Features

What's it like being the mother of a 13-year-old who is lashing out against the world?

Local electronica outfit Speech Act Theory perform three tracks from their self-titled debut EP. Video, Audio

WATCH - A Melbourne baker's instructional video has sparked debate on both sides of the Tasman. Video, Audio

Christchurch cook and caterer Tina Duncan chats to Kathryn Ryan about her lifetime love affair with food. Audio

A new book Fake Heroes: Ten False Icons and How they Altered the Course of History debunks many of the myths surrounding the heroes of history. Audio

Arizona hip-hop artist Mega Ran brings joy to a message of gratitude and empathy on his new album Buddy’s Magic Toybox. Audio

Actor, comedian, broadcaster and author, Michael Palin, has documented the extraordinary life and tragic death of a First World War soldier - his great-uncle Harry in latest book Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire.  Audio

The it! festival in the Bay of Islands brought a taste of summer to Paihia on Saturday, after years of cancellations due to Covid and extreme weather Audio

Smart Talk - Kawai by Dr Monty Soutar is the first novel in a trilogy bringing to life the pre-colonial history of Māori in Aotearoa. He discusses it with Stacey Morrison in a highlight of the 2023 Auckland Writers Festival. Audio

Dames Jools and Lynda Topp speak to Kim Hill about their rich lives in music and activism, living with cancer and the new memoir Untouchable Girls. Video, Audio

Elliott Childs reviews an album of beautifully captured field recordings from a farm in Hokkaido. Audio

American writer Kim Stanley Robinson spends a lot of time imagining the future, and predicts the next few decades will look messy, but it's still worth trying to reign in climate change. Audio

Actor Robyn Malcolm and screenwriter Dianne Taylor tell Kim Hill why they've created a TV show about "angry middle-aged women". Audio

Playing Bach's music on the instrument it was originally composed for was the perfect match for Erin Helyard. The early keyboard specialist and conductor will be performing concerts with NZ Barok in Auckland, and the CSO in Christchurch. Audio

Hawke's Bay farmer Clark Chrystal says sheep dog training helps his rural community stay connected. Audio

Elliott Childs reviews a new album of pop-punk anguish from Colorado band Broken Record. Audio

"The Mount Everest of cinema-going" is how founder Ant Timpson describes Auckland's annual 24-Hour Movie Marathon.

Run out of reading material over the holidays? Dionne Christian recommends some fresh tales about errant road cones, adventurous aunties and rugby-playing dogs.

Alan Wilcox has dedicated his life to the New Zealand horticulture industry. Audio

Dark and unsettling, but sort of cute and eminently catchy in the tune department, The Handsome Family have finally brought us a new album, Hollow. William Dart plays it alongside three decades of their music. Audio

Arthur Sullivan was the music half of the successful theatrical partnership, Gilbert and Sullivan. Alongside those catchy songs from Pirates of Penzance and HMS Pinafore, he also wrote hymn tunes. You can hear one this week, paired with words by poet Christopher Wordsworth. Audio

Nick Tipping takes a dive into the cool sound of West Coast jazz, including musicians like Dave Brubeck, Anita O'Day, Art Pepper and Gerry Mulligan. Audio

Disco-boogie collective Flamingo Pier play some tunes from their latest EP 'Beneath The Neon'. Video, Audio

Local pork producers are getting squeezed out by the flood of cheap processed products from overseas, says free-range pig farmer Hamish Cottle. Audio