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For today's music feature we celebrate one of the lesser appreciated instruments in music, the theremin. To tell us more about this weird and wonderful instrument, we have music artist and theremin… Video, Audio

Soloist with the Auckland Philharmonia, the American flutist will perform the concerto written especially for her by composer and friend Kaija Saariaho. Video, Audio

Thieves are targetting Auckland's Tsunami sirens, despite they fact they apparently cannot be modified to play music.

But it is leaving some areas without an early warning system, if disaster is… Video, Audio

A New Zealand short-film called The Polycees that explores the secret world below the Beehive premiers soon. It's a kids film with the idea to help pre-teens explore ideas of democracy and politics. Audio

Husband and wife duo Dame Miranda Harcourt and Stuart McKenzie have become central to the film and theatre world. It's all in the family: while Miranda's mother Kate is one of Aotearoa's most… Audio

In the early 1980s journalist Russell Brown jumped ship from his boring newsroom job to become deputy editor of Rip It Up, a music magazine capturing and feeding a thriving urban culture Brown was… Audio

Known for his contemporary takes on Shakespeare, Aotearoa theatre director and scholar David Lawrence believes the bard's intentions have been long compromised by being organised into the genres of… Audio

From Te Atiawa, Liz Mellish has had a seminal influence on the visibility and rights of mana whenua and Maori heritage in contemporary Te-Whanganui-a-Tara. Audio

Cellist Nicolas Altstaedt is soloist with the NZSO, playing Ernest Bloch's evocative cello rhapsody, 'Schelomo'. Audio

Journalist, photographer, record label founder and DJ Murray Camick joins us in the studio to play a few of his favorite records from the 70's /80s era of soul/ funk/disco music of Aotearoa.  Audio

Farmers say they are playing a key role in reducing the country's greenhouse gas emissions, thanks in part to changing farm practices and skyrocketing fertiliser costs. Last week, a Ministry for the… Audio

Each Thursday Lorraine makes the 40 minute bus commute from Silverdale to Britomart train station to play the piano. She shares with Charlotte why she makes the effort.  Audio

The Covid years were tough ones for the arts sector - and now it's facing extra challenges amid a cost of living crisis. A new funding platform - the first and only one dedicated to the arts and… Audio

Ryan Fox will get to realise one of his golfing dreams this week when he tees up for the Masters for the very first time.

Fox received an invitation after finishing in the top 50 in the world… Audio

To Europe now - in Sweden is our correspondent Anita Purcell-Sjölund Audio

Far North mayor Moko Tepania  (Ngāti Kahu ki Whangaroa, Te Rarawa) tells Kim Hill why he's "naively optimistic" about the future of his region.  Video, Audio

A car crash resulted in Joe Flavell being left as an above the knee amputee, but this weekend he lines up in his first golf tourmament at the New Zealand All Abilities golf championship at Windross… Audio

Life-long creative Judy Darragh is known for her bright and brilliant use of colour and found materials as a sculptor, painter and jeweller. Not afraid to use plastic, Darragh wants us to reflect on… Audio, Gallery

A group of local and international scientists say climate change played a role in the devastating rainfall from Cyclone Gabrielle which claimed lives and wrought massive destruction.

Their rapid… Audio

Whether it's the Auckland floods, European cultural erasure or youth crime Daniel Vernon's comics, art and music have become a go-to for smart, biting satire.  Audio, Gallery

With the Black Caps incredible win at the Basin this week we wanted to keep the cricketing 'good vibes' going with a story that First Up put together just before our recent extreme weather events.. 43… Audio

Singer-songwriter Hollie Fullbrook takes inspiration from the Manukau Harbour on the upcoming Tiny Ruins album Ceremony. She chats to Jesse Mulligan about the album and performs 'Dorothy Bay' - a new… Video, Audio

Judith Hill is on her way to New Zealand to perform at the Auckland Arts Festival and her show sounds like something you don't want to miss. Video, Audio

After almost three years of cancellations and postponements Billy Bragg is returning to NZ to tour.

The English singer- songwriter and activist Billy Bragg has been a fearless recording artist… Audio