, hip shaking tribute to New York City from The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. Audio

His explosive book triggered official inquiries and soul-searching in politics and journalism. But one on, Nicky Hager's the only person who's been investigated by the police as a result of what he… Audio

The racial row over housing that hogged headlines all week; Nicky Hager on lessons learned one year after 'Dirty Politics'; why dealing with data is now crucial in newsrooms; a glossy magazine that… Audio

Editor and publisher of Scoop Media, which runs the independent news source Scoop.co.nz as a free service for the public, supported by a range of premium services and a new "Ethical Paywall"… Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews a new collaboration between iconoclastic jazz trio The Bad Plus and saxophone virtuoso Joshua Redman. Audio

She was a young New Zealander driving a big old ambulance during World War One in Britain. Deborah Taylor was one only a few colonials doing that job, and a woman who was prepared to get her hands… Audio

Lois Williams explores what Northland expects after electing Winston Peters as its MP. Audio

Men's beards are a cesspit of bacteria according to US research. Audio

UK election; Falun Gong; Dirty beards Audio

For many New Zealanders, Gallipoli was to be the biggest adventure of their lives. To them fighting for King and Country was a calling and an honour, fresh-faced young men with glory in their eyes set… Audio, Gallery

Journalists Luke Harding, Nicky Hager and Richard King discuss freedom of speech in an era of big data, mass surveillance and the unauthorised release of information on a scale never before seen. The… Audio

Jail sought for former French Polynesian president Gaston Flosse for illegal spying and abuse of public funds. Audio

A resident on the remote Vanuatu island of Erromango says the community is in desperate need of food and drinking water as it has not yet received any Government aid. Audio

The head of Port Vila's hospital says an influx of patients after cyclone Pam is stretching the hospital's limited resources. Audio

Published by Text. Reviewed by Leah McFall. Audio

The dirty truth about the hygiene habits of UK women. Too tired to wash. Audio

Oxfam invites teams to complete a water engineering task to raise money to build sanitation services in remote parts of Papua New Guinea. Audio

Its slimy, dirty, slippery and dangerous and you've been trying to ignore it all winter, but I'm afraid the time has come. Audio

Susie Ferguson and Guyon Espiner review the big political stories of the year including National's victory in the election, the resignations of Ministers Maurice Williamson and Judith Collins, the… Audio

Nicky Hager's book Dirty Politics dominated this year's election. The book was based on the hacked emails of right wing blogger, Cameron Slater, to highlight his relationship with senior National… Audio

An unexpected rise in the projected cost of Auckland's convention centre; Nicky Hager looks back on the year of dirty politics; and in Dateline Pacific the West Papuan independence movement… Audio

Topics - these days it's cheap smartphones and even deals on tyres, touted on TV as the ideal Christmas gift. There's been a war against the trivialisation of Christmas for a hundred years. That's… Audio

Topics - President Xi of China raised with John Key the issue of getting back to China people who've escaped that country with dirty money, money from fraud and corruption. We hasten to add that a… Audio

The online-only companion to Mediawatch devoted to your queries and comments. This month: the return of Dirty Politics - and an Aussie view of the scandal; pundits aplenty on everything under the sun… Audio

Political commentators Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton on the continuing pressure on John Key in what is being called textgate, Andrew Little's successful first week at the helm of Labour. the… Audio

More and more primary sector jobs in the future won't require workers getting their hands dirty. The government estimates an extra 50 thousand workers will be needed if the sector is to reach its goal… Audio