Arts
Book Critic: Pip Adam
Today Pip talks to Jesse about the art of writing about art. She delves back to last year's inaugural Michèle Whitecliffe Art Writing Prize winners to use as examples of how to do that well! Audio
Aerial Coreography
Our Cultural Ambassador from the world of contemporary dance, director and choreographer Malia Johnston is joined tonight by Aerial choreographer Jenny Ritchie. Audio
Queenstown becoming a performing arts hotspot
Concert presenter Clarissa Dunn talks to Jesse about the upcoming Whakatipu Music Festival, saying the area is fast becoming a performing arts hotspot. Audio
The X factor - horror producer Jacob Jaffke
Right now the movie industry is increasingly nervous, with all the big Hollywood studios saying the only way to make a profit is huge and very expensive blockbusters. But one company is going in the… Video, Audio, Gallery
Christine Whybrew retraces the histories of houses
Family genealogy is irresistable for many of us, researching our whakapapa. There's another history though that's overlooked but often just as fascinating - the story of our homes. Christchurch-based… Audio, Gallery
Novelist India Holton
With characters who include a pirate of low morals but high cheekbones and a witch who's also an excellent pick pocket and a keen bibliophile, you can tell you're in for a wild ride. India Holton's… Audio, Gallery
David Groves takes us on a journey from Xanadu to Venice
Author David Groves invites us to travel the Silk Road from fabled Asian capital Xanadu to Venice, with adventurer Marco Polo and the Emperor Kublai Khan as our guides, in his novel 7 Intelligible… Audio
Baroque violinist Anne Loeser
In what she believes to be a first for Aotearoa, violinist Anne Loeser is about to play the entire cycle of Heinrich Biber's 17th century Rosary Sonatas for violin and continuo.. It's such a marathon… Audio
Rumplestiltskin
In this whimsical episode, MacDiarmid Institute Principal Investigator and Professor of Chemistry at the University of Auckland, Duncan McGillivray tries to work out how Rumpelstiltskin made straw… Audio
Film and TV reviewer Tamar Munch
Film and TV reviewer Tamar Munch joins Kathryn to talk about Amy Schumer's tender new comedy series Life & Beth (Disney), the second season of reo Maori historical action drama Kairakau (Maori… Audio
Charles Goldie's painting of chief sells for $1.8m at auction
A painting considered to be one of the finest by revered New Zealand artist Charles Goldie fetched $1.8 million at an art auction in Auckland last night. Audio
One of Charles Goldie's favourite works sells for $1.8m
A painting considered to be one of the finest by revered New Zealand artist Charles Goldie fetched $1.8m at an art auction in Auckland last night. The painting of chief Kamariera Te Hau-Takiri… Audio
Royal NZ Ballet cancels Swan Lake national tour
The company says the tour would not be viable under the ongoing red traffic light settings, even with indoor gatherings increased to 200 people.
Four-year, $67.5m Aotea Centre revamp completed
The refurbishment is one of a series of development projects and street upgrades to help revitalise the central city.
Auckland Theatre Company reaches out to youth
Young aspiring actors, directors, designers, writers, and theatre artists are being invited to apply for a new Youth Theatre company in Tamakai Makarau. It's for 16-25 year olds, and it's the… Audio, Gallery
Michele Beevors knits skeletons of endangered animals
Stuffed animals used to be a fixture of Victorian houses and museums, though for modern eyes they elicit complicated responses. They're certainly striking - often magnificent - examples of the… Audio, Gallery
Violinist Rakuto Kurano's residency at a Wanaka retirement village
Violinist Rakuto Kurano has big ambitions for his time as the first Artist in Residence at a Wanaka retirement complex. He's just completing the first of three week-long stints at The Aspiring… Video, Audio
Illustrators' contribution to children's books
An exhibition to celebrate those who put pictures to words for one of our leading children's book publishers, is about to open in Whanganui. It's two years since the Lockett Gallery, an arm of Paige's… Audio, Gallery
The first NZ Scandinavian Film Festival
Every year it seems there are new regional film festivals, often hugely popular with Kiwi audiences. The big surprise about the latest one - the first Scandinavian Film Festival - is surely why has it… Audio
The Going West Festival takes some new directions
Going West, Aotearoa's oldest indy LitFest, used to be all about the bringing together of writers and readers in a room, even on a train, to chat about books. But that was then. After two disrupted… Audio, Gallery
