Christmas
Go Ahead Caller Ep 5 - 'Campbell Confesses'
John feels the need to unburden himself after his move to radio, and Ken wants Christmas to be real.
Written by Paul Casserly and Michael Sheils
Voices - Cohen Holloway, Toni Potter, Graeme Hill… Audio
Behind Handel’s Messiah
Hundreds of years after its creation, Handel’s ‘Messiah’ is still a treasured part of the annual musical calendar. Clarissa Dunn explores some of the many ways Handel’s masterpiece has been performed… Audio
The real people benefiting from charity concerts
Counsel in Concert is a group of lawyers and friends who perform a big charity concert at the end of the year for the Child Cancer Foundation. Oboist Merran Cooke is one of the founders of the annual… Audio
Sol3 Mio: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
To help us get in the festive spirit Sol3 Mio give an early Christmas present by singing live in front of an audience at RNZ. Pene and Amitai Pati, and Moses Mackay perform three tunes from their new… Video, Audio
Christmas dinner
As we get closer to Christmas and all it entails, the panellists tell us their plans for the season, and what they plan to eat on the big day. Audio
Sound Archives: A most unusual Christmas
Nga Taonga Sound & Vision for this week Audio, Gallery
'How is a parent supposed to survive on $20?'
Alana Takimoana's daughter is five years old - some days she can't afford to buy her breakfast or lunch.
Spending the Festive season with Moses MacKay
Love it or hate it, Christmas music is everywhere this time of year. And it seems Sol3 Mio love Christmas, and the public love their new Christmas themed album. A Very Merry Christmas, which launched… Video, Audio
Aucklanders already lining up for Xmas food parcels
People in need have been lining up since midnight to get a Christmas food parcel and presents for their children, Auckland's City Mission says.
David Tua delivers Christmas gifts to Ōtara children
Christmas has come early for some South Auckland children with the boxing superstar David Tua among volunteers handing out gifts as part of the Christmas Present Drop. Video, Audio
Carol Advent Calendar for Festive Season
Today RNZ Concert is the first radio station in the world to broadcast a new carol by top British composer John Rutter. It’s one of 25 carols being released in the lead up to Christmas. The carols are… Audio
A new kind advent calendar
Christmas is just weeks away and every year there's a cry that the holiday has become too commercialised. One church is combating that with an advent calendar to bring the focus back to what they… Video, Audio
Are you too Christmasy?
Apparently those who put up their Christmas decorations early are happier than the rest of us. Bah humbug! Audio
Santa arrives early for 4000 children in Ōtara
About 4000 students in south Auckland's Ōtara will be receiving a Christmas gift through the 'Christmas Present Drop' initiative.
Christmas parcels packed for overseas troops
Soldiers, navy and airforce personnel joined forces today with the RSA, Foodstuffs, Z Energy, and school kids to pack Christmas parcels for about 300 personnel on overseas deployments. Video, Audio
Auckland Philharmonia - Celebrate Christmas 2016
The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra performs its annual 'Celebrate Christmas' concert in Holy Trinity Cathedral with special guests soprano Patricia Wright and The Graduate Choir. Audio
NZ's Xmas history one of feasting, not praying - academic
Some people lament the loss of the religious meaning of Christmas, but a religious academic says early European settlers were more interested in food than church on Christmas Day.
Helping with free lunch 'captures the essence of Christmas'
For the 600 volunteers helping out with the Auckland City Mission's Christmas lunch today, getting the chance to give something back makes it the happiest day of the year.
A Christmas Playlist
Tired of the same carols on repeat? Clarissa Dunn and Cynthia Morahan asked colleagues and friends from the music community to contribute some of their favourites to a Christmas Playlist. Video
Christmas charity: An 'attitude for gratitude'
Hundreds of volunteers will prepare Christmas lunches for the less fortunate today, and some Christchurch kids have been helping raise money for the homeless.
