Features

Widescreen - Gillo Pontecorvo’s gritty account of Algeria’s historic battle for independence is still electric viewing more than 50 years on, according to Dan Slevin.

American-born violinist Esther Yoo talks with Bryan Crump ahead of her Napier concert with the NZSO playing Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto. Video, Audio

Corrina Connor finds "a kind of purity" in long-distance ocean swimming in just regular togs and a swimming cap, she tells Kathryn Ryan. Audio

Analysis: The latest polls show Labour's flagship policy promise hasn't worked, next week's leaders debate could be its last chance.

Hawkes Bay tenor Emmanuel Fonoti-Fuimaono has just won the prestigious IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition. He's back in the Bay to sing the role of Tamino in a special concert performance of Mozart's The Magic Flute with the NZSO. Video, Audio

Andrew Leland was diagnosed with a degenerative retinal disease 20 years' ago,  Now a writer in his 40s, he has about 6 percent of his vision remaining, but says it feels just like a different way of being in the world. Audio

Caucus - Multiple polls point to a change of government. Is National passing the sniff test? Do voters really want ACT's 'real change' or a handbrake? We ask what a centre-right government might look like. Video, Audio

Too many half-baked characters and under-developed ideas, hamper this misfiring improv comedy, writes Simon Morris. Video, Audio

Playing a prominent Māori leader on screen has prompted successful Kiwi actor Miriama McDowell to turn her back on her career in favour of learning te reo Māori.

Parenting teenagers can feel like a bit like running a fully serviced hotel and taxi service, but a supportive home base is crucial says a Christchurch psychiatrist and author of a new parenting guide. Audio

Kiwi-Samoan rapper Poetik has opened a new retail and creative space in West Auckland that he hopes will become an oasis for creative people.  Audio

Voices - Researchers at Nelson's Cawthron Institute are working to help Marlborough's salmon industry survive the challenges of climate change. Audio

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 is yet another visit to the Portokalos family, but does it have hidden depths, asks Simon Morris? Video, Audio

Tearepa Kahi, the director of Muru, New Zealand's highest grossing film of 2022, says it has helped normalise and showcase the unique te reo Māori dialect spoken by the people of Tūhoe.

In an in-depth interview, Labour leader Chris Hipkins discusses Labour's tax policy, Māori housing inequity, the cost of living and the climate crisis. Video, Audio

A Taranaki businessman and arts patron is putting the finishing touches to a life-sized replica of the Ōmata Stockade on the outskirts of New Plymouth, writes Robin Martin.

Two years ago, Kruze Tangira could only read his pepeha off his phone. Now he's building a new career as a TV presenter on daily Māori news show Te Karere.

British author Richard Osman's mother was the inspiration for his hugely popular Thursday Murder Club series of novels based around the adventures of four 70-something crime-busting sleuths. Audio

Bryan Crump speaks to Norwegian conductor Eivind Aadland, in Aotearoa to conduct the Auckland Philharmonia and possibly to add to his collection of contemporary art. Audio

It’s rare for a long-haul flight to feel like a relaxing journey, but it’s even worse if you can’t get any sleep. The trick, says sleep expert Leigh Signal, is to adopt a realistic approach and maximise the sleep you do get. Audio

The Pacific Games celebrates six decades this year. Craig Stephen looks back at those very first Games, which took place in Fiji in 1963. Video

Widescreen - Dan Slevin has made it to the three films rated as equal-45th in the Sight & Sound list of the greatest films of all time - and the big-hitters have arrived.

Experiencing the revitalisation of te reo Māori in Aotearoa is inspiring a Native American scholar battling to save her own indigenous language from extinction.

Bogus 'mentoring' schemes targeting young people are on the rise, promising them leadership skills and early retirement in return for fees. Audio