Arts
Review: Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Sacha Baron Cohen’s new Borat movie has already made headlines around the world. Dan Slevin checks in on whether it is also actually funny. Video
The unsung heroes behind the hand-painted photos of NZ's past
The exquisite work of women who handpainted black and white images of Aotearoa is being recognised in a new book, Wonderland. Audio
The Outliers | Episode 13: Isla Reeves
Isla Reeves is a Christchurch-based poet and musician who lives with bipolar. Isla balances studying, social work, art, and learning te reo Māori. Video
The Outliers | Episode 14: Valle
Valle is a PNG-born, Christchurch-based artist who travels back to his birth country. Meeting his grandmother and family proves to be one of the most pivotal moments in Valle’s life. Video
The hidden costs of streaming music
In his book, Decomposed: The Political Ecology of Music, Kyle Devine examines the hidden or overlooked costs of online listening. Devine wants people to understand that there is no such thing as a… Audio
Diane Wesh - Black Creatives Aotearoa
Diane Wesh has helmed a series of interviews with African-Caribbean creatives based here and set up a new digital directory identifying Black-owned businesses around the world using New Zealand IT… Audio
John Newton: Escape Path Lighting
Rock Oyster Island is the home that writer John Newton populates with a bizarre community of characters for his new satirical verse novel, Escape Path Lighting. Here we meet a fugitive poet, a Spanish… Audio
Young game developer turns his eye to film
Ali Soltanian Fard Jahromiis a game developer and film maker who's getting international attention, including for his 3D video game Invasion Resistance 2 that's getting great reviews on Steam - the… Audio
Tusiata Avia - Savage Colonisers Book
Hot off the Press - Black Lives Matter and the Coronavirus both make an appearance in the latest poetry collection from Tusiata Avia - who's also celebrating being named a 2020 Arts Foundation… Audio
Cora-Allan Wickliffe wins CNZ award
An artist who's helping to keep traditional Niuean bark cloth painting, hiapo, alive is one of the recipients of this year's Creative New Zealand Arts Pasifika Awards. Cora-Allan Wickliffe who's of… Audio, Gallery
The Witching Hours brings the radio play to the stage
Foley - creating sound effects for stage and screen - is one of the skills under threat from the digital age, where you can find most sounds you want with a quick search online. Audio
Graham Bennett: Around Every Circle
A sculpture made out of steel girders salvaged from the wrecked World Trade Center and the series of imperceptively moving structures that stand outside the Christchurch Art Gallery, are two of Graham… Audio, Gallery
Kapiti Arts Trail turns 20
For 20 years now, locals and visitors to the Kapiti coast north of Wellington have been invited into artists' studios as part of the region's annual Art Trail. Several hundred artists and craftspeople… Audio, Gallery
My Current Song: Mel Parsons, Isabelle (Greg Johnson cover)
If you live in the South Island - Mel Parsons is coming to a woolshed near you. The multi-award winning musician's teamed up with the comedy duo The Bitches' Box as part of 2020's The Woolshed Tour.
…Ali Ventura's film picks
Critic Ali Ventura reviews Baby Done, the Kiwi comedy which has just released in cinemas countrywide - from the producers of 'Hunt for the Wilderpeople' and 'The Breaker Upperers', the film stars Rose… Audio
Afghani refugees win prized Maori artwork awards with carvings
Two refugees from Afghanistan have taken out the top spots at the annual showcase of Māori artwork with their mahi whakairo - or carvings.
Mahdi, 18, and 17-year-old Ali Abed Hussaini moved here in… Audio
Jo Brand on being 'gobby' & writing mental illness
From making a name as an 'in your face', stroppy, feminist, stand- up comedian to becoming a regular on the small screen, Jo Brand is a long established master of subverting expectations. Her TV… Video, Audio
Author Ayad Akhtar on identity in a post 9/11, Trump America
Award-winning playwright and novelist Ayad Akhtar was born in America to Pakistani immigrants, much of his work invokes themes of religion, economics, identity and the American-Muslim experience. He… Audio
How author Tania Roxborogh is luring kids into Māori mythology
Tania is an award-winning author whose latest work draws young readers into the world of MÄori mythology - through a rollicking tale of adventure. Tania Roxborogh has written more than thirty… Audio
The Best of The West
We head back to 2005 and this week's pick of the Going West Festival is an event in which television presenter and talk-back host Marcus Lush delivers a witty account of his life-long love affair with… Audio
