Arts

Music from the world, for the world, hosted by Trevor Reekie. Audio

Acclaimed war photographer Bruce Connew has turned his lens on to our country's colonial memorials to document "a vocabulary of colonisation". His exhibition A Vocabulary at Te Uru Gallery in… Audio, Gallery

While WOMAD has pulled the plug because of Covid-19, New Plymouth's famous Festival of the Lights has overcome the challenges of the pandemic to put on a show.

This year, 15 brand new installations… Video, Audio

RNZ Concert listeners tell us what's so special about Beethoven 250 years after his birth. 

New Plymouth's iconic music, arts, and dance festival WOMAD, which takes place in March every year, has been cancelled for the first time in its 16 year history.

It comes less than a month after the… Audio

WOMAD, New Plymouth's iconic music, arts, and dance festival which takes place in March every year, has been cancelled for the first time in its sixteen year history.

It comes less than a month after… Audio

Film and TV reviewer Chris Schulz joins Kathryn to look at some of the best offerings around this year from New Zealand and overseas. Audio

It's been a 13 year drought since actor Eric Bana took a leading role in an Australian film. Eric Bana talks to us about filming in rural Victoria during a drought and enduring lockdowns in Melbourne… Video, Audio

While some parts of the arts sector are thriving, others are struggling financially thanks to Covid-19 and its aftermath. Theatres are one, art galleries another. So the publication of a free booklet… Audio

Being selected for two writers' residencies in a row has been the perfect welcome home gift for Greek/Kiwi writer and reviewer, Michalia Arathimos She and her family are preparing to leave the… Audio

For more than 40 years, Nelson based ceramicist Christine Boswijk has loved the feeling of clay moving in her hands. Christine's highly respected and thought provoking ceramics are in public… Audio

The demand for people with film production skills is so intense that students at the SAE Institute Auckland Campus were being offered jobs before they'd even graduated. Even staff are being lured away… Audio

Usually Te Papa's exhibitions are months, if not years, in the planning - but it had just weeks to bring together a large-scale exhibition allowing people to get up close to award winning World of… Audio

After an interrupted few months during the Covid-19 lockdowns, 2020 has turned into a bumper year for New Zealand made films - both in number produced and box office success. Next year, thanks largely… Audio

Jon Savage's paen to the year 1966 has Jeremy Taylor wondering - was it the best year in music? He'll play tracks from the Rolling Stones, Dusty Springfield and others. Audio

Lisa Woollett is a photographer and award winning author with a passion for beachcoming and mudlarking, and telling the stories of what we throw away. Her latest book, Rag and Bone, explores her own… Audio, Gallery