Features

Beltex ram lambs are a new kid on the butcher's block that's got farmers around the country licking their chops. Audio

Four New Zealand composers talk about their musical responses to critical moments in history.

Between 1994 and 2014 Auckland's Big Day Out music festival was a summer essential for Kiwi music fans. Video, Audio, Gallery

Nick checks out some of the young generation of musicians making waves on the South African scene. Audio

Six wāhine Māori living in London share their views on the meeting house Hinemihi Te Ao Tawhito returning to Aotearoa after over a hundred years in England. Audio

Conservation biologist Andrew Digby has just returned from the motu of Whenua Hou (Codfish Island), where 75 kākāpō reside. Audio

Kiwis love these creamy white florets that are low in calories and packed with Vitamin C.

New Zealand's longest running soap opera, Shortland Street, was met with much disappointment from audiences when it first aired in 1992. Audio

Analysis - Critics accuse the government of giving up on its elimination strategy and Speaker Trevor Mallard's move to stop unvaccinated people entering Parliament's precinct raises debate.

Adam Alexander is on a mission to save rare vegetables. He  is a seed guardian at the UK's Organic Garden Heritage Seed Library, which has over 500 rare, endangered and heirloom vegetable varieties. Audio, Gallery

The All Blacks and Springboks have 100 years of shared history, some glorious and some shameful, writes Joe Porter.

A new creative project is bringing a type of interactive theatre to the people stuck at home in lockdown. Audio

Our Changing World - Experiments aimed at slowing Parkinson's Disease progression and research into our perception of emotions in a mask-filled world. Audio

The Night House stars Rebecca Hall as a widow under siege in her new house from mysterious forces. Video, Audio

Today, Pasifika players are commonplace in the All Blacks, and rugby in general. But that hasn't always been the case. During Sir Bryan Williams' time there were cultural barriers. Audio

Wellington speech and language therapist Christian Wright explains childhood apraxia of speech, where some children have difficulty putting sounds and syllables together. Audio

Tim Heath has taken his 47 years as a teacher - the ideals, mistakes, joys and frustrations - and turned into a funny and compelling read in his new book. Audio, Gallery

Associate High Court judges have had pay hikes of 19.2 percent over the past 5 years, even though they are never given performance reviews.

The Detail - The University of Otago's international relations professor Robert Patman assesses the implications of the AUKUS deal and whether New Zealand's non-participation could indeed be a blessing in disguise. Audio

Robin Sharma’s work in leadership and personal development has attracted some of the biggest global companies, NASA, Microsoft, NIKE, Unilever, Oracle and Yale University. Audio

At The Movies - Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings draws on Chinese myths and legends, as well as the all-conquering Marvel Comics world.  Video, Audio

Magic Beans was set up five years ago by Anneliese Hough as a way people in the Hawke’s Bay region could trade the food from their gardens, with no money involved. Audio

He helped eradicate smallpox with the World Health Organization, and renowned epidemiologist Dr Larry Brilliant says getting the Delta variant under control requires a similar massive global effort. Audio

Businessman Desmond Shum tells Nine to Noon how his billionaire ex who disappeared for four years suddenly reappeared, asking him not to publish his book on his experience of China’s red aristocracy. Audio