Sunday Afternoon

Anna Thomas finds out about a new feature film about Rugby and a brass band. Audio

The recent Oscars made several references to the fact that all those movies were made to be seen in an actual cinema, not on a laptop, phone or device. But in fact most movies in this country are… Read more Audio

Must-see Tony, Grammy, Olivier and Pulitzer prize-winning musical hit Hamilton is coming to Tamaki Makaurau in May and June. The highly acclaimed production premiered on Broadway in 2015, and on the… Read more Audio

After three years in something of a holding pattern, the annual International Comedy Festival comes back to full strength in May, with not only the best local comics, but an impressive selection of… Read more Audio

The Poetry Aotearoa Yearbook 2023: Afterburn was released on Thursday.... featuring 150 new poems. It's the country's longest running poetry magazine - first published in 1951. Dr Tracey Slaughter is… Read more Audio

It's a regular concern among teachers and parents - getting young people, particularly boys, to start reading. One writer who's done just that in this country for 40 years is acclaimed author David… Read more Audio

Tickets are selling like hotcakes for next weekend's WOMAD, with artists coming from far and wide to New Plymouth to strut their stuff. This year sees Zambian rapper Sampa the Great, Pasifika women's… Read more Audio

Two successful local novels are soon to be published overseas - Pip Adam's The New Animals by the Dorothy Project in the USA, and Kirsten Macdougall's She's a Killer by Gallic Books in the UK. The… Read more Audio

New Zealand artists are supporting a national relief concert, to raise funds for communities and whanau hit by Cyclone Gabrielle. Susana Lei'ataua spoke to Shane Taurima about it. Audio

Wellington singer/songwriter Sebastian Bell has just released his debut four track EP, called WOMB, in the same month he celebrated his twentieth birthday. Dan Slevin spoke to Sebastian about the EP… Read more Audio

Acclaimed Kiwi opera singer Phillip Rhodes has been appointed the first Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation Laureate in recognition of his outstanding achievements as a classical singer, both in New Zealand and… Read more Audio

International renowned theatre artist Lemi Ponifasio has created a new work that brings Pasifika communities together with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in a ceremony at the Michael Fowler… Read more Audio