Arts
NZ Fashion Week’s secret plan to bring big tobacco to the catwalk
Several labels turned down a proposal that would have seen a multinational cigarette manufacturer pay their fees and venue costs, The Spinoff's business editor Maria Slade reports.
Girl In The Loft
Some listeners may remember an interview about 2 years ago when Bryan spoke to Stephanie Sinclaire about her time running the King's Hear theatrepub with her husband Dan Crawford. Stephanie's daughter… Audio
Fred Armisen: The Funny Side of Music
Comedian, musician and former Saturday Night Live star Fred Armisen brings his new show Comedy For Musicians But Everyone Is Welcome, to Auckland in September. He spoke to Elliott Childs about the… Video, Audio
Review: Succession S1
Succession should be your next TV obsession, says Dan Slevin. Video
Plans for Te Papa branch in South Auckland canned
Plans to build a branch of Te Papa in South Auckland have been shut down by lack of funding.
Museums as physical spaces for Pacific storytelling
Pacific Academic Albert Refiti is off to New York to do a research placement at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The senior Art and Design lecturer at AUT says museums are an important physical… Audio, Gallery
South Auckland arm of Te Papa canned due to lack of funding
The community in South Auckland says the loss of a planned arm of Te Papa museum there is a huge blow. Audio
Bite-sized reading: This isn't your average vending machine
Select an item from this vending machine and you won't get a snack or cold drink. It'll print you a random short story. Video
Police art competition criticised
Artists says the police should have commissioned an artist to decorate walls near holding cells in a Wellington police station, instead of opening it up to a competition.
The Song & Chance Act - Beat the Devil
Elric Hooper & Des Wilson look at gambling as a theatrical device in opera and musical theatre. Audio
Joe Dolce: the poet behind Shaddap You Face
What's-a matter you? Hey! Gotta no respect? Joe Dolce kept Ultravox's 'Vienna' off the top of the charts with his 1981 hit 'Shaddap You Face'. An ode to his Italian-American roots, the lyrics used… Audio
Michel Tuffery - Elevating the unsung hero of Cook's Endeavour
Artist Michel Tuffery has been part of efforts to broaden and refocus narratives around Captain Cook's arrival in Aotearoa 250 years ago, including giving proper credit to his Tahitian navigator and… Audio, Gallery
David Suchet - Hercule Poirot, and more
English actor David Suchet was in the Royal Shakespeare Company for more than a decade, and has been directed by Harold Pinter, but he's undoubtedly best known for his 25 year turn playing Agatha… Audio
Public or private? Institutions miss out on national treasures
Some historians are concerned New Zealand's public libraries and museums are being priced out of buying national treasures by private investors snapping up items from the country's early history. Video
Jennifer Stumm gives a concert of virtuosity and drama
Te Kōkī Trio and Jennnifer Stumm's “Secrets & Hidden Messages” programme has at its heart the restless and extravagant Romanticism of Schumann and Brahms, music which shows off Stumm’s virtuosity to…
Review: This is Football
Dan Slevin prepares for the new football season by watching a six-part documentary series about the beautiful game. Video
Contentious Bondi mural scratched
Luke Cornish is the artist behind a contentious mural on Sydney's Bondi Beach highlighting Australia's hard line immigration policies and deaths in detention. He speaks to Karyn about the response to… Audio
Cultural Ambassador - South Auckland
Photographer Raymond Sagapolutele keeps us up to date with cultural life south of the Tamaki and North of the Bombays. Audio
Review: Serenity
Serenity has a reputation as cinema’s biggest disaster of 2019. Dan Slevin investigates. Video
The Virtues, Two Sketches and My Māori Midwife
Film and TV reviewer Tamar Munch looks at new gritty British drama The Virtues on Rialto, Two Sketches which is streaming on The Spinoff platforms and My Māori Midwife, which is on TVNZ on Demand. Audio
