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Arts News: Parekowhai's controversial giant kangaroo, Te Unua Museum of Southland's cost blowout and extinct animal discovered in rock art. Audio

Arts news for 15 September 2024. Audio

Sarah Hillary is reflecting on 40 years as an Auckland art conservator following her retirement at the end of last month. She rose from an intern at the Auckland Art Gallery to become its principal… Audio

You may have heard the phrase ‘triple threat’ in the arts, but Petmal Petelo is perhaps a quadruple threat. A dancer, actor, stage manager and assistant director she’s been steadily rising in the… Audio

Sarah Hillary spent 40 years at Auckland Art Gallery, including 25 as principal conservator. She shares some of the highlights of her career with Nights. Audio

Arts News - Sunday 1 September Audio

She joins Nights from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Audio

Public galleries have been demonstrating our view of art history has been changing radically for years. It just hasn’t been published for a wider public, until now. 

Art historian and curator Kirsty… Audio

Almost 40 years on, Hunters and Collectors in Pōneke remains. The first vintage clothing store in the Capital, it’s a truly iconic creative Cuba Street institution. Hunters and Collectors’ matriarch… Audio

Woof! Bar co-founder and director Josh Thomas took home the title of Bartender of the Year at the Otago Hospitality Awards. He joins Emile Donovan to dish on his time in hospitality. Audio

Glenn Busch went from a factory worker to one of our country's finest photographers. Audio

Kanohi Ora - the Living Face - was an exhibition that looked at the connections of Aotearoa and the Pacific through six potraits. Audio

Aucklander Tanya Barlow makes works of art, except her canvas is about two centimetres long. She joins Emile Donovan. Audio

They’ve been dubbed ‘the MTV generation’ and the ‘Forgotten generation’ (though now they’re in power: ‘forgotten no more’ we say). They are Generation X: those born between 1965 and 1980. 

The baby… Video, Audio

Pioneering rapper Chuck D inspired a wave of Hip hop through his social and political commentary in Public Enemy. Maggie Tweedie speaks to Chuck D about his surprising passion for pilates, his many… Audio

An Auckland-based Samoan Siva dance academy is reviving a traditional singing practice called Fa'asala. Audio

Archaeologists have discovered a piece of cave art which has become the oldest known example at more than 51 thousand years old.  Audio