Features

Ngāpuhi alt-folk artist Erny Belle performs tracks from her debut album Venus is Home and the upcoming release Not Your Cupid. Video, Audio

Henry Obsede – head chef at the new Parnell restaurant Tala – was working as a Polynesian dancer at Florida's Disney World when he met Debby, a former lawyer. Audio

Widescreen - Dan Slevin has a long list of shows to finish but he can’t quite get around to them.

Values rather than identity are the glue that hold democracies together, says American academic Yascha Mounk. Audio

Dumb Money is the true story of a YouTube financial influencer who took on the Wall Street elite and won - for a while. Video, Audio

The brilliant English organist Anna Lapwood talks to Bryan Crump about how a chance midnight meeting with electronic artist Bonobo in London's Royal Albert Hall led to a viral TikTok video. Video, Audio

The Detail - With instant information available anywhere, how will the travellers' bible keep up? Audio

Review: Need to remind your kids not to take sweets from strangers during Halloween season? The Royal New Zealand Ballet's retelling of Hansel and Gretel should do it, Lucy Corry writes.

An increasing number of women with links to New Zealand are forging a path in a distinctly Australian sport, writes Felicity Reid. Video

Like Katherine Mansfield, Sherry Grant plays the cello. was born in one place, but lived in another and is a musician who became a poet - now she is organising an online festival in the centenary year of the author's death Audio

Need to remind your kids not to take sweets from strangers during Halloween season? The Royal New Zealand Ballet's retelling of Hansel and Gretel should do it, Lucy Corry writes.

From natural seawalls to mangroves, countries are starting to combat climate change with nature-based solutions. COP28 might drive more of these efforts, By Sali Jayne Bache and Astra Rushton-Allan.

Everyday human connection is the key to human happiness, an American researcher says. Audio

The director of the World of Music, Arts and Dance (WOMAD) festival has landed a personal favourite among 18 new acts revealed for the festival taking place next year in New Plymouth.

This weekend the All Blacks and Springboks meet in the Rugby World Cup final for only the second time. The first was the most famous test match ever played, writes Jamie Wall.

Killers of the Flower Moon is a brilliant movie, Martin Scorsese’s best in years - a unique blend of scale, passion, anger, heart and soul, writes Simon Morris. Video, Audio

Our Changing World - Imagine a future where your burger comes with a plankton patty. Or where you are prepped for a hospital operation with an algal anaesthetic.  Audio

Sir Jon Trimmer was a key member of New Zealand ballet for more than 40 years and danced overseas with such greats as Fonteyn and Nureyev.

Musician Lisa Simone had a troubled relationship with her mercurial and brilliant mother Nina, happily they were reconciled before Nina's death in 2003 and Lisa is now touring in a show which honours her mother's musical legacy. Audio

Composer Ross Harris likes ambiguity. Little wonder then, that he latched onto a passing remark his wife made in French: 'Prendre ses rêves pour des réalités – let your dreams become reality'. Audio

Composer Ross Harris likes ambiguity. Little wonder then, that he latched onto a passing remark his wife made in French: 'Prendre ses rêves pour des réalités – let your dreams become reality'. Audio

Sherry Grant can't stop. The prolific writer and musician also can't stop thinking about Katherine Mansfield, organising an online festival in the centenary year of the author's death. She's even got her daughter in on the act. Audio

Visitors to the festival this year are being encouraged to go a bit tropical with bromeliads, palms, orchids and even the humble banana being embraced this year, writes Robin Martin.

Widescreen - Dan Slevin previews three titles from Aotearoa’s number one festival celebrating genre films.