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NZ Opera's new General Director, Brad Cohen, talks with Bryan Crump. Video, Audio

Yoga - when does appreciation become appropriation? In this two-part series, Voices talk to New Zealand practitioners about the commodification of ancient Indian practice. Audio

We meet three dancers: ballet star Xin Ji, K-pop (Korean pop) choreographer Rina Chae, and Indian-New Zealand performer and dance teacher Swaroopa Prameela Unni.

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

The Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee releases its 14th annual report this morning, looking at how New Zealand is tracking with deaths of mothers and babies and recommending changes in… Audio

Writer John Bluck shares a very personal perspective on how moviegoing in New Zealand reflects our character, history and preoccupations. Audio, Gallery

Performed by NZTrio at their 'Origins' concert, Auckland Concert Chamber, 5 July 2020 Video, Audio

141 years ago on 14 May, the Leonidas arrived in Fiji - the first ship carrying indentured workers from India. Reflecting back on that day, what significance does that painful history hold for the… Audio

At the NZ Arts Festival 2020, RNZ's Lynn Freeman talks to Rajorshi Chakraborti about his novel Shakti, a fantastical story which has insights into the real-life world of India today. Audio

Trevor Reekie plays an eclectic mix of trans-global music, including fusion and folk roots. This week it's live sessions recorded by RNZ at this month's Womad world music festival. Video, Audio, Gallery

Elton John's Farewell Yellow Brick Road concert has all the grandiosity, sentimentality and glamour you'd expect from a consummate showman’s retirement party. 

Reading and writing in the digital era is celebrated by Lani Wendt Young, who charts the increase in brown, Pacific and LGBTQ voices. More people then ever are reading what speaks directly to them. Audio

The WOMAD world music festival has announced 20 more acts for its 2020 festival, which takes place in Taranaki in March. Video

Scottish Indian Danny Bhoy may as well be an honourary New Zealander he's been here so many times. His observational brand of comedy has resonated with many Kiwis. Audio

Teresa Paterson has been involved in the NZ music industry for more than two decades working in band management, PR and at record labels, including a stint as the head of Virgin Records NZ. She shares… Video, Audio

Simon Moutter, sets out the case for business to become more responsive, more diverse, and more led by the heart. Audio

Protestors target the representation of US weapons manufacturer Lockheed Martin at Palmerston North's Defence, Industry and National Security Forum. But, NZ First MP Darroch Ball says many other… Audio

Pākehā settlers in Taranaki knew John Bryce as "Honest John" but Taranaki Māori called him "Bryce Kōhuru" - Bryce the Murderer. In this episode of Black Sheep William Ray investigates the life of the… Audio

Indian families are marrying their drug-addicted sons to young women and then paying for the women's study in New Zealand as a pathway to residency for their sons. Fearing for her life, one woman… Audio

'Don't take the women and children out of the home – put the man in a safe place instead', is the philosophy of Gandhi Nivas – a family violence facility in Otahuhu. Audio

Pioneering Jamaican vocalist Sister Nancy is performing in Aotearoa for the first time this weekend, with shows in Raglan and Auckland. Bass-addled fanboy Grant Smithies is beside himself with… Video, Audio

Joining Jazz superstar Kamasi Washington, sitar virtuoso Anoushka Shankar and Dragon, are Thievery Corporation, Aldous Harding and more!

Grant Morris from Victoria University looks at some of our statues of famous New Zealand historical figures. Audio

How well do candidates know their local ethnic communities? Lynda Chanwai-Earle is at a public forum in Wellington to hear candidates being grilled in the hot seat, in today's Voices programme Audio, Gallery

Is immigration - particularly by those who identify as Asian - changing the sporting landscape in New Zealand? Bridget Tunnicliffe explores how major sports such as rugby are responding. Audio

New budget cuts look to negatively impact our new migrant and former-refugee communities.Lynda Chanwai-Earle hosts a panel discussion with three representatives from these communities to get to the… Audio

In her lyrical and amusing 2016 Book Council Lecture, poet and academic Dr Selina Tusitala Marsh takes the listener from the book corner of the Avondale Salvation Army shop to Westminster Abbey. Audio

The election of Donald Trump has stoked fears of a backlash against minorities. In NZ, ethnic communities are wondering what impact his win will have on them? Video, Audio, Gallery

According to Statistics NZ, women from our Pasifika communities earn the least in our country, on average only 67% of what a Pakeha male might earn. Gender inequity is a global issue but how does it… Audio, Gallery

Around 20,000 Sikh's live in New Zealand. First built in 1999 the Sikh temple in Hastings served a tiny community but now around 1500 Sikhs live in the Hawkes Bay. What draws them there? Audio, Gallery