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1:10 PM.British punk pioneer Steve Diggle of Buzzcocks reflects on life in one of the UK’s pioneering punk rock bands.  Read more Audio

4:00 PM.Our guest picking the music is Pos' Mavaega, Musical Director for Pacific Underground, NZ's longest running Pacific performing arts group who are celebrating 30 years of theatre. Pos is a writer… Read more Audio

3:40 PM.The Spanish band are now a duo, continuing their celebratory spirit with help from some notable guests on a typically fun fourth album. Read more Audio

3:15 PM.Aotearoa artist Jim Nothing shares a slice of his life in a new album Grey Eyes, Grey Lynn. Inspired by walks around the neighbourhood, the album feels super local; bicycle rides, front gardens, and… Read more Audio

2:45 PM.Horomona Horo (Ngapuhi, Ngati Porou, Taranaki), one of Aotearoa's best known taonga pūoro practitioners, is now an Arts Laureate. Horomona is a masterful composer and musician, known for his expertise… Read more Audio

2:15 PM.Mel Parsons has been touring New Zealand's cities and regions with the release of her album Sabotage. RNZ's Alex Harmer captured this live set at The Piano in Christchurch. Songs: 1. Circling the City… Read more Audio

2:15 PM.Mel Parsons has been touring New Zealand's cities and regions with the release of her album Sabotage. RNZ's Alex Harmer captured this live set at The Piano in Christchurch. Songs: 1. Circling the City… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Prince is one of the few remaining 80s superstars whose story remains a mystery, yet their estate is preventing the release of a Netflix documentary. A new edition of Prince: The Man and His Music by… Read more Audio

4:00 PM.Multi-award-winning composer, singer/songwriter and Wellington Jazz Festival co-director Tama Waipara joins Charlotte Ryan to share some of his favourite music.

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3:30 PM.Tony Stamp reviews the new album from the British singer, songwriter and musician Read more Audio

3:15 PM.Charlotte Ryan joined Louis at his house on the hill, overlooking the sea for a special live performance to celebrate the release of his new EP Medicine Read more Video, Audio

2:15 PM.The American singer and songwriter is a headlining artist at Auckland's Laneway Festival in January next year and speaks to Charlotte Ryan.  Read more Audio

4:00 PM.Today's guest on the RNZ Mixtape is DJ Vee - real name Vishal Vasan. Vishal's musical journey started on Cuba Street Wellington, then to DJing with FFD, slinging records in Soho and organising the… Read more Audio

3:40 PM.Tony Stamp looks back at three of 1994's weirder indie rock records, in the final instalment of this six part series. Read more Video, Audio

3:15 PM.The RNZ studio was jammed packed with a live performance from Che Fu singing classic tunes, backed by five horn players and a DJ. Together they are Big Horns, and they are bringing 90s RnB and hip hop… Read more Video, Audio

2:30 PM.The Hard Quartet is a band we think you should pay attention to. They've been called a supergroup, and it's an interesting one because each member has a cult following. Stephen Malkmus is best known… Read more Audio

2:15 PM.Screening in select NZ cinemas is a new documentary about Paul McCartney and Wings - One Hand Clapping. The one hour doco shows long-lost footage of Paul McCartney in the studio in the early 70s with… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.There are some beautiful thoughts about relationships from this year's Silver Scrolls finalists. There's also the power of finding your roots, and the thrill of letting go and choosing fun. The… Read more Audio

4:00 PM.Our guest picking the music is writer, ghost writer and editor Madeleine Chapman. Madeleine started as the very first intern at The Spinoff, and is now one of the youngest editors of a major… Read more Audio

3:30 PM.Bob Mould is the founder of legendary hardcore punk band Hüsker Dü and later Sugar, and he's bringing his solo electric tour to New Zealand - his first shows here in 22 years. Bob will be highlighting… Read more Audio

3:15 PM.Tomorrow Aotearoa will attempt to reclaim the world record for the largest haka. Musician Rob Ruha has been involved with haka all his life. He joins Anika Moa, Topp Twins, Shepherds Reign and Alien… Read more Audio

2:15 PM.Lyttelton's multi-award winning Delaney Davidson, and Barry Saunders - the iconic frontman of The Warratahs, have just released a brand new album Happiness is Near. This is a highly anticipated… Read more Video, Audio

1:20 PM.Dam Native's Danny Haimona (aka Danny D) joins Kara Rickard in the studio to celebrate the re-release of Kaupapa Driven Rhymes Uplifted, one of Aotearoa's greatest hip hop albums. Danny talks about… Read more Audio

4:00 PM.Our guest picking the music is musician, DJ, composer and producer Mark de Clive-Lowe. Mark started his career in the late 1990s as a central player in Auckland's jazz scene and has gone on to make a… Read more Audio

3:15 PM.RNZ's resident pop expert Sam Robinson weighs in on Katy Perry's new album 143 in a year of giant pop releases. Read a review of 143 here. Read more Audio