Features

Widescreen - The free streamer has had a facelift, with performance and reliability improvements, but has the feature film offering also improved? Asks Dan Slevin.

American soul singer Lee Fields' classic voice has taken him all over the world, now he brings his soulful southern grooves to Aotearoa for a special one-night-only performance at the Hollywood Avondale in Auckland. Audio

The latest exhibition of photographer Jon Carapiet called Legacy uses AI technology to reanimate current well-known and powerful individuals, creating the sense of a time machine. Audio

If you're on the committee of your local sports club and you think running a club is hard enough already, it's about to get harder, writes Bridget Tunnicliffe.

Stephen Diaz had to base himself in Europe to become a professional countertenor, but that doesn't stop him from coming back to Aotearoa when he can. Audio

Writer Michael Rosen is best known for the children's classic We're Going on a Bear Hunt. His new memoir is an altogether more adult tale that deals with the death of his son and his own battle with severe Covid-19, he tells Kim Hill. Audio

Country Life: Farmers' markets in New Zealand need more support from local authorities and government, a farmers' market advocate says. Audio

On her final Saturday Morning show, the beloved broadcaster chats to long-time colleague Bryan Crump (and surprise guests) about some of her favourite songs. Video, Audio, Gallery

A hunter-turned-trapper, Paora uses the skills he gained as a Bay Conservation Cadet to save a relic population of endangered kōkako.

The Sampler - André 3000's New Blue Sun is one of the most extreme artistic pivots in modern music, writes Tony Stamp. Video, Audio

LISTEN: This concert is a fusion of jazz songs and te reo Māori, featuring singers Whirimako Black, Allana Goldsmith and Leon Wharekura performing during the 2023 Auckland Arts Festival.

As handwriting disappears from our society, research shows that putting pen to paper is good for our brains, Daniel Oppenheimer, professor of psychology says, Audio

Analysis - If the bluster is to be believed, the new direction football is taking in Auckland is going to be very interesting, Jamie Wall writes.

Zimbabwe-born saxophone player Thabani Gapara is embracing the opportunities afforded him by his adopted homeland. Audio

Music reviews and writing used to be eagerly-read and hotly-contested in our papers and magazines. Mediawatch asks a former entertainment editor where that went, and what could bring it back. Audio

Listen to percussionist Justin DeHart and violist Mark Menzies perform innovative works by composers from Slovenia, Aotearoa and South Korea in this Asian Composers League concert, Ahiahi, held in Christchurch in 2022.

British comedian, actor and writer Adrian Edmondson's new memoir was "the result of a lot of strange factors all happening at once" - in particular, the United Kingdom's first Covid-19 lockdown, he tells Kim Hill. Audio

The Walt Disney Company turned a hundred last month. Cultural historian Dr Malcolm Cook talks to Bryan Crump about the role music's played in the company's success. Video, Audio

 Anne Rogers - the first female president of the Canterbury A&P Association - has some words about the wonders of wool. Audio

David Bowie's 1983 concert at Western Springs remains one of the country's largest music events, with a crowd of over 80,000. Ian Chapman looks back at a show that saw Bowie riding a wave of commercial success.   Video, Audio

Bryan Baker has been making knives for over 40 years – now his 24-year-old daughter Kelsey is also in the workshop. Audio

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, the prequel to the popular series, sees the young Coriolanus Snow fall in love with a Tribute - one of the contestants in the lethal Games. Video, Audio

Award-winning social psychology researcher Dr Andrew Vonasch has discovered many of us will go to the extreme. Audio

Long Read - Jeremy Rees has read all six books shortlisted for the international literature prize so you don't have to. Audio