Arts

In 1993 Brierley Investments purchased a collection 34 original oil on canvas portraits of kuia with moko, painted by artist Harry Sangl in the early 1970s. They were promised to be returned to Maori… Audio, Gallery

Actor, writer and comedian Nick Offerman is known best in New Zealand for his role as Ron Swanson in Parks and Recreation (2009), which earned him a Television Critics Association Award in the US for… Audio

Ross McCormack, who started his working life as a builder, is one of New Zealand's leading choreographers and a 2017 NZ Arts Foundation Laureate. His career includes a decade performing with the… Audio

Her husband offered up his bottom for practice and now tattoo artist Debbie Casson has founded a business aimed at giving new hope and confidence to survivors of breast cancer. Audio

Hugh Grant is the best thing by miles in the BBC adaptation of John Preston’s best-selling book, says Dan Slevin. Video

Katherine Mansfield was New Zealand's first and most successful literary figure of note - a central figure in British modernism and short story-telling. Audio

Steven Soderbergh’s second iPhone-shot film takes the technology to fresh heights, says Dan Slevin. Video

More than a hundred years have passed since Cook Islanders posed in all their finery for photographer George Robson Crummer. His images have now gone on display alongside modern day studies of… Audio

New comedy series Fresh Eggs kicked off on TV2 last night, and it stars Kiwi actress Danielle Cormack who has returned from Australia for the series. Audio

Arts commentator Courtney Johnston talks to us about two NZ museums joining a global effort to bring together watercolour artworks from before the era of photography. She'll also look at why the New… Audio

Side by Side by Sondheim comes to Circa, marking 40 years since it first showed. Audio

Artists, Feeonaa Wall and Ani O'Neill talk about the collective of Pacific and Maori fashion designers, artists and performers whose work in Auckland gave rise to a new urban style in the 1990's. A… Audio, Gallery

In this episode of Voices, we learn about a Taiwanese Kiwi story about identity, love and loss told non-verbally on stage. Produced by Sara Vui-Talitu. Audio

The national kapa haka festival Te Matatini takes place in Wellington this week. Performer Ngairo Eruera and judge Te Atarangi Whiu share their experiences of performing on stage alongside their… Audio

Comic sans has both fans or those who want it banned. Vincent Connare talks to Jim about inventing the font 25 years ago and how ubiquitous it has become. Audio

Eva Radich takes a guess at likely highlights at this year’s WOMAD, and shares a favourite bluegrass band.

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UK-based New Zealand poet Fleur Adcock is marking her recent 85th birthday with the publication of her Collected Poems. Adcock talks to Kim Hill about her career and reads some of her favourite poems… Video, Audio