Features

Greater than Bollywood musicals, the Indian community in New Zealand has brought their musical roots with them, and  hundreds of musicians and artists across genres, cities and age groups learn and perform the arts here every year.

How Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins square up against the different news networks and hosts.

The Indian music scene is greater than the artists that are famous in the Bollywood movie industry, writes Gaurav Sharma.

Our guest curating their Mixtape this week is award winning NZ composer Eve de Castro-Robinson For 25 years Eve was the Associate Professor in Composition from the University of Auckland, and now works as a freelance composer, music consultant and writer. Audio

Congratulations to Dr Karen Grylls, who has been awarded Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to choral music. Audio

Would you like to be paid a basic income, no matter what? UK academic Stuart Lansley believes the UBI's time has come and could be a powerful weapon against inequality. Audio

Radio Ngāti Porou's headquarters in Ruatōria may not look like your typical radio station, and that's probably because it isn't, writes Matthew Rosenberg.

A dad who used Facebook and Instagram to find surrogate mothers for his children has set up a website to ‘matchmake’ other people needing help to make a baby. But a fertility expert says people going down the DIY route are taking huge risks. Audio

Don McGlashan tells Music 101 about his love of bridges and instructional tea towels and why the 'best piece of dance music that's ever been made' never saw the light of day. Video, Audio

Sixteen lucky volunteers will be combing the most southerly beaches in the country next month for trash from as far afield as Australia.

The tragedy of Shakespeare's King Lear can be seen everywhere today, from Putin's Russia to American politics, actor Michael Hurst tells Jim Mora as he takes on the role of a lifetime. Audio

The NZ team named for the Netball World Cup might not have been met with widespread approval but it's hard to fault the selectors' logic, writes Bridget Tunnicliffe.

Yeyeong (Jenny) Jin, from South Korea and currently living and studying in the USA has won this prestigious event! Her heartfelt performance of the Brahms Violin Concerto brought cheers from the near-capacity Auckland Town Hall.

American musician Kevin Morby talks to Kim Hill about nostalgia, touring and his communal song project This Is A Photograph. Video, Audio

Mike Jobling and Chris Wilson have turned a derelict Waikato farming shed into a boutique coffee roastery. Audio

The best way to increase the amount of deep "brain cleansing" sleep we get is regular physical exercise, says world-leading chronobiologist Philippa Gander. Audio

24-year-old Isaiah Reid is proud to represent the Māori, Samoan and queer communities as a backup dancer for the Korean pop band. Video

WATCH - Every Thursday, a group of women meet in East Auckland to practice their English while they learn to sew. Video, Audio

A rare Silver Appleyard duck from Darfield was crowned Champion of Champions at this year's National Poultry and Pigeon Show. Audio

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Auckland band Mini Simmons are as snappy a five-piece as you could imagine, only too happy to talk about where they draw their musical influences. William Dart looks at how they patch it all together into an original style. Audio

We’re marking the Feast of Corpus Christi with hymns including Let all mortal flesh keep silence, and I am the Bread of Life written in the 1960s by American nun Sister Suzanne Toolan. Audio

Trying to eat less meat for financial reasons, but missing the yum? Here's how to do it right, says food writer Alby Hailes.

If your dog is a dead ringer for the scruffy terrier Hairy Maclary, you could be in luck. Video, Audio

Holistic psychologist Dr Scott Lyons explores the stress-related condition of drama addiction and offers advice for healing in a new book. Audio