Arts
RNZ announces presenters for new Sunday arts and culture show
The new format Sunday afternoon programme will launch in August and incorporate favourite existing segments such as 'At the Movies', says RNZ's Head of Radio David Allan.
6 Million pieces of Lego bring Jurrasic Park to Tākina
Built from more than 6,000,000 pieces of Lego, Jurassic Park has arrived in a larger than life exhibition at Wellington's new convention centre, Tākina.
Australia's Ryan 'The BrickMan' McNaught, who… Audio
How a guide to writing poetry became something more personal
A few years ago, acclaimed poet, editor and professor Matthew Zapruder began documenting the process of writing a new poem. But the project to illuminate poetry for us, turned into a personal one for… Audio
Podcast Critic: Jemima Huston
Today Jemima talks to Jesse about the podcast The Kidnapping of Stephanie Slater and a US case Bear Brook. Audio
The TAHI Tuesday 30th May
Manuia le vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa! The team are celebrating Samoan Language Week on the show by teaching you some naughty, and not so naughty, Samoan words, as well as catching up with RNZ social… Audio
Keep Stepping: Director Luke Cornish on the athleticism and art in street dance
Luke Cornish spent years making his latest documentary, Keep Stepping, which follows two young women on their journey to prepare for Destructive Steps - Australia's largest street dance competition… Audio
Samoan journalist captures personal journey of the Tatau
Samoan journalist captures personal journey of the Tatau. Audio
Succession: 10 classic moments
This brilliantly told tale of toxic trustafarians and the corporate schemers of media conglomerate Waystar RoyCo has come to an end after four seasons. Succession super-fan Graham Smith takes a look… Video
Madeleine Sami's rough-as-guts new role
Next month Madeleine Sami takes on the biggest acting role of her career to date in new Australian black comedy Deadloch. She tells Kathryn Ryan why it's taken her so long to get a lead role. Audio
All Static & Noise showcases plight of China's Uyghurs
Seventy-one local and international films are currently screening in cinemas as part of the Documentary Edge Film Festival. One of these movies is All Static & Noise from the United States and it's… Audio
Scott Walker & Sir Richard Taylor: The creatures in The Tank
The trailer for our latest homegrown creature feature, The Tank racked up more than a million views in its first week of release in the U.S. It marks a return to NZ and to directing here by Scott… Video, Audio
Short-Cut with Dan Slevin
Dan Slevin joins the show with weekend viewing recommendations. Tonight he features the revealing documentary called STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie, which chronicles the actor's journey with… Audio
Iam Tongi first Pacific person to win American Idol
'It took me a long time to be proud of myself'. Iam Tongi has become the first Pacific person to win American Idol - and says there's no reason why others can't follow in his footsteps.
The… Video, Audio
Loafers Lodge fatal fire: 'Mike The Juggler' farewelled in Wellington
Hundreds of people have today marked the death of a man well-known for juggling on the streets of Wellington.
Michael Wahrlich, affectionately known as Mike the Juggler, is one of five people known… Video, Audio
Sydney Light Walk opening with NZ creatives featured
A massive art and lights festival is transforming Sydney from today. Over TWO million people are expected to visit the Light Walk experience - where one of the installations is by a group of New… Audio
"Photo Ark" to capture Twenty Thousand animals
A photographer for National Geographic has embarked on decades-long project to shoot portraits of the most vulnerable species in the world. He's hoping that his "Photo Ark" of 20 thousand animals will… Audio
The Rule of Jenny Pen adapted for the big screen
In 2021 the famous New Zealand short story Coming Home in the Dark by Owen Marshall was carefully adapted for the big screen actor and director James Ashcroft. Audio
The TAHI Thursday 25th May
Melodownz joins So’omalo for a great chat about Music, his community and his appearance in NZ Hip Hop Stand Up Season 3 streaming now on rnz.co.nz/hiphop. So’omalo also tells us some other yarns but… Audio
2023 DocEdge Festival preview
Dan Slevin previews three titles from this year’s DocEdge festival, on the understanding that the full programme is so diverse this small selection can’t possibly be representative of the whole. Video
Rotuma bringing awareness to language, culture through dance
Rotuma is a tiny Pacific island - a Fijian protectorate - it's about 47 square kilometres in size with a resident population of around 15 hundred people. In a couple of weeks the Rotuman dance group… Audio