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The Reserve Bank is expected to raise the official cash rate again today. 

The general consensus among bank and business economists is for a quarter-of-a-percent increase,  what they call 25 basis… Audio

The National Party leader Christopher Luxon says another hike of interest rates will bring pain and suffering for New Zealanders.

The Reserve Bank is expected to raise the official cash rate again… Audio

Te Pūkenga has officially decided to close Auckland's MAINZ campus, leaving music and audio students in limbo, and tutors out of jobs.

The organisation in charge of bringing together New Zealand's 16… Video, Audio

Easter would normally be boom times on the Coromandel Peninsula, a playground for Auckland escapees.

But the indefinite closure of State Highway 25A - a main route to a number of holiday hotspots -… Audio

After so many years talking about a rocketing housing market, what goes up must come down. And it is indeed coming down. Rebecca talks to Kathryn about who is buying houses now, how many are we… Audio

The NZ Dance Company has restructured itself over the past couple of years and is excited to announce the appointment of a new artistic director and CEO Moss Te Ururangi Patterson. (Ngati Tuwharetoa)… Audio

Parents can help their teenage children avoid patterns of emotional overreaction, says psychologist Michael Hawton. His new book The Anxiety Coach is a guide for parents on how to help young people… Audio

The RBNZ monetary policy statement is due next week, Pattrick discusses whether another 25 basis points rise is on the cards? Or more? He says much seems to rest on whether the fragility in US and… Audio

The Mississippi town of Rolling Fork is still grapping with the aftermath of a tornado that's displaced almost every resident. At least 25 people died when winds blowing up to 320 kilometres per hour… Audio

The east coast of the Coromandel remains largely cut off from the rest of the country, with access in and out severely impacted by the summer's cyclones.

A fix for the biggest slip in the region on… Video, Audio

The Phoenix Foundation is one of New Zealand's most well loved bands, and the fact they're still going after nearly 25 years is testament to that. Next Saturday they are the headline act at the One… Audio

In the last few years, Tom O'Brien's Southland farmland has become home to a hand-built bike and hiking track and an organic market garden. Audio

On this week’s Nashville Babylon Mark has new music from Iris Dement and New Zealand’s The Loving Arms. There’s also blues from Otis Spann and Howlin’ Wolf plus CW Stoneking covering the White… Audio

Music from two Arts- Art Farmer's take on 'Straight No Chaser' and Art Pepper's version of 'Brazil'. Plus NZ jazz from Charmaine Ford and Vaughn Roberts, and the SFJazz Collective plays Michael… Audio

Coleman Hawkins plays the classic standard 'There is no Greater Love'; The Jazz Messengers play Curtis Fuller's 'Sortie', and Kamasi Washington plays his compelling track 'Re Run Home'. Audio

Soaked Oats formed in Dunedin in 2017 and have been constantly touring and releasing music since. Singer and Songwriter of Soaked Oats - Oscar Mein popped in to the RNZ studios to record us this very… Video, Audio

This week on we introducing its a band from Dunedin Riot Gull DEBORAH, GEMMA, LUCY & MADISON.

Here is Madison and Lucy Introducing their new single UMAMI. Video, Audio

UK duo Sleaford Mods are returning to New Zealand this May for their second visit following their sold-out debut NZ show in 2019. The band, hailing from Nottingham, England, are known for their… Video, Audio

Tony Stamp reviews new music from Ruban Nielson's Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Caroline Polachek, and local duo Surf Friends. Audio

Jessica Hopper is a director, producer and author based in Chicago. In a career spanning more than twenty years.

 Hopper earned acclaim as a provocative, fearless music journalist, writing for… Audio

Life-long creative Judy Darragh is known for her bright and brilliant use of colour and found materials as a sculptor, painter and jeweller. Not afraid to use plastic, Darragh wants us to reflect on… Audio, Gallery

Ruapehu, the largest active volcano in Aotearoa, and its neighbour Tongariro, are iconic mountains in the central North Island. They don't look like most other New Zealand volcanoes though - their… Audio

Those not familiar with TikTok might not have heard of #BookTok, but, gathering 196,000 followers and 10 million likes, its been an important part of Chloe Gong's journey to becoming a New York Times… Audio

National's leader Christopher Luxon ditched Parliament for the playground this week, touring schools to sell his party's solution to declining student performance with a back-to-basics focus on… Audio

Pickleball – a form of paddle tennis played on a downsized court – is the fastest-growing sport in the US. Already well-established with older Americans, the game is now attracting people of all ages… Video, Audio

Bonnie Garmus's debut novel Lessons in Chemistry has become a multi-million selling bestseller largely through word of mouth.The story concerns a American scientist who, sacked for being pregnant in… Audio