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How much has changed for New Zealand's female composers in the 125 years since women's suffrage? In the 2018 Lilburn Lecture, acclaimed composer Eve de Castro-Robinson reflects on her own journey as a… Audio, Gallery

Fourteen years after launching “the new voice of talk radio” MediaWorks will silence Radio Live and jobs look set to go as a classic hits station takes over. Mediawatch looks at why and what might… Audio

For 13 years, the American podcast Love + Radio has been quietly serving up personal narratives (sometimes adult-themed) with cutting-edge sound design. As one happy listener puts it: "The stories are… Audio

New Caledonia has voted against independence from France, with 57 percent voting for the status quo in Sunday's referendum. However, the smaller than expected margin of victory for the… Audio

'Dirt Church Radio' is a locally produced show with a focus on trail running- basically running done in New Zealand's great outdoors. We play some of Episode 7 featuring the American ultramarathon… Audio

Vanuatu judge Oliver Saksak says as a result of recent court rulings, public office holders are learning that they must be accountable. Audio

Radio Atlas brings non-English audio documentaries to an English speaking audience using subtitles that are timed to appear on your smartphone screen at exactly the same time as you hear the audio. We… Audio

Twenty new mysterious radio signals from deep space have been detected by Australian researchers. They're know as 'fast radio bursts' and the Australian scientists have found some of the closest and… Audio

Merv Smith, who was the king of commercial breakfast radio for nearly three decades, has died. He took over the breakfast slot on Auckland's old 1ZB station in 1961 and topped the ratings until he… Audio

A dramatic night rescue in difficult sea conditions off the Bougainville atolls has highlighted the need for martime safety improvements. Audio

What's the biggest coincidence you've ever experienced? Unfortunately it's unlikely that any of them will impress David Spiegelhalter all that much. He's a Professor of the Public Understanding of… Audio

The French environment minister Nicolas Hulot has announced his resignation live in a radio interview in a move that surprised the French President, the prime minister, and even his wife. He made the… Audio

The country's oldest Māori radio station has called upon former broadcaster Willie Jackson to save it from closure. Te Upoko o Te Ika, based in central Wellington, has been running for 33 years but… Audio

Wellington iwi are blocking the oldest Maori radio station from getting funding, and the station is on the brink of closure. Documents leaked to RNZ show Te Atiawa and Ngati Toa are pushing for… Audio

There are plans in Papua New Guinea to restore shortwave radio services in Bougainville Audio

A Tongan NGO is aiming to boost the disaster preparedness of locals to help avoid some of the psychosocial issues that were created out of February's Cyclone Gita. Audio

Getting more women elected, getting young people involved, and trying to tell people what it is they actually do were the main themes when the speakers of the region's parliaments gathered this week.

With new forays into the Pacific region, China Radio International is seeking to bridge the gap in understanding about China in other parts of the world. That's according to Viola Kuo Huang, a… Audio

A group of Australia based supporters of Radio Australia want to see a re-vitalisation of the ABC's broadcasts to the Asia/Pacific region. Audio

China is making a concerted foray into radio broadcasting in the Pacific Islands, and is taking up a lot of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's former shortwave radio frequencies into the… Audio

One of the experts speaking at this week's New Zealand Emergency Management Conference has had a lot of experience helping Fiji improve its systems to cope with disaster. Audio

After our interview with sleep expert Lora Wu yesterday, we were contacted by John Watson, who started his own internet radio station, called Sleep Radio, after suffering from a bout of severe… Audio

The Minister of Pacific Peoples in NZ and friend gives his tribute to one of Samoa's renowned broadcasters and businessman. Audio

The community has turned out to support the debut of Rotuman Language Week in Auckland as part of efforts to save the language considered endangered by the UN. Audio