Arts

Some Hong Kong film makers are already being censored under the new political regime, and there are fears worse is to come.

Voices producer Liz Garton spoke with Vicci Ho a film festival programmer… Audio

Film festival programmer Vicci Ho explains why a career watching movies is harder than it seems and how she picks films to reflect a culture. Video, Audio

A painter, a sculptor and an architect collaborated in the 1960s and 70s to create unique churches, chapels, schools and private houses - all with a distinctive Kiwi character. "Big deal" you might… Audio, Gallery

What does it really mean to be courageous? Bridget van der Zijpp explores this in her new novel I Laugh Me Broken. Bridget's first novel, Misconduct was shortlisted for the 2009 Commonwealth Writers'… Audio

The popularity of the British TV series The Repair Shop - where damaged personal items are repaired by talented craftspeople - is a reminder that some skills must never be allowed to die out… Audio, Gallery

Origami as you've never seen it before... Artist Sarah Hunter has designed giant origami light-shade installations from her photographs of her much-loved childhood stomping ground on Hawke's Bay's… Audio, Gallery

It'll be a year later than planned, and the artist might not be able to attend to install her work or meet the international guests. But Yuki Kihara will be the first Pasifika artist to represent… Audio, Gallery

Plastic items from more than 25 different countries, including New Zealand, wash up on the remote Pitcairn Islands, posing a threat to a habitat that's home to unique and endangered species. British… Audio, Gallery

Postponing, rescheduling, cancelling, even rebranding... Organisers of the country's biggest arts, film and music festivals are having to make huge calls on the fate of their events in the light of… Audio, Gallery

Auckland film director Matthew Saville went to great lengths to persuade award winning actor Charlotte Rampling to star in his debut feature. Juniper opens in cinemas on 28th of October, and tells the… Video, Audio, Gallery

With borders closed, the biennial Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts is aiming to spotlight more of New Zealand's artistic talent.

The festival premieres on 21 February, though organisers are… Audio

We revisit the glory days of local beauty pageant Miss New Zealand. It was a must-watch television event complete with musical acts and million dollar lottery draws, and the winners were as famous as… Audio

On Tuesday, The Prime Minister announced details of Super Saturday - a major push to vaccinate those who are yet to be so And a big part of that will be an afternoon Telethon which, instead of raising… Audio

RNZ podcast 'The Unthinkable', hosted by Morning Report's Susie Ferguson, has taken out the gold award for Personal Lives Podcast at the New York Festivals Awards. RNZ has also taken out two other… Audio

Mark Amery heads to Gore, Foxton and Whanganui to consider how visionary individuals in some of our smaller but rich historical centres are bringing art and heritage together to maintain their towns'… Audio

As travel is difficult for us at the moment, a piece of European culture is travelling to New Zealand in the New Year. Michelangelo - A Different View shows off the frescos of the Sistine Chapel and… Audio