Arts

When he found an abandoned canvas and acrylic paints during last year's lockdown, it changed the focus of noted Wellington architect Roger Walker. Now he's turning his hand to painting… Audio, Gallery

From adorable dead mouse bowls to ridiculously tiny-handled and hyper-spiritual "zombie buddha mugs", Mt Maunganui-based ceramicist Laurie Steer has a lot of fun in his studio. At the moment he's… Audio, Gallery

Ending up in New Zealand when the lockdown hit, two members of a Uruguayan theatre company described their situation as "luckily stranded"! Now they're preparing to show Kiwis their physical theatre… Audio, Gallery

It happens just once every two years - the chance to see Porirua's artists in action, in their workshops and studios. The Friends of Pataka organise the Porirua Arts Trail, and this year around sixty… Audio, Gallery

Helping Asian musicians to get more recognition - and more gigs - is the aim of the new Wellington Asian Music Network. Co-founder is poet, singer and electronic music producer Nadia Freeman, who… Audio

A collection of tens of thousands of photographs by Kiwi photographer and photojournalist Olaf Petersen is one of five new additions to the New Zealand Memory of the World Register. Most of Olaf's… Audio, Gallery

Shocking, lacerating and wicked - that's how the judges of this year's Adam New Zealand Play Award describe the winning script & Sons by Dunedin writer Emily Duncan. She also took out the award for… Audio

A key figure in the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in State and in Faith-based Care helps to make sense of the stories of pain and anger through his art. Executive Director Mervin… Audio, Gallery

Women activists were protesting against all forms of oppression in 1984 when Auckland university lecturer and playwright Mervyn Thompson was kidnapped, beaten and chained to a tree by six women who… Audio

Author, political commentator and Professor of Communication Design at Massey University, Claire Robinson has now written a play about Aotearoa's first Labour Prime Minister, Michael Joseph Savage… Audio

A change in alert levels means Crowded House can actually have a crowded house when their tour kicks off next week in Christchurch.

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Associate Professor Geoff Willmott, MacDiarmid Institute Deputy Director for Commercialisation and Industry Engagement, and Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Auckland gives us his… Audio

This week for New Zealand Screen History we take a look back at the hugely popular quiz show It's in the Bag. Heather Crofksey, nee Eggleton, was the original co-host of the show and talks to Jesse… Audio

Film and TV reviewer James Croot joins Kathryn to talk about three new movies in the cinemas: Supernova, starring Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci, Blackbird, a US drama that stars New Zealand's Sam… Audio

Raya and the Last Dragon hits cinema screens (and Disney+) this weekend and Dan Slevin sat down (over Zoom) with Raya’s Head of Story, Fawn Veerasunthorn. Video

Julia joins Kathryn to look at Tai Moana Tai Tangata by MÄori sculptor Brett Graham at the Govett Brewster Art Gallery in New Plymouth, on until 2 May. She'll also look at Ralph Hotere: Ä€tete (to… Audio, Gallery

West Coast couple Colin and Sheryn champion local artists and craftspeople with their Blackball business, Kereru Crafts. Audio, Gallery

While Auckland is having to go through another week in Covid-19 alert level 3, the rest of the country is still feeling the squeeze.

The move to alert level 2 has resulted in events being cancelled… Audio