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RNZ Concert is offering a Guy Fawkes night radio show of music chosen to be gentle for pets, and people, during fireworks, in collaboration with SPCA. 

Bernard discusses the tail end of the kerfuffle over Anthony Albanese's connections to Qantas and the free upgrades they gave him and the government forgiving 20% student debt. Audio

Earlier this year, Joe Bennett the self-described "pensioner with an iffy prostate" stuck out his thumb once again adding four new chapters to his classic yarn A Land of Two Halves. Audio

The American folk trio deliver a sprawling 20 track collection, largely recorded at a pub in Ireland. Audio

Massey University historian Professor Michael Belgrave has published the first major national history of Aoteaora New Zealand in 20 years. Audio

The UN Convention on Biological Diversity, known as COP16, has just wrapped up. Governments and other interested parties have reaffirmed the commitment made two years ago - to protect a third of the… Audio

Public Trust has revealed it dealt with an unexpectedly high number of applications for guardianship help in the past year - working with 1,443 more clients than it had expected to.  Audio

Tariq Trotter - better known as Black Thought - is the MC of the Grammy-Award winning hip-hop band The Roots. Audio

“Insulting to everybody” - former Minister for Treaty Negotiations Andrew Little shares his views on the Treaty Principles Bill, the realignment of Te Arawhiti, the disestablishment of Te Aka Whai… Video, Audio

Here are New Zealand's Top 30 favourite classical pieces - as voted in Settling the Score 2024 - and why people love them. Video, Audio

Extraordinary photographs of youth in late 70’s early ‘80s Newcastle in the UK have in recent years started to come fully into the light, thanks to the photographer’s daughter. Work that offers an… Video, Audio

Young Maori artists are being invited to enter the 2025 Te Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture award. 

Launched in 2020, by the New Zealand Portrait Gallery - Te Pukenga Whakaata, it aims to inspire a new… Audio

Matthew Sunderland is an Aotearoa New Zealand screen actor whose characters often turn up unexpectedly, in unexpected places. Ever since playing gunman David Gray - the man who killed 13 residents in… Audio

Dr Mandy Hagstrom is a senior lecturer in health sciences based at the University of NSW. She joins Jim to discuss micro-exercising. Audio

British punk pioneer Steve Diggle of Buzzcocks reflects on life in one of the UK’s pioneering punk rock bands.  Audio

Dan Jones has been the editor of the New York Times essay column Modern Love for 20 years. So what has he learned about life and love? Audio

Opponents of a Waimate waste-to-energy project are worried it won't get proper scrutiny as the company behind it seeks consent through fast-track legislation.  Audio

A group representing residents of retirement villages is furious about delays to changes to the 20-year-old law.  Audio

Music from the world, for the world, with Orlando Julius, Trilok Gurtu, Nitin Sawhney, and Senegalese kora player, Seckou Keita.  Audio

Bill Callahan's new live album, Resuscitate!, is an inescapable reason for William Dart to look back over the American songwriter's 34-year career, including music released under the moniker of Smog… Audio

The Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi revealed its eight Laureate Award recipients on Friday night.

Receiving a total of 280 thousand dollars - they're recognised for their outstanding practice as well as… Audio

Theatre director Ben Crowder had never really watched Peter Pan. He’d seen a London production as a child, and admits he was mostly confused, and the 1991 film Hook which stars Robyn Williams and… Audio

Each week, Culture 101 puts the spotlight on a different part of Aotearoa and this week we’re in the town of Matamata. Audio