Chinese New Year
New Zealander in China: 'Life is back to normal here'
We spoke with New Zealander Lew Dagger a few weeks back ago when China was in lockdown, but now he says life is pretty much back to normal. In fact, he has even managed a sit-down meal in a… Audio
COVID-19 outbreak has made China a 'pedestrian's paradise'
Lew Dagger has been in China for the past twenty years. He lives and works in Jinghong in the south of Yunnan, close to the Myanmar border. He joins the show for an update on the impact coronavirus… Audio
Worlds of Music Ep 124 16-19 February 2019
Trevor Reekie shares music from Indian slide guitarist Debashish Bhattacharya, Italian violinist Luca Ciarla (ahead of a tour here this month), and Chinese musician Wu Man, a virtuoso of the Pipa. Audio
More to Chinese New Year than festivities
Reporter Jessie Chiang sits down with the Li Family for a Chinese New Year dinner and finds out what their life is like after more than two decades in New Zealand. Video, Audio
Love and Dumplings
Chinese New Year is now the largest community festival held in the capital. Lynda Chanwai-Earle finds out from three generations of the Tom family why it's such a special time of year. Audio, Gallery
Sound Archives: Chinese New Year in Central Otago
Sarah Johnston of Nga Taonga Sound and Vision plays us some recordings from the sound archives which show Kiwis have been joining in with Chinese New Year celebrations since the 19th century. Audio, Gallery
Tan Dun APO debut
Celebrated Chinese composer and conductor Tan Dun will make his Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra debut on Tuesday with his new work Passacaglia: Secret of Wind and Birds which tries to explain the… Audio
New doco charts history of Chinese in New Zealand
Just in time for the start of Chinese New Year celebrations, a new documentary opens today highlighting the lives of New Zealand's Chinese goldminers and immigrants. Audio
Home cooked Chinese New Year
Carolyn King talks to Kathryn Ryan about her love of Chinese home cooking and recreating the dishes that her grand-parents would have cooked before coming to New Zealand. She is the author of Por… Audio
Children discover Chinese dance
They've performed over 40 times around the world but now an international folk dance troupe from Xiamen are giving schools across Wellington workshops in Chinese Folk Dance, celebrating Chinese New… Audio, Gallery
Total dedication - the life of young Chinese acrobats
They start learning acrobatics at the age of five and will have chalked up to 8000 hours practice by the age of 10. Showing absolute commitment to their craft, child acrobats of Zirka Circus are… Audio
Total dedication - the life of young Chinese acrobats
They begin acrobatics at the age of five and will have chalked up to 8000 hours practice by the age of ten. Child acrobats of Zirka Circus perform in Wellington City for Chinese New Year. Audio, Gallery
Chinese New Year - dancers, dragons and football!
Football kicks off the eve of Chinese New Year when Wellington Phoenix play against rivals Perth Glory with a spectacular collaborative performance of Chinese Dance and Dragons! Audio, Gallery
Deirdre Tarrant and Linda Lim: East Meets West
The Year of the Monkey will be welcomed in at a Chinese New Year Festival in Wellington on Sunday. Linda Lim is co-ordinator for the East Meets West Celebration Show. Choreographer Deirdre Tarrant… Audio
Record numbers from China expected over Chinese New Year
The tourism sector is gearing up for record numbers of Chinese tourists expected to touch down in the country this month to celebrate Chinese New Year. Audio
Tourism boost for Chinese New Year
Record numbers of Chinese tourists are expected to visit New Zealand to celebrate the Chinese New Year in February.
Rendezvous with Guzheng
Xiyao Chen is a guzheng master, originally from Beijing and from a long family line of guzheng Masters. Together with Mongolian Throat singer Jonny Marks and acoustic guitarist Jack hooker they're… Audio
Ancient New Chinese Comedy
"Ancient and new" Chinese stand-up comedy is featured at a Gala Festival in Lower Hutt celebrating Chinese New Year. A popular visiting comedian from Hunan, China meets Lynda Chanwai-Earle so she can… Audio
Sister City collaboration opens Chinese New Year
A renowned visiting Chinese dancer from Wellington's sister city Xiamen is collaborating with renowned New Zealand choreographer Diedre Tarrant (Footnote Dance) to open Chinese New Year at the… Audio
Chinese Year of the Sheep Starts Today
Have sheep been given a bad press? Are they really the stupid docile beasts we've been led to believe? The owner of our most famous Merino, Shrek,John Periam joins the Panel to talk sheep. And golf. Audio