Arts
Budget should recognise wellbeing role of the arts
Opinion - The arts helped us through the pandemic. New Zealand's Budget should radically rethink how and why they're funded, write Mark Harvey and Molly Mullen, for The Conversation.
New York artist presenting an all-day tidal performance
New York based artist Sarah Cameron Sunde has returned to New Zealand to complete a performance which she first started working on just before the country went into lockdown in 2020. She talks to… Audio
Inaugural Pedal Party being held in Dunedin for NZ Music Month
This weekend in Dunedin there's a special party being held as part of NZ Music Month. But it's not the typical kind of scarfy get together you might be thinking of. Pedal Party organiser Brendan… Audio
A merger of technology with music on display
Tonight a unique exhibition is opening at the Depot Theatre in Devonport if you are curious about how the impossible is turned in to the possible then you need to check out "Synthesis". Professor Olaf… Audio
Pasifika artists with disabilities charting their own course
Pasifika artists living with disabilities empowered to chart their own course. Audio
Founders Theatre to be demolished after late bid to save it fails
The Hamilton City Council has voted to demolish the Founders Theatre after a lengthy debate.
Community groups await decision on Founders Theatre future
Community groups are on tenter-hooks awaiting a decision from the Hamilton City Council on the future of Founders Theatre.
The building was closed in 2016 due to earthquake safety concerns. Two-weeks… Audio
Ockham Book Awards winners crowned
Four quite different books all received top prizes in the Ockham Book Awards in Auckland last night.
They included a meaty history about the New Zealand Wars; a book on fashion in Aotearoa from 1840… Audio
NZ film sound: The success in not being noticed
Opinion - Many don't realise the immense craftwork that goes into the sound of a film despite New Zealand-made screen sound and music having receiving multiple awards, John Mckay writes.
Tom Sainsbury to head on Tour
Comedian, snapchat satirist, dancing Alien, game show champ and now TV foodie Tom Sainsbury is about to hit the road with with his brand new show SNAPCHAT DUDE LIVE! Famous for taking the Mickey out… Audio
Hastings wants to reinvent itself as art and culture centre
Hastings is getting a makeover. The city known as the birthplace of the Mongrel Mob is repositioning itself as a hip arts and culture mecca.
There's millions of dollars of investment throughout the… Audio
Friends, Seinfeld actor dies at 67
American character actor Mike Hagerty, best known for his roles in TV series such as Friends and Somebody Somewhere, has died.
Eleanor Bishop: new opera draws inspiration from Janet Frame
Writer Janet Frame's time at Seacliff Mental Hospital in the 1940s and 50s has provided inspiration for a new operatic work premiering in Christchurch this month. Audio
NZ Spoken word performers headed to Canada
A trio that combines spoken word with classical accompaniment has been invited to perform at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. To tell Jesse about it, the group's spoken word poet Sharn Maree… Audio
Preview: 2022 Resene Architecture & Design Film Festival
Dan Slevin has tasted this year’s cinematic celebration of the curated world around us. Video
Bronze sculpture stolen from Auckland's Pah Homestead
What can you do with 50kg of bronze? Thieves will be figuring it out after an early morning heist from Pah Homestead in Auckland.
They made off with a bronze sculpture, and the Wallace Arts Trust… Video, Audio
NZ-designed whale tails up for auction at Auckland Viaduct
Now an auction that's bound to make a splash, the last of 80 NZ-designed whale tales are about to go under the hammer at Auckland's viaduct.
The colourful creations have been dotted around Tāmaki… Video, Audio
Behind the mask - Pedro Ilgenfritz on his growing collection
How did Pedro Ilgenfritz go from accounting to clowning? He talks to Voices producer and presenter Kadambari Raghukumar about his love for acting - and a growing theatre mask collection. Audio
Behind the mask - Pedro Ilgenfritz on his growing collection
How did Pedro Ilgenfritz go from accounting to clowning? He talks to Voices producer and presenter Kadambari Raghukumar about his love for acting - and a growing theatre mask collection.
AudioMaster carver James Rickard
Chances are you have seen some of James Rickard's work across the land, or even in places like Passchendaele in Belgium and Singapore. James Te Taonui a Kupe Rickard was a part of the first carving… Audio
