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Christchurch musicians who will take to the stage to mark the commemoration of the 2019 mosque shootings say the performance will be a once in a lifetime musical event.

The world is regressing to a norm closer to the average experience of humankind, US defence expert Timothy Heath says, with weakened nation states, more internal conflict and stagnant economies. Audio

LISTEN - A kina barren is a symptom of an ecosystem out of balance. Voice of Tangaroa asks could we eat our way to a solution? Audio

Christchurch musicians who will take to the stage to mark the commemoration of the 2019 mosque shootings say the performance will be a once in a lifetime musical event.

American Fiction, the multi-Oscar nominated satirical comedy about racism, expectations and giving the public what it wants, features a note-perfect performance from Jeffrey Wright, writes Simon Morris. Video, Audio

Singer and radio host Clarissa Dunn returns from a dusty mission to the RNZ basement with some of the earliest recordings, and her personal recollections, of a true Kiwi icon, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa. Video, Audio

New Zealand's greatest opera singer on her approach to Mozart and to life, the demands - and sacrifice - of caring for an instrument "that you can never put in a case", and getting a new driver's licence, in conversation with Bryan Crump. Audio

Julia Grace likens her experiences with depression and anxiety as “saddling up the Chihuahua”, her life a long series of "getting knocked off my high horse and getting back on progressively smaller horses." Audio

LISTEN: A spectacular gala concert from 2006. Dame Kiri Te Kanawa performs with her long-time friend and colleague, Frederica von Stade, and two young up-and-coming singers, Anna Leese and Seung Wook Seong.

"Very few" book authors make a living as a full-time writer in New Zealand, with a 10 percent royalty rate in a small market barely paying the bills. Audio

In this episode of It's Personal, Robyn Malcolm talks to Anika Moa about her latest role. Video, Audio

The star of acclaimed British coming-of-age drama How to Have Sex, Mia McKenna Bruce, says the script by Molly Manning Walker brilliantly captures the unabashed confidence and insecurity that comes with being a 15-year-old. Video, Audio

Music lovers and performers across New Zealand share their memories and best wishes on the occasion of Dame Kiri Te Kanawa's 80th birthday.

Next month Annika Pfitzinger will represent New Zealand at the World Cross Country Championships in Serbia. A huge feat considering six years ago she was confined to the couch, suffering from crippling headaches and inexplicable exhaustion. Audio

Ever considered how much plastic is in the clothes you wear? Gosia Piatek has. She's spent the last 17 years trying to eliminate plastic from Kowtow, the clothing label she founded in Wellington in 2006. Audio

Analysis: You have to hand it to the players, coaches and officials because they couldn't have delivered a better advertisement for the competition, Jamie Wall writes Video

Lewer’s exhibition What they didn’t teach me at school about the Waikato Wars has been his most difficult project, he tells Culture 101’s Mark Amery. Audio

The award recognises creatively outstanding New Zealand albums released in the past year. The 10 albums in contention for the 2024 Taite Music Prize span genres from hip hop to indie folk to metal.

"I didn't know Nirvana and they looked very wild and I was very scared to tour with them ... but they were very kind and I found that they were gentlemen." Video, Audio

Sleepy old Canberra is the scene of political and diplomatic shenanigans - and murder - in this Netflix series. Dan Slevin explains why it's worth a watch.

Habitat-printing robot birds, water-filtering sewer submarines, and flying bikes launched on waste heat thermals are just a few of the 100-plus bonkers ideas artist and industrial designer Steve Mushin is suggesting to our cities to address climate change. Audio

A study in the British Journal of Sports Medicine suggests isometric exercises like wall sitting (or wall squats) help reduce blood pressure more effectively than other forms of exercise. Audio

Big tobacco companies will be "delighted" by the New Zealand government's legislation u-turn on tobacco sales, says a World Health Organisation advisor. Audio

Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke's latest, Drive-Away Dolls, harks back to the classic screwball comedies of Hollywood's past, writes Simon Morris. Video, Audio