Arts Festival

Arts critics Lynn Freeman and Justin Gregory discuss the content so far of our two major festivals - the New Zealand Festival in Wellington, and the Auckland Arts Festival. Audio

For the first time the Wellington based New Zealand Festival and the Auckland Arts Festivals are running head to head. They are not only sharing some shows, but also sharing the costs of commissioning… Audio

MiXit is a community programme that helps young refugees and migrants to Auckland to express themselves creatively and develop skills through performance and workshops.The founder of MiXit Wendy… Audio

Ralph McCubbin Howell and Hannah Smith are travelling the country with three shows, have just opened a play challenging ANZAC mythology, and are working on another production that will premiere at… Audio

A large scale animated video re-imagining based on an early 19th century series of images called the Savages of the Pacific Ocean, will represent New Zealand at the 2017 Venice Biennale. in Pursuit of… Audio

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd. Chosen by Mark Sedon, Festival Director of the Mountain Film Festival. Audio

Month of Perfomance Art: Berlin is an artist-run event is in its fifth year and attracts performers from around the world. Recent arrival in Berlin; New Zealand Korean performer Samin Son is… Audio

Dunedin's about to host the country's first festival dedicated to young writers - and new forums for writing. City councillor and playright Aaron Hawkins has organised the event, with panel… Audio

We've all heard of graphic novels by now but what about graphic poetry? Auckland writer Rachel J Fenton is an exponent of this new hybrid art form and will be presenting selections of her work at the… Audio

The opening week of the 56th Venice Biennale - known as the Vernissage, meaning a preview, has come to an end. The art world insiders have had their chance for a free look at art from 53 countries… Audio

Tiny teams all over the country are doing in two days what it takes far larger teams years to do - make a movie. The 48 Hours film competition is on! Simon Morris speaks to the New Zealand Manager for… Audio

This week Wellington was host to a plethora of comic talent - no not from the comedy festival. New Zealand illustrators and cartoonists met up to discuss their craft at ComicFest. At one such… Audio

New Zealand is the country of honour at another of the world's big literary events - two years ago it was Frankfurt, this year Taiwan's chosen this country to introduce to its readers and others from… Audio

Fringe Festivals are usually great opportunities for testing new and edgy kinds of art and performance. But this year's Auckland Fringe sees a slightly older avant-garde form making a strong comeback… Audio

The new director of Dunedin's Fringe Festival, Josh Thomas, on what will change and what will stay the same under his watch. Audio

Twenty years ago the Bellamy family of Macandrew Bay in Dunedin set up an art gallery, and they are celebrating its 20th anniversary with a retrospective exhibition called Swell for the Otago Arts… Audio

We find out how Dunedin's historic Vogel Street has been brought back to life. This once-thriving hub of commerce fell out of favour for a long time, but now it's been revitalised and its grand old… Audio

Trevor Coleman is a three-times Emmy award-nominated composer, and producer of almost 100 soundtracks, working as a freelancer and with Dunedin-based NHNZ. He's also a busy musician who's gigging at… Audio