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Grammy-winning vocalist Samara Joy sings two classics; Phil Broadhurst plays a track from his album Positif; and Nick checks out three fantastic tracks from the soundtrack to the 1996 movie 'Kansas… Audio

More countries have halted funding to the largest UN agency operating in Gaza, as the crisis deepens over the alleged role of some staff in the 7 October Hamas attacks on Israel.

According to a… Audio

Ōtautahi quartet Darren Pickering Small Worlds plays works composed by Darren Pickering, which sit somewere between cinematic soundscapes, electronic textures, and contemporary jazz. Nick checks out… Audio

Champion dog trialler Clark Chrystal fosters his daughters love for the sport. Audio

Should we be worried about the election campaign going negative? Or is the greater worry party leaders who can't get their facts straight? Video, Audio

Tracks from Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday, NZ pianists Mike Nock and Jonathan Crayford, and Benny Golson plays "Love is a Many-Splendored Thing". Audio

Swinging tracks from Joey DeFrancesco, Wynton Marsalis, and Count Basie. Audio

In part two of this two-hour Nashville Babylon special, we hear music from the likes of Aretha Franklin, JJ Cale, Nina Simone, Talking Heads, Bob Marley, Lambchop, the Gypsy Kings and much, much… Audio

Hawke's Bay families grapple to put their lives back together following the destruction caused by Cyclone Gabrielle. Video

Nick checks out hard bop from lesser known artists Lorez Alexandria and Etta Jones, and an epic track from the Rodger Fox Big Band. Audio

It's a project 30 years and billions of dollars in the making. Now the completed Waikato Expressway is set to change the face of the region's towns and villages, for better or worse.

Checkpoint's… Video, Audio

The citrus harvest continues in Gisborne and finally rain has fallen in Waikato. Audio

An innovative meth harm reduction programme is transforming lives in Northland - why hasn't it been rolled out across the country yet? Audio

Famous albums are often built around famous tracks, which can mean the other numbers on the release get left behind in the mix. Nick checks out tunes from the B-sides of famous albums - including John… Audio

Abbas Nazari's new book, After the Tampa: From Afghanistan to New Zealand is the story of escaping the Taliban as a young child. He joins the show from Christchurch to discuss the book and the current… Audio, Gallery

Widely considered the most prestigious accolade in New Zealand music, the APRA Silver Scroll Award recognises outstanding achievement in the craft of songwriting.

Former Labour Party MP Dover Samuels is a veteran of Māori politics.  But on his rise to prominence - a political scandal threatened to derail his career. Video, Audio

In a powerful address, Lyttelton poet Ben Brown explores the impact of deprivation and cultural estrangement on generations of our boys, as well as the redemptive power of words. Audio

It's been five years since Wellington favourites The Phoenix Foundation released their last album, Give Up Your Dreams. Since then they've been writing, recording, touring with the NZ Symphony… Video, Audio

Pharmac says the perception that all it cares about is money and savings is wrong - but admits it needs to do better at communicating that to the public. In the last year, the government's drug-buying… Audio

A controversial column in the New York Times headlined “Send in The Troops” prompted a staff backlash at the prestigious paper before bosses decided  - a little to late - it was not fit to print Audio

The RNZ Music team is celebrating NZ Music Month with Fresh Music Daily - new music from a different Kiwi artist every day. Video

Black Americans made some of the most earth-shaking sounds of the 20th century, inventing jazz and the blues which continue to influence new music. They also produced one of the most profound bodies… Audio

Health minister David Clark has offered to resign after admitting to more more breaches of the Level 4 lockdown.

He has admitted that in addition to driving to a mountain bike track on the first… Audio

RNZ’s planning a new music brand based in Auckland to hook younger people. But RNZ Concert will make way for it on FM and be reduced to an automated service with no human hosts. That has sparked a… Audio

Nick features classic tracks from Lester "Prez" Young, Shirley Horn, John Coltrane, and Sonny Clark. Audio

New Zealand's mental health system is starting on a major overhaul. Karen Brown asks what's needed to help those living with mental illness. Video, Audio

Hundreds of thousands of dollars set aside by the government to support Vietnam veterans and their families is going unspent.

The government has budgeted $1.1 million a year for the past three years… Audio

Waitemata DHB has conceded there are gaps in patient records in its mental health unit; He Puna Waiora - gaps that contravene its own protocols. This follows two patients dying by suspected suicide… Video, Audio

The last sitting for three weeks will have MPs working on farm debt mediation and drinking water standards.