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There's nothing like pop music to get the "squares" riled up. There have been plenty of controversies around music and Simon Sweetman has a taste of what's caused a stir on the radio airwaves. Audio

As Radio Cook Islands prepares to lose its transmitter mast on Rarotonga it is seeking international help to improve its services to the outer islands. Audio

A Dunedin radio station's copped slack for giving our free coal, just days after the city declared a climate emergency. The stunt by The Hits has been likened to giving our cartons of cigarettes.  Audio

A Christian radio station is reluctantly selling off its 7000 strong vinyl collection but hopes it will be enjoyed by people who will treasure the LPs.

Radio Rhema started buying vinyl back in 1978.

Tahiti awaits ruling in Temaru's first case in criminal. Audio

The Cook Islands Government has ended AM radio transmission but a radio technical expoert says this will deny radio links to people in remote areas. Audio

New Caledonia's next government could for the first time have a pro-independence president Audio

Rejected claims ignite fresh controversy over French nuclear test compensation. Audio

This Sunday on Aotearoa’s dedicated radio show with pictures to arts and culture, Standing Room Only

Niue is building a new multi-million dollar parliament funded by New Zealand, but the project has run into opposition from landowners and an MP, who is seeking a court injunction against it. Audio

This Sunday on Standing Room Only, your arts and culture radio show from 12.30pm Mark Amery is standing in for Lynn Freeman

Over 14 episodes of 'Seeing White' from 'Scene on Radio', former radio reporter turned academic John Biewen enlists prominent historians, thinkers and writers (including his friend Dr. Chenjerai… Audio

Join Lynn Freeman 12.30 to 4pm this Sunday for new Australian director of the Auckland Art Gallery Kirsten Paisley, Melbourne comedian Rhys Nicholson, actor Theresa Healey playing the Queen, producer…

Karaoke battles on giant container ships, David Walliams wants to get more kids into classical music, a show that's just one guy going for a walk, a Parisian podcast telling the French capital's… Audio

While TVNZ was clearing out four hours of prime time to air a heavily-hyped documentary about Michael Jackson's alleged crimes against children, radio networks here were quietly easing his music off… Audio

New Zealand radio stations are dropping Michael Jackson's music in the wake of new allegations of chld abuse against the singer. NZME and Mediaworks are dropping the king of pop from their playlists… Audio

A former senior producer for RNZ, Brandy Scott is now hosting her own show on Dubai's only talk radio station. She's also just published her first novel, Not Bad People, which follows a friendship… Audio

A teenage Briton’s bid to return home after sleeping with the enemy in Syria was a huge talking point in the UK. But it also occupied a lot of airtime here, obscuring the issue closer to home. Audio

Vanuatu's Meteological Service says there is a red alert in place today as Cyclone Oma approaches the countries northern provinces. Audio

This Sunday on Standing Room Only RNZ National 12.30pm-4pm we're playing music from films by New Zealand women as we hear from the NZ Film Commission, after 12.30pm live, from the Berlin International…

An Australian media lobbying group says plans to broadcast Australian television content into the Pacific isn't what the region needs. Audio

Controversy in Hawaii over removing Russia reference from name of historical park. Audio

Thomas Goss looks at the rise of Roxy Music, and how Brian Eno emerged as a significant solo artist of the mid-70's glam scene; Celeste Oram's Young People's Guide to the Orchestra is her sonic love… Video

Journalist Stephen J Dubner explores the "hidden side of everything" with "Nobel laureates, provocateurs, intellectuals, entrepreneurs, and various other underachievers" in the super-popular podcast… Audio