Sonia Sly
The Business of Fashion: Harman Grubiŝa
New Zealand Fashion Week kicks off in Auckland from 24-30 August, and this year, Jessica Grubiŝa and Madeleine Harman are showing their label, Harman Grubiŝa for the first time. Sonia Sly caught up… Audio, Gallery
Face Forward: NZFW Model Castings
The heat is on as designers make a push to complete their A/W 16 collections for New Zealand Fashion Week, 2015. But part of their process is also about finding the right talent to showcase their… Audio
Mandatory Menswear
New Zealand Fashion Week is only a week and a half away, so in the spirit of the theme, Sonia Sly heads in to the workroom of Wellington's Mandatory Menswear to find out how shopping habits have… Audio, Gallery
Fashion Talent on the Rise: Lucilla Gray
Lucilla Gray is tipped as hot new talent at New Zealand Fashion Week 2015, but she has already shown a collection at this year's London Fashion Week, with an invitation on the table for Paris. She… Audio, Gallery
Allergies and the age of Avoidance
Sonia Sly speaks to actor and director Paul McLaughlin who reveals why he must avoid fish at all costs, and Dr Robert Winkler talks about the world-wide rise in allergies due to factors including… Audio
Future of Performance Design
From fashion to costume design; filmmaking, art installation, music videos, and more. The Design for Stage and Screen course at Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School is now in its tenth year and producing an… Audio, Gallery
The Colourful World of Mica Still
If you've ever seen the work of Mica Still, you won't be able to walk past without a smile on your face. The US born, Wellington-based artist loves taking her art to the streets, and in recent years… Audio, Gallery
The Bridge that made a Town
If you're driving from Dunedin and heading southbound, it is difficult not to be in awe of the beauty that is the Balclutha Road Bridge. The art deco-style bowstring structure, built between 1933 and… Audio
Micro Madness
National Flash Fiction Day is a celebration of extremely short fiction (works consisting of 1000 words or less), and this year micro fiction - works consisting of a word count of 100 words or less… Audio
Renaissance of the Barbershop
Take a quick glance and you might be forgiven for thinking that The Godfather Barbers is actually a tattoo parlour with its retro style fit-out, shiny black floor and black and white photographs… Audio
Naked Discourse: You Occupy My Body By Looking
Performance artist, Virginia Kennard's latest work, You Occupy My Body by Looking deconstructs notions about the female body and 'how' we look at it. Lists written in donated lipsticks are written on… Audio
Documentaries on the Edge
Each year the Documentary Edge Festival receives hundreds of submissions from around the world, which are then whittled down to mere fifty or so: a rather compact number that also needs to cover a… Audio
Reframing the Great Outdoors
From home grown vegetables to living walls, rooftop and pop-up gardens, to the humble indoor plant: nature is taking centre stage with gardening enthusiasts happily showing off the fruits of their… Audio
Something Felt, Something Shared
Two artists share their stories of the personal connections and memories they have of their homes through the exhibition Something felt, something shared. What are the connections and relationships… Audio
Creating Co-operatively
Raewyn Theobald can barely contain her excitement at the mention of the natural disaster that ended up providing her with a windfall of surplus porcelain: "An earthquake is a mosaic artist's dream… Audio
Glory in their Eyes
For many New Zealanders, Gallipoli was to be the biggest adventure of their lives. To them fighting for King and Country was a calling and an honour, fresh-faced young men with glory in their eyes set… Audio, Gallery
Entrenchments 2015
A month-long creative event at Victoria University sets out to translate conflict into art as part of the First World War Centenary commemorations. Entrenchments 2015 uses technology, social media and… Audio
Rising From the Ashes: Lttle Phnx
Lucy Beeler A.K.A Lttle Phnx makes sweet, electro, synth-pop from a tiny bedroom in a Mount Victoria flat in Wellington. Sitting on her bed she pulls out a midi keyboard and confesses that all of her… Audio
Girls on board: Wellington ladies learning to surf
"Exhilarating and addictive…" that's how UK-born, New Zealand-based Francesca D'Oriano describes the feeling of riding a wave. Based out in Lyall Bay, the yoga instructor and founder of Wellington… Audio
Clowning about with Thomas Monckton
Thomas Monckton likes to make people laugh. With an untamed mop of wild, red hair he embodies characters of the slightly crazed, and eccentric. Notwithstanding his current, touring solo show in which… Audio