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This week, we've a hymn by Dunedin GP Nigel Eastgate; two different settings of Psalm 130 - Out of the depths I cry to you, Lord; and a hymn from Hatea Kapa Haka: E kino koe te ingoa nei. Audio

In this week’s programme we’re marking the First Sunday in Lent, there’s a hymn written for Human Rights Day, and we get an insight into how American minister Robert Lowry wrote his hymns. Audio

Flying Nun Records has been around for over 40 years, and although it has had some ups and downs, the label has endured throughout.

The first release to gain prominence for the label was Tally Ho by… Audio

We're celebrating Te Wiki o te Reo Maori this week and feature recordings by Haatea Kapa Haka from Himene Maori - a project to document, record, and publish Maori hymns and waiata. The project is led… Audio

The Clean founder Hamish Kilgour has died. 

The Clean started making rock music in the 1970s and became synonymous with the 'Dunedin sound'. 

The band was a major part of the legendary Flying Nun… Audio

Kilgour co-founded Dunedin band The Clean in the 1970s and became synonymous with the 'Dunedin sound' music scene. Audio

Today on The Panel Wallace and panellists pay tribute to Hamush Kilgour with Flying Nun Record's Roger Shepherd. Plus they discuss renters living in mouldy homes and Watercare's huge Central… Audio

Canadian music fanatic, record collector, editor and publisher Matthew Goody has just released a book on Flying Nun - it's a labor of love - a comprehensive discography including the bands and the… Audio

Tony Stamp merges his bubble with the expansive new album from Japanese-American folk singer Mia Doi Todd, Wellington-via-Los Angeles musician Vera Ellen's Flying Nun debut, and the minimal synth… Audio

To continue our Flying Nun 40th anniversary celebrations, we take a look at the iconic labels latest signings.  Video

RNZ Music has complied all the binge-worthy content you need to keep you entertained during lockdown, including documentaries, live music, deep dives, and chats with your favourite artists.  Video

Our guest on The Mixtape this week is Flying Nun Records founder Roger Shepherd. A music fan who decided that someone should be recording the bands he loved to watch each weekend - Roger decided to… Video, Audio

Hear some of Hymns on Sunday listeners' favourite hymns today in the second Summer Hymn Requests programme. Choices include a hymn with a traditional Ghanaian tune, as well as another setting of Psalm… Audio

Christchurch native and music industry veteran Charlotte Ryan is the new host of RNZ’s flagship music programme Music 101. She joined us on the RNZ Music Mixtape to select some of her favourite songs… Video, Audio

New Zealander Roger Shepherd is planning to do four hiking trips a year to North Korea's pristine Paektu plateau, under northeast Asia's tallest mountain, after the success of his first trip this… Audio, Gallery

As the compact disc goes the way of the wax cylinder, box sets of music on CD are - curiously - getting bigger. Nick Bollinger looks under the lid.

Flying Nun founder Roger Shepherd talks about Flying Nun Records taking a big step towards preserving its music heritage by donating hundreds of original masters to the Alexander Turnbull Library. Audio

A total of 17 people have been recognised in today's Queen's Birthday Honours for their contributions to music. John Rowles, the Topp Twins, Jackie Clarke, Flying Nun founder Roger Shepherd and Mai FM…

There wouldn't be many people familiar with the back country of North Korea, but New Zealander Roger Shepherd is one of them. He has been visiting the Baekdu Daegan mountain range in North and South… Audio

American rappers Jay-Z and Kendrick Lamar have received the most nominations with a total of eight and seven respectively. Pop singer Bruno Mars received six and Khalid actor Donald Glovers' alter ego…

The Clean have finally accepted the accolade, after rejecting it twice. Video, Audio

With summer holidays ahead, Nick Bollinger and Kiran Dass recommend eleven recent music books worth keeping beside your hammock.

Bands in 1980s Dunedin took the anger of British punk and melded it with a Kiwi-DIY aesthetic to create the primitive, but powerful, ‘Dunedin’ sound – the sound of ‘making do’. Audio

Grant Smithies reveals himself to be an overheated fanboy this week with four of his all-time fave Flying Nun tunes from The Chills, The Bats, Straitjacket Fits and Snapper. Video, Audio

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

Flying Nun plays a central role in the cultural fabric of the NZ history - so much so that it's hard to talk about NZ music and not mention Flying Nun bands - such has been its impact. Founder Roger… Audio