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For many, Easter means chocolate. And for chocolate makers Easter is one of the busiest times of year. Susie pops in to Baron Hasselhoff's chocolate boutique in Wellington to catch up with "chief… Audio

A young Belgian couple who created a unique piece of art during their time in New Zealand are now looking for a new home for it.  Audio

Bianca Bosker has written a book about her experience of the New York art scene called:  Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How… Audio

Fans of rugby and art are bound to find a live art installation in Auckland this weekend fascinating.  Audio

Weekly arts and culture news from Aotearoa New Zealand with Perlina Lau and Mark Amery Audio

Still Lives - Auckland is a live performance artwork combining what are sometimes considered opposite ends of the spectrum; rugby and art. 

Following two weeks of rehearsal, the artwork will be at… Audio

It's the final week of the Auckland Arts Festival, but there's still plenty to see before it closes on Sunday.

Co-host of RNZ National's Culture 101, Perlina Lau, has been out and about this week and… Audio

News for the week with Culture 101. Audio

A new report commissioned by Asia New Zealand Foundation Te Whītau Tūhono has found an increased interest and desire for Asian arts and cultural experiences in Aotearoa.  Audio

E. H. Gombrich's 1950 book The Story Of Art is one of art history's seminal texts. Now on it's 16th edition, it has sold over eight million copies and been translated into more than 30 languages. But… Audio

The arts and culture news on Culture 101  Audio

In 2018, Sandro Kopp was tasked by film director Wes Anderson with creating ten monumental paintings for the film The French Dispatch in less than three months. 

Kopp’s works needed to look like the… Audio

A well known arts critic, historian and commentator, Andrew Paul Wood in Timaru fills us in on ‘drama’ around the Timaru Theatre Royal redevelopment, which includes a new venue for South Canterbury… Audio

All ice is not created equal, and the ice created by Conor Whale is top-shelf stuff. Audio

The Arts Festivals are in full swing across Aotearoa along with numerous Fringe Festivals.

Co-host of RNZ National's Culture 101, Perlina Lau, was in Hamilton last week and this week she's been out… Audio

Amidst the news that Newshub would be shutting down and TVNZ will be shedding 68 jobs to stay afloat, another part of our media landscape announced it would shutter. Audio

A new public artwork installation is coming to the southern end of Federal Street in Auckland, just a stone's from the RNZ studio.  The artist, Joe Sheehan, speaks to Jesse. Audio, Gallery

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Artists in Tauranga recently took a creative response to comment on the City Council's Long Term Plan, which proposes steep rental increases for community groups, and a 'user pays' approach to… Audio

We're in the thick of arts festival season in Aotearoa with the Auckland Arts festival next week joining Poneke's Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts and Hamilton Arts Festival, alongside… Audio

Arts News for 25 February 2024 Audio

Shona McCullagh is the outgoing artistic director of the Auckland Arts festival. This year’s festival is her swan song. 

Shona has received a New Zealand Order of Merit for services to dance, and her… Audio

It's a time of year to relish for lovers of art and culture.

Friday sees the opening of both the Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts in Wellington and the Hamilton Arts Festival.

And numerous… Audio

The Up-Doos' Esther Stephens joins us ahead of the bands gig at the Hamilton Arts Festival. Audio

Our wrap-up of the week's arts and culture news. Audio