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Jay-Jay Wilson. “The Māori Kid.” Alliance Jiu-Jitsu. Bellator MMA. San Diego, California. Lightweight. 9-0-0. Jay-Jay finds a healthy outlet for childhood anger and the monster within. Video

Hakaraia Wilson. Bellator MMA. San Diego, California. Welterweight. 0-2-0. Ranked as the #51 pro men's welterweight in Australia & New Zealand. Hakaraia uses his whakapapa as his superpower. Video

Meet the Māori fighters of MMA: Janay Harding, Aaron Tau, Navajo Stirling, Kieran Joblin, Hakaraia Wilson, and Jay-Jay Wilson. Video

Staying with sport, today RNZ launches The Art of War - a series that gets to the root of just how deeply the sport of MMA impacts the lives of six fighters of Māori descent Janay Harding, Aaron Tau… Audio

The largest collection of First People's art to be presented in Aotearoa opens at Toi o Tamaki, Auckland Art Gallery. Two of the artists, Christopher Pease, a descendant of the Minang/Noongar people… Audio

Cate and Mike King of Pauariki Honey lost a quarter of their hives after Cyclone Gabrielle hit Tairāwhiti in February. They also faced a poor season of manuka flowering. But the raw beauty of the… Audio

An arts programme that's been seeing great results through its work with recovering drug and alcohol addicts is concerned for its future when its funding runs out. Audio

Boulia in Queensland, Australia is a remote outback town with just 300 people. But recently, its population swelled to about 3-thousand - for what's called the Melbourne Cup of camel races Camel… Audio

London design company Hipgnosis were the creators of some of the most famous imagery in 20th century rock music - from the prism of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon to the all-star prison breakout… Video, Audio

French filmmaker Nicolas Philibert is known for his intimate and patiently observed documentaries capturing the beauty of everyday humanity. He's most well known for 2002's Etre et Avoir which… Audio

Excitement building up for Melanesia Arts and Culture festival in Vanuatu. Audio

Melanesian Arts and Culture Festival kicks off in Vanuatu this week. Audio

The 'shining stars of Matariki' are acknowledged this week with the Nga Tohu Matariki o te Tau 2023 Awards. The awards recognise those who make a difference from grass roots to global innovation. The… Audio

The Danish have Hygge, the art of coziness. The Swedish have the art of death cleaning. This is not tidying up to change your life. Death cleaning is sorting out your stuff so other people don't have… Audio

Christchurch singer Bunny Reid is about to head to L.A to take part in a massive performing competition. She's entered the World Performing Arts Competition which will be held in Anaheim later this… Audio

We need less growth to put less demand on the planet's resources and slow down climate change, but we do need more art, more plays and works of fiction to bring to both sides of that argument to life… Audio

To a collaboration between farming and art. The Gullies Arts Residency was established last year, and is set on a 250 hectare sheep and beef farm in the Rangitikei District, belonging to Laura and… Audio

A new report says the arts and culture get just half of the space in our media that's devoted to sport. Mediawatch asks a leading local culture critic if the arts are just a 'nice to have' for our… Audio

Nathan Pohio, Waitaha, Kati Mamoe, and Ngai Tahu, is the Senior Curator Maori Art at Toi o Tamaki, Auckland Art Gallery and is an artist working in video and other photographic media. He says Toi o… Audio

The arts community is relieved Sir James Wallace has been publicly named for indecently assaulting three young men.

The millionaire patron of the arts is said to have used his power and influence to… Audio

In the mid-1800s, a gentleman's club was formed in London for men connected to literature and fine arts. Named after the poet Richard Savage, there are 16 active clubs in Aotearoa today. Over the last… Audio

Two established performing arts companies are joining forces to create a circus school for Maori youth. It's called 'Te Kura Maninirau'. Natasha van Etten, studio manager and educator at Te Kura… Audio

Author and art writer Megan Dunn joins Kim to talk about the pros and cons of having prizes for art. Audio, Gallery