Arts
Kate Spencer - Poet
Our last poet of the show is Kate Spencer - she's a wordsmith, a show-off and a shutter bug - she's co-producer of Poetry In Motion, the Wellington Feminist Poetry Club, an alumni of Naked Girls… Audio
Sharn Maree - Poet
Sharn Maree is of Ngapuhi and Ngati Porou descent. Her poetry is woven with Maori whakapapa and her pono - her truth, advocating for greater awareness on mental health, political wrongdoings and… Audio
Guerilla Girls: Conscience of the Art World
The Guerilla Girls have been creating protest posters for 30 years - calling out the art world,using fact, statistics, shame and irony to call for then end to all forms of gender and racial inequality… Audio, Gallery
Tarns Hood - Poet
Tarns Hood is a Wellington performance poet who describes ordinary things with witty, rhythmic quick verse. She's the 2017 national slam poetry champ. Her style is raw and linguistically twisted and… Audio
Frances Mayes - The Italy only the locals know
Celebrated Italophile Frances and her husband, Ed eat and drink their way through regional Italy from Friuli to Sicily. They seek out the cultural and historic gems not found in traditional… Audio
Alayne Dick - Poet
Poetry slam is where poetry meets sport and the first of our poets this morning is a 2018 national poetry slam finalist, she's a playwright and writes for film. Alayne Dick has been performing at the… Audio
Jackson hits out over council approach to Shelly Bay project
Sir Peter Jackson has delivered a scathing critique of the Wellington City Council's plans for a major development.
Sunday 21 April on arts and culture radio show Standing Room Only
Join Lynn Freeman 12.30 to 4pm this Sunday for new Australian director of the Auckland Art Gallery Kirsten Paisley, Melbourne comedian Rhys Nicholson, actor Theresa Healey playing the Queen, producer…
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In thrall to Thrones
TVNZ made a bold move screening a contemporary local drama each weeknight this past week - but it was a foreign fantasy on pay TV that grabbed the media's attention. And turns out New Zealanders have… Audio
In thrall to Thrones
TVNZ made a bold move screening a contemporary local drama each weeknight this past week - but it was a foreign fantasy on pay TV that grabbed the media's attention. And turns out New Zealanders have…
AudioA share of wardrobe
In this episode of My Heels are Killing Me, Belinda Watt Head of Fashion at Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design, shoe designer Kathryn Wilson and Murray Bevan - the founder of fashion PR agency… Audio
Polanski asks court to restore his film academy membership
Roman Polanski has asked a judge to restore his membership in the organisation that bestows the Academy Awards nearly a year after he was expelled from it for sexual misconduct.
John Reynolds - the lost hours of Colin McCahon
John Reynolds is one of New Zealand's foremost artists. For several years he has been working on a body of work that examines the real-life disappearance of Colin McCahon on the eve of the exhibition… Audio, Gallery
The best movies new to streaming this week
Rental trumps streaming in this week’s guide to online feature film content from Dan Slevin. Video
Demetri Martin: my spirit animal is the turtle
American comedian Demetri Martin is a dexterous and distinctive performer who's delivered his special brand of deadpan stand-up to audiences around the world. He speaks to Wallace Chapman about comedy… Video, Audio
In the frame: Provincial fund to make Whangārei sculpture reality
A long-awaited Whangārei art project is to go ahead, following the approval of a grant from the Provincial Growth Fund.
Silver Swans: Taking up ballet in your senior years
A ballet school in Auckland is out to challenge the idea that the art form is only for the young and agile. Audio
Where Hands Touch
Where hands touch tells the untold story of the black children of the Rhineland, Germany, during World War Two. Director Amma Asante (Belle, A united kingdom) explains why she's drawn to that sort of… Audio
At the Movies: Hellboy
Without the genius of director Guillermo del Toro, this year's Hellboy reboot is predictable and superficial, says Simon Morris. Video, Audio
At the Movies: Hellboy
Without the genius of director Guillermo del Toro, this year's Hellboy reboot is predictable and superficial, says Simon Morris.
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