Arts
Movie review: Endings Beginnings
Endings Beginnings finds Shailene Woodley torn between the rival merits of Jamie Dornan and Sebastian Stan. Is this Jules and Jim for the millennial generation?
Video, AudioAt the Movies for 15 July 2020
Simon Morris finds himself missing the once sneered at blockbusters, and consoles himself with three smaller, and mostly nicely done, movies. Audio
Strong Pacific showing at this year's NZ Film Festival
Pacific directors are making their mark at this year's New Zealand Film Festival which opens next week. Audio
Lockdown Laundry in Wellington libraries
Public art project, Lockdown Laundry, is visiting libraries around the Wellington Region. Audio, Gallery
Come Sew with Me programme gets a funding boost
Masterton based community progamme, Come Sew with Me, has been given a funding boost through the COVID-19 community fund for women and girls. Audio
Naya Rivera: Police identify body as missing Glee star
A body found in a lake in the US state of California has been identified as the missing Glee star Naya Rivera, police say.
Is it Time To Revive The Radio Play?
Nathan Joe is an award-winning Chinese-Kiwi playwright and performance poet. He joins us to sing the praises of what he regards is a unfairly neglected and under-appreciated artform, the Radio Play. Audio
Emma John's TV choices
Emma reviews Quiz, I Know This Much is True and Better Things Audio
Facebook fame helps Army Band draw fans to town hall reopening
Eager fans of the New Zealand Army Band queued for 90 minutes before the Christchurch Town Hall doors swung open yesterday, for the first show at the venue since lockdown.
Film and arts sector crews - coping after Covid
Last week we spoke to some of the leaders of the film and TV industries - the Film Commission, New Zealand On Air, various top producers. But it's the people on the ground who are doing it hard, post… Audio
Philippa Blair - cloaked in art
Philippa Blair has been painting on and making cloaks out of canvas since the 1970s. The artist returned to New Zealand in 2014 after 20 years based in Los Angeles where she exhibited work and taught… Audio
David Coventry's new novel Dance Prone
Wellington writer David Coventry's second novel was inspired by the Eighties post-punk hardcore movement - bands like Husker Du, Dead Kennedies and Black Flag. Audio
More funding for Festivals, but what's expected in return
Four Maori and Pasifika Festivals are the first to receive up to $100,000 from the new Creative and Cultural Events Incubator fund. The government says the incubator fund provides seed and development… Audio
Karyn Rachtman - from pulp fiction to environmental games
She's helped create some of the most popular and influential movie soundtracks of recent times - Pulp Fiction, Clueless, Boogie Nights and Baz Luhrman's Romeo and Juliet. Video, Audio
Creatives in Schools get welcome support, but is it enough?
The Government's 4 million dollar boost for the Creatives in Schools programme has been welcomed by artists and schools. Audio
Ali Ventura's film picks
Ali reviews Endings, Beginnings, out now at the movies and The Vigil which is out in cinemas on July 16th. Audio
How Cook Islanders could dance their way to better health
In the future, Cook Islanders will be dancing their way to better health if Troy Tararo-Ruhe has a say in it. The Dunedin PhD student has developed an exercise programme that includes traditional Cook… Audio
The Week that Was with Te Radar and Joe Daymond
Our comedians Te Radar and Joe Daymond with the tale of how one Australian got off a speeding ticket. Audio
Terei Tonight - Pio Terei and Nicola 'Nix' Adams
Nicola "Nix" Adams left jail two years ago in Australia, returning home to rebuild her life after she lost a child, turned to drugs and her husband left with their other two children. Audio
New Pacific art gallery opens in NZ
The first ever Pacific art gallery space has officially opened this week in New Zealand. Audio
