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In 2024 more voters than ever in history are heading to the polls, but one of the most extraordinary elections happened this week  Audio

Tonight Finn's bag of fresh new tracks traverse the full range of musical genres, from Pōneke anarcho-hardcore to midwestern psych-tinged folk-pop. Audio

There are more than 6,000 buildings, homes and places on Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga's historic place register. How do they get there? Audio

Nights' resident film critic Dan Slevin is back this week with an Australian theme. Dan takes a look at the next edition of the Mad Max franchise Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, You Can Go Now! a documentary… Audio

For more than 100 years, the Capping Show has been delighting and offending audiences, poking fun at everyone from university authorities and landlords to sanctified philanthropists and world leaders.

From a block of gorse-infected scrubland on Banks Peninsula, renowned botanist Hugh Wilson has spent half a lifetime growing Hinewai Reserve into a 1600-hectare paradise of regenerated native forest… Audio

Blacksmith Jamie Hughes has a niche business crafting knives and hand-forged metalwork for chefs, farmers and tourists from his smithy in Norsewood. Tough economic times means he's feeling it from all… Audio

Serena Lyders has found her calling as a traditional Māori healer, giving back to rural communities and working with shearers all around the motu. Audio

A round-up of the week's agricultural news with RNZ rural news reporter Sally Murphy Audio

This week Country Life meets a traditional Māori healer helping shearers around the motu and things heat up in a blacksmith's forge in Norsewood. Later we explore a native forest that grew from rough… Audio

A law giving ministers sweeping powers to greenlight infrastructure projects has attracted a wave of criticism and responses at select committee.

With ministers beginning to soften their language… Audio

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Jenni Giblin & Andrew Clay discuss youth unemployment and the new Auckland FC supporters club. Jenni Giblin is Director of Funding HQ and Hawkes… Audio

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Jenni Giblin & Andrew Clay discuss bird flu & MP Willie Jackson's Oxford Union speech. Jenni Giblin is Director of Funding HQ and Hawkes Bay… Audio