Chinese New Year

Poet Laureate Chris Tse curates a selection of recent books by Aotearoa’s East and South East Asian writers to mark Lunar New Year.

Wellingtonian Ron Hanson has strong ties to Taiwan, having lived there on and off since the turn of the century.  He's Calling Home from the Nantun District of Taichung City, where he lives in a… Audio

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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