Features

Kāinga is the first feature film to screen on the RNZ website. It’s a collection of eight short movie explorations of what home in Aotearoa means from a Kiwi-Asian experience. Wellington composer Lauren King has written the soundtrack. Video, Audio

Trendsetting '60s singer Dinah Lee (now 80) will play live with country star Tami Neilson this October. Video, Audio

Are trackpants ok? Is it wrong to wear brown shoes with a blue suit? What should you wear to a job interview? Menswear guru Robert Niwa answers an array of burning style questions. Audio

Suddenly coming into money isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, according to a financial expert who helps people cope with unexpected windfalls of cash. Audio

Tony Stamp explores the masterful blend of ambient and folk music on American songwriter Julie Byrne's first album in six years. Audio

More local stories, written and performed by New Zealand writers and actors, could be a positive spin-off from the strike currently paralysing TV and screen productions overseas, a leading New Zealand entertainment professional says. Audio

Thousands of Kiwi secondary school musicians enjoy the thrill of making music in small groups as part of this competition. Hear the finalists - and the winners - performing on stage at The Piano in Christchurch here.

Rivers have been given room to flood safely in the Netherlands for two decades and an expert in New Zealand thinks we should be doing the same. Audio

After a 16-year stint as the Labour MP for Māngere, Aupito William Sio is signing off. He tells Johnny Blades what he learnt as a politician. Audio

Tony Stamp reviews a fascinating 68-song collection of alternative music from the former mill town. Audio

Ondulation is the latest album from Tāmaki Makaurau-based composer, keyboard player and performer Alan Brown. It's inspired by – and features – an electronic instrument called the Ondomo. Audio

Eight Pan-Asian women talk about the complexity of calling Aotearoa New Zealand 'home'. (An RNZ film made with the support of NZ On Air)

The current Composer-in-Residence at Lilburn House in Wellington talks with Bryan Crump about the importance of her Greek heritage, how she approaches composing and what she does to relax. Audio

The FIFA Women's World Cup attracted record crowds and also delivered drama. Will it change how sport gets covered by the media? Video, Audio

American journalist Virginia Sole-Smith helps parents counter the idea that fatness is a moral failing in her best-selling book Fat Talk. Audio

Jemaine Clement takes the lead in this lavish comedy podcast now streaming on RNZ.

81-year-old Barry Skinner's converted garage overflows with signed photographs, records and memorabilia. Video, Audio

Restaurants around New Zealand are now serving slow-cooked meats bathed in top-secret sauces, spices and rubs.

Tāmaki troubadour D.C. Maxwell spins tales of outlaws, love, and loss on his compelling debut. Audio

"Trying to improve the environmental damage from overuse of fertiliser... I think it's all been very good and I've learned a lot." Audio

William Dart looks at music on the cool side, with some sassy R&B from veteran Betty LaVette and glorious English folk song from the now 88-year old Shirley Collins. Audio

Hymns by 'Tims’ feature in this week’s programme: English hymn writer Timothy Dudley-Smith and Timothy Rees, who was Bishop of Llandaff in the 1930s. Audio

"There's amazing, great talent in every genre ...how can you not try and play some of this stuff with your violin?" Video, Audio

Gretchen Lowe's twist on a traditional Palestinian dish is a family favourite. Audio