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Paul Cuming is an expert on the birds of the Bay of Plenty and their songs, and he's been a bird watcher for 50 years. Audio

Northland's farmers are reluctant to buy in stock and the sheep farmers in the southern South Island seem to have made it through this week's weather bomb with fewer than expected lamb deaths. Find… Audio

RNZ is over-the-moon to present the new single and video ‘Wasting Our Time’ from Christchurch band Adam Hattaway and The Haunters. The song is the lead single from their upcoming album Woolston, Texas… Video

NZTrio performs Dinuk Wijeratne's 'Love Triangle'. Audio

NZTrio performs Christos Hatzis' 'Old Photographs'. Audio

Election campaigning is now in full swing. Party People tell us who they thought did well in the debates this week, including whom they think won when Jacinda and Judith went head-to-head. Audio

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

Marine scientist Kura Paul-Burke tells Jesse about Mātauranga Māori and its growing role in Aotearoa's science sector. Audio

When a prestigious publisher said New Zealand was the second-safest country in the whole Covid-stricken globe, it was no surprise that made headlines here - and it was touted as evidence that we’re on… Audio

Many museums and art galleries around the country are struggling with funding and visitor numbers. But Gore is pressing ahead with several ambitious projects with the full support of its community… Audio, Gallery

There's plenty of jobs going in the small eastern seaside town of Opotiki right now, thanks to a funding boost for projects in the area. Opotiki District Mayor Lyn Rieseterer talks to Jesse about… Audio

Dead corals cast up the shore of Aitutaki, in the Cook Islands, provide a window into the Pacific Ocean's marine climate hundreds of years ago. Audio

The Sensitives are millions of people who suffer from synthetic chemicals. Journalist Oliver Broudy takes us inside the world of people who seem to be allergic to the modern world. Audio

One of the givens of the annual New Zealand International Film Festival is a strong music section. One highlight is a documentary about Seventies legends The Band called Once Were Brothers: Robbie… Video, Audio

Music from the world, for the world, hosted by Trevor Reekie. Audio

A frozen seafood shop in Eastern Spain has found itself in hot oil over its use of two thousand year old artefacts. Robert Kelly is in to discuss the use of archaeological objects in the meditteranean… Audio

The eastern states of Australia are on tenterhooks as Victoria recorded it's highest daily number of infections since the start of the Covid-19 outbreak.

There were 484 new cases overnight, and two… Video, Audio

Sharon Brettkelly heads to the Bay of Plenty where a tiny iwi has managed to galvanise a community behind a high-risk aquaculture project - and is reaping the rewards.  Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews lockdown sets from Kenyan-born, Minnesota-based troubadour J.S. Ondara and veteran English singer-songwriter Richard Thompson, plus the gothic synth-pop of Swedish duo I Break… Audio

More than half of those shot at by police with sponge bullets are Māori, police data shows. The bullets are large rounds of dense, blunt material designed not to penetrate skin.

They are fired from a… Audio

Yesterday marked the start of Matariki-Maori New Year. Matariki is the name for the cluster of stars also known as the Pleiades. When it rises in the north-eastern skies in late May or early June, it… Audio

A funding boost for freshwater and environmental project is being called a little bit of hope at the end of a very dark tunnel.

The government is investing $162 million towards 23 projects through… Audio

Researchers have spent the last two decades studying the "cultural evolution" of the white-throated sparrow song. Audio

In this episode, we're talking to one of the recipients of this years Ambassador's Commendation Award from Embassy of Japan in New Zealand. Produced by Kadambari Raghukumar  Audio

In November of 2018 Claire Taipari's regular mammogram came back all clear, but just one week later she felt a lump on her breast and decided to get it checked.  After tests, three cancerous tumours… Audio

In this episode we meet a Nepali Bhutanese woman who came to Aotearoa as a refugee and decided to get behind the wheel and break all moulds. Produced by Kadambari Raghukumar Audio

Firefighters are monitoring a hazardous ammonia leak at Fonterra's Te Rapa factory.

The leak is contained on site and all the staff have been safely evacuated but so far the firefighters can't get… Audio

Former New Zealand First MP Tuariki Delamere has joined a fight to stop the Whakatohea Treaty Settlement - one of the biggest settlements in history - from being finalised.

The group negotiating the… Audio

Underworld investigator Misha Glenny says the Covid-19 pandemic is going to change the nature of the drug-dealing business, working against the big organised crime cartels who traditionally control… Audio

Melana Khabazi’s love affair with dance helped the 26-year-old Russian discover her spiritual home half a world away from where she was born. 

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