Features

Cellist Julian Steckel talks to Bryan Crump ahead of his concert with the Auckland Philharmonia, playing Shostakovich's Second Cello Concerto. Video, Audio

How does a chemical engineer make a film? Take equal parts curiosity, creativity, culture, complex subject matter and add a generous measure of comedy. Shake it up.

Former King's Singer Tim Wayne-Wright talks to Bryan Crump about giving up the globetrotting life to settle in New Zealand with his partner and young family. Video, Audio

The Oddly-titled Riceboy Sleeps is another Canadian-Korean gem of a film (following the recent Past Lives) about a solo mother and her child setting up a new life across the Pacific, writes Simon Morris. Video, Audio

As people work and live differently in cities, carparking buildings are increasingly under-used. One solution is to retrofit them for other uses, says the University of Auckland's Bill McKay. Audio

Nick Tipping presents Inside Out with Melbourne guitarist James Sherlock's new album The Verb Not The Noun which mixes a whole lot of swing with shades of subtle humour and classics from Gene Ammons and Chet Baker. Audio

Kiwi musos and RNZ's resident music experts share their favourite heartbreak tunes and love songs. Video

Healthy or Hoax host Stacey Morrison puts the spotlight on the latest in anti-aging skin treatments - light therapy. Audio

Compost is the heart and soul of the food garden, says Edible Backyard gardener Kath Irvine, and it's far better to make your own, she says. Audio

Priscilla is the story of Elvis's child bride Priscilla Presley, written and directed by Sofia Coppola and produced by Priscilla Presley herself.   Video, Audio

Musical storytellers Tanya Batt and Peter Forster talk to Bryan Crump about Bat's Incredible: their celebration of mammals from the order Chiroptera. Audio

Filipe Manu talks with RNZ Concert's Bryan Crump after becoming the joint winner of the 2024 Concurso Tenor Viñas singing competition in Barcelona. Audio

The Hollywood star is back as the laconic detective Aaron Falk in the sequel to the hugely successful, The Dry. Bana described the location filming as "pretty brutal" but was fine "once you took the leeches out." Audio

Paediatrician, poet and playwright Renee Liang shares how her family celebrates the Lunar New Year in Aotearoa. Audio

The Detail - Taylor Swift is more than a pop icon - she's a phenomenal businesswoman and the subject of university studies around the world, including this week a Swiftposium in Melbourne. Audio

A year ago the Wilson family's apple trees were bowled like nine pins when logs came crashing through stop banks and silt drowned many areas. Did the trees come good?  Audio

Filipe Manu talks with RNZ Concert's Bryan Crump after becoming the joint winner of the 2024 Concurso Tenor Viñas singing competition in Barcelona. Audio

Has it ever occurred to you that many of the best-known romantic movies are about doomed, tragic or failed love? Dan Slevin finds films to swoon over this Valentine's Day. Video

Students from 20 Christchurch schools are helping turn quake-damaged land green again. Audio

The Sampler - Tony Stamp reviews an extra-sincere new release from the Baltimore synth-pop outfit. Video, Audio

Zuckerberg's company Meta, which owns Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook, isn't doing enough to protect children from online harm, says a former employee. Audio

The National frontman talks to Charlotte Ryan about recovering from deep depression, his songwriting happy place and performing at "magical communal parties" around the world. Video, Audio

Every summer. the sound of thudding hooves meets the knock of mallets at a sports ground in Central Hawkes Bay. Audio

To mark the Lunar New Year. Poet Laureate Chris Tse selects some stand-out books by Aotearoa’s East and South East Asian writers.