Features

The biggest children's film in the world right now is Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie. Tami Neilson wrote the theme for the movie, as well as two songs sung by the main character, Sandy Cheeks. Video, Audio

The enormous power wielded by media moguls is a loophole in our democracies, an Australian editor and media owner says. Audio

Judges called the novel from Stacey Gregg "a taonga from a masterful storyteller".

The graffiti artist is a global phenomenon whose works fetch milllins, but his identity remains a mystery

A new documentary traces the 45-year journey of the Australian pub rock band, Midnight Oil. Paul Clarke, the director, talks to Charlotte Ryan about how ‘The Oils’ were so much more than an Australian pub band. Audio

The former US president's new playlist features 60s classics, to brand new bangers about doing cocaine and a couple of potentially problematic artists.

Miss watching your favourite sport? Spare a thought for the competitors, writes Serena Solomon.

At first she sounded too much like a school teacher, so she had to channel a different vibe, the country star told RNZ. Video, Audio

Some homes are outsourcing domestic duties and personal decisions to streamline their lives, writes Serena Solomon.

Hunters and Collectors was founded 40 years ago, riding an '80s wave of love for the leather jacket. Audio

They might not all have won medals, but these athletes definitely won the internet,  writes Serena Solomon.

For Auckland nail artist Tanya Barlow, other people's fingernails are a canvas where her imagination runs wild.

The Sampler - Tony Stamp reviews an expansive, digressive live album by an indie Americana great. Audio

Six years after throat surgery damaged his vocal cords, speaking doesn't come easy to New Zealand jazz icon Nathan Haines. These days Haines says his most effective instrument for "getting emotion across" is the saxophone. Video, Audio

Could making your own butter help you beat the price surges and availability issues? Lucy Corry investigates.

"They really believed that Midnight Oil was a machine that they were all part of," says the director of a new documentary about the legendary Australian band. Audio

Sam Gibson has a deep love for the bush, spending his time hunting, fishing and working to protect endangered species. He talks to Saturday Morning. Audio

A nine-egg burrito - and that's just for breakfast.

Six years after throat surgery damaged his vocal cords, speaking doesn't come easy to New Zealand jazz icon Nathan Haines, but he still has a voice with his saxophone, he tells RNZ's Music 101. Video, Audio

As Bookworm opens in New Zealand cinemas this week, film director Ant Timpson joins us on the Mixtape, sharing tales from an 'incredibly strange' career in film. Audio

Social stigma and a lack of formal support have many parents of autistic children feeling helpless and isolated.

Are the women who portray themselves as old-fashioned homemakers winding back feminism or cleverly turning clicks into cash? Audio

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William Dart has been thinking about musical trios, from Mozart and Phil Dadson through to that enchanting trinity of Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt and a new release from the three musicians of Bonny Light Horseman. Audio

As Kiwis feel the pinch at the supermarket, Checkpoint surveys the current prices at Countdown and PAK'n SAVE. Audio