Arts

If you want an entertaining TV show that's off-beat to the point of bizarre, Russian Doll is for you, according to Dan Slevin. Video

John Smythe has picked 6 shows that give a good taste of quality Fringe fare. He says since Friday, many of the shows have found ways of expressing solidarity with the Muslim community.  Audio

Artist Paul Walsh has painted a tribute to Naeem Rashid, one of the 50 victims of last Friday's attacks in Christchurch. The piece is in a car park in the Auckland suburb of Avondale. Mr Walsh says… Audio

Hawaiian filmmaker Na'alehu Anthony is in New Zealand to present his documentary Moananuiakea: One People. One Ocean. One Canoe, which is screening at the Maoriland film festival, in Otaki this week… Audio

Christchurch poet Gail Ingram says the only way she felt capable of responding to last week’s terror attacks was by writing. On Saturday, she sat down and wrote a poem and this week recorded it in our… Audio

Auckland Writers Festival director Anne O’Brien previews this year’s programme. Audio

Getting children hooked on opera is the idea behind NZ Opera's touring school productions. Audio

Hard-working, conscientious and fastidious - the popular stereotypes about Asian New Zealanders are about to be exploded in the debut novel from Wellington writer Sharon Lam. Audio

Duo Ktoo are packing their guitars, bass, ukuleles, banjos, mandolins, guitars, harmonicas into their station wagon and heading to the South Island West Coast on tour. Audio

The Ministry for Culture and Heritage is spending more than 106 thousand dollars on several projects that include a new bilingual edition of a 19th century biography of Te Rauparaha, and Nick… Audio

Otago University's 2019 Burns Fellow Emily Duncan is working on a memoir as well as premiering and directing her play Le sujet Parle as part of the Dunedin Fringe Festival. Audio

Creative New Zealand is shaking up its arts grants programme, raising the limits but also making changes to its popular Quick Response funding rounds. Audio

Hamilton's library is one of several public buildings getting a mural make-over this weekend as part of the annual Boon Street Art Festival. Audio

After a national trauma, creative arts offer us a "bridge towards possibility" both individually and collectively, says Auckland University professor Peter O'Connor, who teaches theatre in schools… Video, Audio

Pick and Mix has new music by Wellington guitarist Julie Bevan and Malian superstar Bassekou Kouyate and we remember French pianist Jacques Loussier who has died after a fifty year career.  Video

The Polyfest has changed so much over the past 44 years and as a result, then annual cultural carnival is becoming increasingly diverse. With over 200 groups performing on six stages, the 2019… Audio

Silkroad Ensemble's world fusion feast delights audience but went too easy on the spice Video