Arts

In exciting entertainment news, a New Zealand TV series set eight years after an unexplained virus has wiped out the world's men and boys, has been picked up in the US and will stream exclusively on… Audio

Two boys learning their pepeha (Māori introduction) bunk off from school and go to the beach. This is a heartbreaking tale of a boy finding his place in a challenging world. (One of the winning… Audio

Our Bookmarks guest is director, actor, writer, and co-founder of Proudly Asian Theatre, Chye-Ling Huang. She talks to Jesse about books, music, movies and more. Audio

A contractor cleaning a pool for the coming summer season gets a nasty surprise. One of the winning stories from the 2021 Nine to Noon Short Story Competition. Audio

In this subtle and touching story, a woman sits on a bench by the sea, an old man joins her and they chat - as strangers. (One of the winning stories from the 2021 Nine to Noon Short Story… Audio

On 3 December, all of Aotearoa will move into the traffic light system, with Auckland entering at the Red stage.

The government will release detailed sector guidance this week so business and other… Audio

Filmed under the twin shadows of both the pandemic and the Lord of the Rings, Cowboy Bebop is an Auckland film success story.  Audio

British singer and songwriter Adele has persuaded Spotify to stop shuffling albums by default- , so now the tracks play in the order the artists intended.

The singer tweeted: "We don't create albums… Audio

This year's International Film Festival seems to have had more twists and turns than a French film-maker's plot.

Even without the surprise resignation of festival director, Marten Rabarts, announced… Audio

From heading out into the wilds of the South Island to thunderous dancing in country halls, Jeffrey Paparoa Holman takes us on many an adventure with fishermen and musterers in his new poetry… Audio

A poem told through the eyes, or keys, of an abandoned piano... fallen angels... forgotten women... and an astronaut - all feature in Cantabrian Joanna Preston's second poetry collection, tumble. She… Audio

Elisabeth Pointon and Christopher Ulutupu are long-time friends, flatmates and artists known for challenging Pacific stereotypes. Now they're collaborating for the first time on a video work that's… Audio

A mysterious gathering of characters who've found themselves stranded in a once high-end, now run-down 1930's German hotel - that's the backdrop to Heather Straka's new exhibition Isolation Hotel… Audio, Gallery

A dance work exploring the sometimes toxic power imbalance between choreographers and dancers is part of the line up for this year's Otautahi TINY Performance Festival. The festival started in 2019 as… Audio, Gallery

Medical practitioners from around the country with a side-hussle as artists are about to put their works on show. The exhibition is called Beyond the Mask. As part of the annual conference of the… Audio, Gallery

One of the first Kiwi creatives to put up their hands to help schools struggling with post-Covid-mandate staff shortages has also just won a Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement. And to… Audio