Arts

Actor, director and playwright Nancy Brunning has died. In 2015 she talked to Lynn Freeman about the first play she wrote Hikoi, based on her own family story. She set it in the 1970s and 80s - the… Audio

The Playmarket Award will be presented at a ceremony in Wellington on Sunday. The $20,000 cash prize recognises a playwright who has made a significant artistic contribution to theatre in New Zealand… Audio

Karl Chitham, Kolokesa U Mahina-Tuai and Damian Skinner have published a book called Crafting Aotearoa, and as you'd expect given the topic, it's big and full of pictures. Audio, Gallery

Indigenous artists from around the world are in Ngāruawāhia this week for a special gathering and an art exhibition.The 9th International Indigenous Artists Gathering (Pūhoro ō mua, Pūhoro ki tua)… Audio, Gallery

Right now the Government Royal Commission of Inquiry into the terrible abuse of children in state care is trying to restore the faith of the surviving victims. This week one of them is sharing his… Audio

In the Seventies, when the Italians were making their versions of American Westerns - like The Good the Bad and the Ugly and A Fistful of Dollars - India was doing a similar thing. The Bollywood… Audio, Gallery

We look ahead to artists coming to WOMAD NZ and NZ Festival 2020 and enjoy torch songs from Cape Verde and 60’s era United States. 

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Sir Michael Hill is in the Musical Chair this morning, talking to Jim about 40 years in the jewellery business, continuing to strive and dream big, his new book, his beloved golf course and the… Audio

Running away to join the circus is a dream for many, but for Kiwi theatre performer Thom Monckton it's been an absolute reality. Thom's based in Helsinki but is Calling Home is currently touring his… Audio

Is Colin McCahon our country's most important artist? Justin Paton thinks so. Paton is Head Curator of International Art at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, an active art critic, and author of… Audio, Gallery

Ghibli’s Kiki gets the boxset treatment and Dan Slevin approves. Video

Hedy Lamarr’s story is inspiring and dispiriting in equal measure, says Dan Slevin. Video

Film and TV reviewer Sarah McMullan looks at new New Zealand feature film Bellbird, a kids' documentary about a reindeer called Ailo's Journey which is narrated by Donald Sutherland and the second… Audio

The New Zealand Music Awards are on tonight in Auckland.

The awards celebrate the the well-known musicians and the up and coming.

RNZ's Music 101 presenter, Charlotte Ryan, talks through her picks… Audio

Students on the audio engineering degree course that moulded Joel Little - producer of Lorde's Grammy award-winning hit 'Royals' - are fuming it's been closed without them even being told.

They… Audio

Lunch goers in Christchurch were given a special treat today as world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma made an appearance on the banks of the city's Avon River.

The free concert aimed to highlight the value… Video, Audio

Millions of people flock to the Louvre Museum, often to see one thing: the Mona Lisa. But many leave the Leonardo da Vinci painting feeling underwhelmed - why? Well mainly because of those huge… Audio

David Michôd and Joel Edgerton’s The King reinvents Henry V for Netflix, says Dan Slevin. Video

In the immediate aftermath of the Christchurch mosque shootings, one image captured the grief and sadness felt across the nation. Wellington artist Ruby Jones has now released her first book 'All Of… Audio