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Eastern Porirua is set to receive a $1.5 billion facelift as part of a new 25-year plan to revitalise the rundown suburb. A partnership with local iwi Ngāti Toa, it involves the redevelopment of… Audio

Te Awaroa o Porirua Whaitua committee is a group of locals thinking about freshwater quality in the Porirua catchment and harbour. Audio

Down-at-heel suburbs of eastern Porirua are set to get a $1.5 billion face-lift from the Government with the region's first Kiwibuild project and the revamp of thousands of state houses. Video, Audio

“Women hold up half the sky” Mao Zedong is famously misquoted as saying. In her new book Women and China’s Revolutions, historian Gail​ Hershatter looks at just how heavy 'half the sky' was for the…

America's Cup boat builder McMullen & Wing is helping eastern Bay of Plenty youth get a foothold on the first rung of the career ladder. A brand new vessel, custom built for NZ's largest off shore… Audio

Auckland writer and cook Ashia Ismail-Singer putts an eastern twist on Kiwi favourites such as roast lamb and pavlova in her new book My Indian Kitchen. Ashia shares recipes for Puri (which she says… Audio, Gallery

Thousands of migrants are making their way from Central American nations to the southern US border. The caravan left a town in Eastern Honduras on foot over a week ago and headed west, across… Audio

Another diverse line-up, including locals Nadia Reid, Kora and The Black Seeds, as well as exciting site changes have been announced for WOMAD 2019. Video, Audio

The South Pacific is forecast to experience seven to eleven cyclones this season, and three or four of those are likely to be severe. Audio

Former West Auckland toy-lending librarian Anne Riley and Gore library manager Lorraine Weston-Webb talk about their services and how families make use of them. Audio

The first scoring All Black in history, Tom Ryan was also a prize-winning artist and sailor, married the daughter of a Ngāpuhi leader and spearheaded the tourism and troutfishing industries for Lake… Audio

A plan to avert the collapse of the polytechnic sector in New Zealand has been delivered to the Minister of Education, Chris Hipkins. New Zealand's Institutes of technology and polytechnics are… Audio

RNZ Music is proud to share the first look at ‘Give It To Me’ by Motte, the solo incarnation of Christchurch singer/violinist Anita Clark who was silenced by a virus that could have stopped her… Video, Audio

My first song guest today is no stranger to the RNZ studio, we've had him for NZ Live as part of Lyttleton country band The Eastern.  Audio

Noelle McCarthy leads a discussion about what the #MeToo movement really means for Aotearoa/New Zealand. With Kirsty Johnston, Zoë Lawton, Rhonda Tibble and Henry Law. Video, Audio

Many of New Zealand's threatened seabirds are at danger from fishing across the Pacific. Audio

Measures to protect cities from the intense storms and rising sea levels caused by climate change should consider projects which also enhance life in the city, visiting expert Kai-Uwe Bergmann says. Audio

Lynn talks with Danny and Yaron Eliahu, whose family business has been supplying New Zealanders with fresh pita bread for 30 years. When the family emigrated to New Zealand from Israel in the 1988… Audio

This week's RNZ Music mixtape selector is The Eastern's Adam McGrath. He picks tunes and shares tales of his rugged Southern upbringing with Kirsten Johnstone. Video, Audio

Fresh dates are good for us and syrup made from them is a great alternative to refined sugar, says Julie Biuso. She shares a recipe for eggplant and date salad. Audio

Downward dog and pigeon pose may be familiar to you, but how about ke raro and kererū? More than 100 people turned out in Wellington for a yoga class with a twist - it was taught entirely in te reo… Audio

Hurricane Florence is slowing slightly, but growing in size, as its outer edges lash the eastern coast of the United States. Six nuclear power plants are in the path of the storm, which FEMA says is… Audio

Hurricane Florence is "big and vicious" and potentially deadly. More than one million people have been told to evacuate as it slowly approaches the United State's eastern coastline. Video, Audio

Blessed Mvement is a hip-hop troupe made up entirely of young North African and Middle Eastern Muslim men. They're also the subject of a documentary series by Scottish film-maker Alexis Smith - who… Audio

Europe Correspondent, Seamus Kearney reports on protests in the eastern German city of Chemnitz, with anti fascist groups holding counter rallies following far right groups marching and doing the Nazi… Audio

In this episode of Voices; the first Polish President to visit NZ causes division in the Polish community. Produced by Eva Corlett . Audio

This year the BBC Proms shines the spotlight on the work female composers and celebrates some important anniversaries. Video

Authors without borders have banded together to write the Freedom Papers. It's edited by Nick Barley who is in New Zealand for the Word Christchurch festival.  Audio

Far-right activists have demonstrated in Germany's eastern city of Chemnitz after the deadly stabbing of a German man that authorities have blamed on two migrants. About 6000 demonstrators, some… Audio

The World Health Organisation is extending a polio vaccination programme in Papua New Guinea after the discovery of a fourth infected child. Audio