Arts And Culture

Award-winning UK festival Focus Wales celebrates emerging talent and artists. The festival which has been running for 15 years saw more than 22 thousand attendees, showcased 250 artists across 20… Audio

A new digital whodunnit comedy series puts the spotlight on the dangers and growing epidemic of image-based abuse and bullying. Inspired by millennial television shows like Gossip Girl, The Sender is… Audio

It's been 10 years of the Italian Film Festival in Aotearoa and what started out as a way for Paolo Rotondo to showcase and preserve his culture here - is now a 9-month celebration across the country… Audio

Award-winning poet and filmmaker Matariki Bennett is celebrating her debut poetry collection E kō, nō hea koe. It's been three years in the making and the coming-of-age style collection pays homage to… Audio

The country's leading circus theatre company, The Dust Palace,is about to open and tour their new show Haus of Yolo and secondly move into a new venue.  Audio

Author, writer and speaker Emily Writes has amassed a huge following online and readership. She first found an audience after writing a blog post in 2015 about struggling to settle her newborn baby at… Audio

The less we see of Kate Bush it seems the more she is beloved. Seldom in the public spotlight, the artist gained a whole new legion of fans when her song 'Running Up That Hill' became a hit again… Audio

Every week on RNZ's Culture 101 we ask an artist to share their love of culture and the cultural heroes that inspire them. In actor Ginette McDonald's case they're some of the people closest to her. Audio

A new moving and very personal animated short film Mirumiru looks at the love and bond between two kaumatu, an elderly Maori couple, Shorty and Lena as they deal with Lena's progressing mate wareware… Audio

After nearly 30 years, British writer and director Mike Leigh has reunited with actor Marianne Jean-Baptiste for his new drama and comedy film Hard Truths. Audio

A new report by AUT's Te Ipukarea Research Institute shows 12-year-olds who participate in arts and culture through extra-curricular and free-time activities experience better wellbeing, peer… Audio