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3:05 PM.Musician-actor Troy Kingi, best known for his role as selfie-dad in Hunt for the Wilderpeople, drops into the RNZ studio to for a chat and to play a couple of songs from his new album Guitar Party at… Read more Video, Audio

3:05 PM.Current world DMC runner-up DJ Spell is preparing for his final attempt at winning the DMC world turntable championship next year. Read more Video, Audio

2:00 PM.Craig Leon, the producer behind the Ramones' 1976 debut LP, talks to Trevor Reekie about the album's 40th anniversary. Read more Audio

10:30 AM.Self-described perfectionist DJ Shadow talks to Sam Wicks about his latest album, The Mountain Will Fall. Read more Audio

3:40 PM.Willie Watson performs In Session. Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Sachi introduce their song 'South Central ft. Duckworth.' Read more Audio

11:10 AM.In this week's M101 Pocket Edition: Rob Ruha on his latest Tiki Taane produced track, and Nick D of Weird Together presents a primer on Indian and Pakistani electronic music. Read more Audio

4:20 PM.To celebrate Matariki, Wellington City Council staged Purapurawhetu, a showcase of emerging and established Maori and pacific performers including Ariana Tikao, Sharn Te Pou, Sonny Southon, Troy… Read more Audio

4:00 PM.The daughter of a Samoan musician and a woman from the Shetland Isles, Upper Hutt's Sonny - or Sonja - Southon is virtually unknown here in New Zealand. But through the 80s and 90s she was in demand… Read more Audio

3:00 PM.Weird Together's Nick D presents a primer on Pakistani and Indian electronic music. Read more Audio

2:00 PM.Broods have just released their sophomore effort, Conscious. On the line from their Los Angeles home base, Georgia Nott tells Yadana Saw about the intention behind the album name. Read more Video, Audio

4:20 PM.Lawrence Arabia perfoms tracks from his latest album Absolute Truth, lakeside. Read more Audio

3:40 PM.Openside introduce their track 'Letting It Out'. Read more Audio

5:00 PM.In this week's M101 Pocket Edition: Marlon Williams is live in session with a new song; we tour the 40th anniversary exhibition of RDU98.5FM, and catch up with Christchurch hip hop crew Beats'n'Pieces

4:30 PM.A flock of Flying Nun fans dissect Roger Shepherd's autobiography In Love With These Times: My Life With Flying Nun Records. Read more Audio

4:00 PM.He Huinga Whetū, graduates of the Toi Māori Aotearoa Pao Pao Pao music programme, celebrate Matariki by breathing new life into the songs of Dr Hirini Melbourne. Read more Audio

3:30 PM.Troy Kingi and Mara TK introduce their new collaboration, Cold Steel Read more Video, Audio

3:10 PM.We witness Christchurch hip hop collective Beats n Pieces, together behind the decks for the first time in 15 years.  Read more Audio

2:50 PM.Garden City's Haan808 introduces his Sango remix JMK Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Yadana Saw takes a walkthrough Alternative Radio, a Canterbury Museum exhibition on the 40 years of student station RDU98.5FM Read more Audio

2:15 PM.Lyttelton darling Marlon Williams is back at home, fresh from playing on Conan O'Brien's late night show in the US. Williams premieres a new song and pays tribute to Ralph Stanley.  Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

5:00 PM.Garbage's Butch Vig talks to Sam Wicks about pulling double duties as the band's drummer and in-house producer. Read more Audio

10:45 AM.In this week's Pocket Edition: Techno producer Recloose on his Honey Rocks EP. Prog Hip Hop outfit Yoko Zuna show us their HQ; and Cherry Red Records profile the early sounds from Britian's electronic… Read more Audio

7:30 PM.Nick Bollinger samples a new rhythm-based set from Paul Simon. Read more Audio

4:00 PM.Team RNZ Music convenes to present some of our favourite sounds of the year so far. Part One of Three Audio