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In Our Defence by Pete McKenzie: The defence force is spending up billions, but not on personnel's languishing wages or housing. Now, its ranks are thinning. Audio

More than a week after Cyclone Gabrielle hit, Hawke's Bay fruit growers are still assessing the damage - and their futures.

Some have been wiped out completely, while others are working out how to… Video, Audio

There was an urgent listing in the Dominion Post, reading:"Four Boomers Need Help". Behind the ad is Bryan Cadogan, aka Sprout . He's also the mayor of Balclutha - we check in to see if the ad has… Audio

The Soundtrack of Baz Luhrman's Moulin Rouge kicks off the 10-day Hamilton Arts Festival. We talk with two of the opera singers performing in the show. 

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Millions of dollars in new support will be available from today for farmers and growers walloped by the cyclone. 

The $25 million worth of grants is for urgent work, including fencing, and clearing… Audio

Singer-songwriter Hollie Fullbrook takes inspiration from the Manukau Harbour on the upcoming Tiny Ruins album Ceremony. She chats to Jesse Mulligan about the album and performs 'Dorothy Bay' - a new… Video, Audio

Australian firefighters have touched down in Aotearoa to assist in recovery efforts. 25 Fire and Rescue Service specialist firefighters from Queensland arrived yesterday, and will get to work… Audio

Nick checks out tracks from Sarah Vaughan's classic 1957 release 'Swingin' Easy', as well as tunes from Tina Brooks, Greg Crayford, and Elvin Jones. Audio

Our guest picking their favourite songs is composer & percussionist Gareth Farr. Gareth has made a name for being one of New Zealand's most prestigious composers.

His pieces have been performed by… Audio

We check in with people dealing with the damage caused by Cyclone Gabrielle. Audio

From regenerative agriculture and Japanese beef cattle to solar panels that run the irrigation pumps, Ryan Cockburn is changing the farming landscape on his grandparents farm near Ashburton. Audio

In Wairarapa, 2000 people who had been cut off after significant slips across the roading network, have now been reached by the Defence Force.

At least 25 homes and one school have been damaged in… Audio

Kathryn Harkup is a chemist and science writer who sets up her own Q Branch to test how 007 would stand up to the laws of physics, chemistry and biology.  Audio

Helicopters continue to rescue people from roofs and fly generators to farflung hills to reboot cellphone towers.

Last evening the government said 25 individuals or groups still needed rescuing 

The… Audio

At last, many Coromandel residents were able to enjoy a hot meal and a cold beer yesterday when the lights flickered on for the first times since Sunday night . But they're being warned that the… Audio

Writer-director Charlotte Wells chats to Simon Morris about the father-daughter relationship in Aftersun - a little gem of a film with two dynamite leads. Video, Audio

Today on The Panel, Wallace and panellists discuss Government funding to allow residents to move to higher ground. Plus they discuss youth mental health with the Salvation Army, and celebrate 25 years… Audio

Parts of the Coromandel have been without power for almost 24 hours as rough seas and heavy rain continues to pound the coastline.

State Highway 25 between Hikuai and Tairua is now closed due to… Video, Audio

Future Islands Frontman Sam T. Herring has had an interesting journey in music, starting out as a rapper before finding huge success with Future Islands and forming his latest hip hop project Hemlock… Video, Audio

Professor Huhana Smith, who heads Whiti o Rehua School of Art at Massey University, has spent the last 20 years focussed on the restoration of her ancestral coastal whenua and awa at Kuku Beach, near… Audio

A giant hole in a key state highway to the Coromandel Peninsula has left businesses there increasingly worried about their livelihoods.

With state highway 25A out of action indefinitely holidaymakers… Video, Audio

'One day milkmen will whistle my tunes when they're delivering the milk like they do Puccini today.' Dave Armstrong's new play features Austrian exile, composer, numerologist and self-confessed… Audio

A group of health experts is urging the government to expand its free lunch scheme to more schools as families struggle with the cost of living crisis.

Health Coalition Aotearoa says more children… Audio

The air force's decades-old Orions have been retired. The Detail finds out more about the planes that'll replace them. Audio

Otautahi Musician Hannah Everingham is currently in Tamaki on tour - so we thought we would get her in the studio for a special live performance.

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