Features

After ten years "trying to sort out the women" best-selling UK writer Caitlin Moran is now focussed on how patriarchy is harming boys and men – and how feminism can help. Audio

Long read - The six plaintiffs were left with 'deep scars' after working in 'punishing conditions' at the remote religious community, a judge said.

Tabla player Manjit Singh shares his love of music through his job: he runs the Rhythm School of Indian Music in Auckland and teaches a course on the Indian Classical tradition at the University’s music school. Audio

Jack Raharuhi manages four farms for Pāmu and in his spare time heads into the surf at Tauranga Bay. Audio

A decade after opening a food truck together, Auckland couple Sarah and Otis Frizzell still love making sweet tacos. Audio

A Tesla-driving city lawyer returns home to face her past in this new story by Shelley Burne-Field (Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Rārua).

It's that time of the year when William Dart looks back and considers songs and music that somehow fell on the cutting room floor - little treasures in their way from the likes of Al Green, Tall Dwarfs, The Nukes, Burt Bacharach and Soaked Oats. Audio

The season of Matariki has begun. It’s a time to gather with family and friends to reflect on the past, celebrate the present, and plan for the future. This week’s programme touches on some of those themes. Audio

Kalino Pongi is Music Director of the Maamaloa Brass Band, a Tongan community band based in Auckland. He talks with Bryan Crump. Audio

Jonathan Griffith tells Bryan Crump why 'The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace' is so special. The US-based conductor is in New Zealand to lead two free performances of Karl Jenkins' popular choral work. Audio

A fictional encounter between author Janet Frame and a psychiatric nurse at Seacliff Hospital near Dunedin. This RNZ Concert music recording also features in a film of the opera which debuts in the 2023 NZ International Film Festival.  

The sound of a ringtone can cause panic for people with bad cases of telephonophobia. Communication coach Mary Jane Copps has tips. Audio

Ella Stewart (Ngāpuhi) writes about how this special time of year brings her whānau closer together.

Genius, persistence and good luck have been critical to the great discoveries of modern physics, says Melbourne-based physicist Suzie Sheehy. Audio

Paige Tapara was inspired to become a pop star after watching an American tween movie as a child. Now, she wants to inspire queer Māori artists to own their space in Aotearoa's music industry.

Analysis - Every decade after the 1960s has been warmer than the one before and the 2010s were the warmest on record. But there can be a lot of variability from one year to the next, Kevin Trenberth writes.

Vanuatu continues to be the Pacific's leading beach volleyball nation because of its community-based programmes that promote the sport to the young.

Widescreen - Dan Slevin wonders whether the nostalgia for 35mm (and even 70mm) projection is justified.

To raise awareness of insects as a nutritious and sustainable protein source, food science researcher Ruchita Kavle is adding them to ice cream. Video, Audio

Three years after his death, a new documentary directed by Lisa Cortés pays tribute to the pioneer of rock 'n' roll Little Richard and makes clear his musical DNA is everywhere. Video, Audio

Dr Dugal McKinnon, Deputy Director of the New Zealand School of Music, says funding cuts "will have broad repercussions, diminishing the depth and breadth of music education. The creative industries will be starved of young talent." Audio

More is not always better, says polymath playwright, scientist and philosopher Professor Tim Jackson. Audio

Our Changing World - Tauranga-based producer Justine Murray dons some gumboots and meets some teeny-tiny cockles as she joins a team surveying the Waihi estuary. Audio

Tom Cruise delivers exactly what's written on the tin in Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning, which features a stellar but somewhat underused support cast, writes Simon Morris. Video, Audio

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