Arts

Found objects, traditional instruments, computer generated material - they're all part of an orchestra of sounds New York composer Sxip Shirey taps into for his creations. Lynn Freeman gets a chance… Audio, Gallery

A futuristic Aotearoa ,where very different lives are lived inside and outside a fenced settlement, where plastic is mined and the future is uncertain, is created in Lawrence Patchett's second novel… Audio

Hawke's Bay boy Cameron Jones is bringing his play that won awards at the Hollywood Fringe Festival in the States back home for the first time. Cameron's been studying in Los Angeles at the Stella… Audio

Lathe-cut records - handmade polycarbonate discs - have been a fixture of independent record labels for years, and they're still being produced. But as ever, in short runs - including one of the… Audio, Gallery

British actor Lennie James is best known for his lengthy stint on the popular Walking Dead TV series. But he says that writing three plays for Auckland's Massive Theatre company has been one of the… Audio

Half of the much loved comedy duo the Laughing Samoans, Eteuati Ete, has received CNZ's Senior Pacific Artist Award, recognising a career that spans four decades. The Laughing Samoans started out in… Audio

Classical musicians put their considerable skills to the test creating new versions of popular tunes.   Video

Norway-based former West Coaster Mel Burford didn't pick up a camera until she was 19, but in 2006 she became the first New Zealander to win a Pulitzer Prize for photography, for coverage of Hurricane… Audio

Dominic Hoey, AKA Tourettes, is releasing his new poetry I Thought We'd Be Famous. He's also at a live event for Late Night Art. The twist? He'll write live poetry for people, who then have the poem… Audio

New Zealand director Justin Pemberton’s adaptation of Thomas Piketty’s magnum opus Capital in the 21st Century opens in cinemas this weekend. Dan Slevin spoke to him about turning a dense economics… Video

Film and TV reviewer James Croot joins Kathryn for a look at the movie Hustlers which is out today in New Zealand, Amazon Prime's new series Modern Love and documentary The Movies, which is available… Audio

Music lover Joy Cowley chooses her favourite piece of classical music and tells us about the pleasure she gets from Debussy’s ‘Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun’. Video, Audio

An Australian journalist covering refugee detention on Manus Island has brought an audio installation by the Manus Recording Project Collective to New Zealand. Audio

The Power of Inclusion conference in Auckland was supposed to be an affirming event for a new generation - instead, young artists told organisers why they felt left out.  Audio

Taika Waititi's acclaimed new film JoJo Rabbit previewed in Auckland last night and RNZ National's Simon Morris of At The Movies went along and told Karyn what he thought. Audio

American filmmaker Brian De Palma is back in the director’s chair after seven years  – and the thriller he's made is out of time and out of taste, reports Dan Slevin. Video

Anthonie Torran is playing at the first ever Te Tairawhiti Arts Festival which opens this Friday and runs through to the 20th of October. Audio

Composer HK Gruber talks to David Morriss about returning to New Zealand for the first time since 1955 when he toured here singing in the Vienna Boys’ Choir.  This time he's here to conduct the New… Audio