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Arts News for 12 October 2025

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3:05 PM.Arts News for 12 October 2025. Audio

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Turning Twizel into a film set: Show Me Shorts director Arthur Gay

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2:38 PM.Show Me Shorts Film Festival turns 20 this year. It's become Aotearoa's leading international short film festival and this month there will be more than 80 films, 100 screenings across 40 venues this… Read more Audio
Restoring the power of black tapa with memories of the Tongan and English Queens

Pacific culture

2:05 PM.In 1953 Queen Salote of Tonga visited England for Queen Elizabeth the Second's Coronation. At which, she is said to have won "the affection of the British people" by riding to the ceremony in the… Read more Audio
Regional Wrap: Whau Arts Festival with Melissa Laing

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1:27 PM.Each week Culture 101 puts the spotlight on a different part of Aotearoa. Occasionally we go into the suburbs and this week we're going inner-west in Tamaki Makaurau. Read more Audio
Touring innovative NZ theatre everywhere successfully and sustainably

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1:07 PM.Shortly opening in Wellington, Tauranga and Nelson are touring works by two of this country's most well-travelled, and most acclaimed contemporary theatre producers. And boy do they get about. They… Read more Video, Audio
Auckland Boys Choir facing potential closure: Why aren't boys signing up for choir?

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12:42 PM.Boys choirs are renowned globally with one of the most famous being the Vienna Boys Choir. Established in 1498, it's still going today after 527 years. Read more Audio

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Winner of Sargeson Prize: Aotearoa's largest short story competition

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12:30 PM.Author Becky Manawatu has won The Sargeson Prize, the country's biggest short story competition, taking home $15,000 for her work, The Vase. Read more Audio
Fast Favourites with Everyday Māori's Hemi Kelly

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12:15 PM.Next Friday and Saturday, the Kupu Maori Writers Festival brings together authors from across the motu to significant locations across Rotorua. Read more Audio

12:15 - Fast Favourites with 'Everyday Māori' Hēmi Kelly
12:30 - Winner of the Sargeson Prize: Aotearoa's largest short story competition
12:45 - Auckland Boys Choir facing potential closure: Why aren't boys signing up for choir?
13:07 - Touring NZ theatre successfully and sustainably here and overseas: Karin McCracken and Ralph McCubbin Howell
13:26 - Regional Wrap - Avondale with Melissa Laing
13:35 - At the Movies
14:05 - Restoring the power of black tapa with memories of Tongan and English Queens
14:35 - Turning Twizel into a film set: Show Me Shorts director Arthur Gay
15:05 - Arts news
15:14 - Tukua goes to WOW! The intergenerational Arts & Culture series
15:45 - Drama: 'One of Life's Little Challenges'

Music played in this show

Song: Goblin
Artist: Eden Burns
Played at 12.10pm and 12.58pm

Song: Te Ōhākī - Kei Hea Taku Reo
Artist: Whirimako Black, Marei and Kings
Played at 12.27pm

Song: Fanfare
Artist: Tane Upjohn-Beaton
Played at 1.07pm and 1.59pm

Song: It's a Heartache
Artist: Wellington International Ukelele Orchestra
Played at 1.25pm

Song: Ha'ele ki Pilitania
Artist: Fangufangumana 'o Fusipala
Played at 2.05pm

Song: My Only Friend
Artist: Chris Knox
Played at 2.28pm

Song: One in a million
Artist: Leisure
Played at 2.58pm

Song: Process Knowledge
Artist:Borrowed cs
Played at 3.05pm

Song: Maureen
Artist: The Warratahs
Played at 3.10pm

Song: Drau Ni Oto E Bota Toka
Artist:Vatu Dei
Played at 3.05pm

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