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At home, David Morriss has some real treasures in his record collection and here he shares with us a personal selection of the rare, the exquisite and the sometimes astounding. Audio, Gallery

RNZ Music's Nick Bollinger and Yadana Saw remember our musical friends who have died in 2016. Video, Audio

Tired of the same carols on repeat? Clarissa Dunn and Cynthia Morahan asked colleagues and friends from the music community to contribute some of their favourites to a Christmas Playlist. Video

The Nelson Civic Choir is off to perform at the famed Carnegie Hall in January. Choral Conductor Chris Lukies explains how the invitation from Distinguished Concerts International New York arrived… Audio

Isaac Hindin-Miller was the first New Zealander to ever be fired for writing a blog post, back in 2008. As it turned out, his story was correct and he won a payout, which he used to travel to New… Audio, Gallery

A sharp dressed man in New Zealand used to mean long socks, wide ties and whatever was on special at Farmers. Audio, Gallery

Our final Bookmarks guest for 2016 is an editor, journalist, author and digital marketing guru who formed her own brand strategy and management agency upon returning home after ten years in New York… Audio

With summer holidays ahead, Nick Bollinger and Kiran Dass recommend eleven recent music books worth keeping beside your hammock.

The police in Solomon Islands say they're ready to rearm as soon as the government gives them the green light. Audio

Peter Jackson calls George Lucas "the Thomas Edison of the movie industry", an innovator above all else. Lucas was a nerd before nerds were cool. Audio, Gallery

Everyone seems to agree that our drug laws are no longer fit for purpose. So what are we doing about it? Audio

Charles (Chuck) Lane is an opinion writer for The Washington Post and a regular guest on Fox News Channel.

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Cenk Uygur is the founder and host of The Young Turks - the most popular news and current affairs show on YouTube. Audio

Our guest is making perfume, in a decommissioned toilet block, complete with a urinal. Perfumer, Vanessa York, has just taken up a residency at Auckland Council community arts facility Studio One: Toi… Audio

Traditionally prepared kava has been found to enhance kava's inhibitory effect on cancer cells. Audio

Supermarket trolleys as dance partners - who'd have thought? Yet Australian choreographer Shaun Parker has been working with Kiwi dancers to create a street ballet leaping into, out of and around… Video, Audio

Brad Warrington weighs in on A Tribe Called Quest’s first - and last – album together in 18 years. Audio

Valerie Steele has been described by The Washington Post as one of “fashion’s brainiest women.” Since 2003, she been director and chief curator of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in… Audio

It's estimated that about one billion people have followed the battle for the World Chess Championship title today. The show-down was between Crimean Sergey Karjakin, and Norwegian Magnus Carlsen. It… Audio

The World Chess championships are on in New York. Audio

The World Chess championships are on in New York. What the Panelists Chris Wikaira and Penny Ashton want to talk about. Lawyer Andrew Hooker discusses the inelegibility of most Wellington businesses… Audio

British fashion photographer Kirsten Sinclair knows more than most about the chaos behind the scenes at the world's biggest and busiest catwalks. Images she's taken in London, Paris, Milan and New… Audio, Gallery

Some of the best journalism in New Zealand is found in glossy magazines which have a premium price tag on the cover. Why is New Zealand's dominant magazine publisher Bauer Media suddenly giving it… Audio