Arts
At the Movies for 17 April 2019
Simon Morris suggests the subject of a movie isn't nearly as important as the person telling the story. He compares the old and new Hellboys, and talks to one of the new breed of English women… Audio
'You are us' concert raising money for mosque attack victims
Thousands of people are expected to attend a fundraising concert in Christchurch tonight to raise money for those affected by the mosque attacks. Reporter Logan Church joins us live from outside the… Video, Audio
Kids theatre review
Jo Hodgson and her 8 year old daughter Rita review 2 children's plays in Wellington, The Man Whose Mother was a Pirate and Paper Shaper. Audio
Lloyd Scott’s five faves
Former RNZ presenter, actor and all round good-guy Lloyd Scott drops by to choose a few favourite tunes and tells us about new musical film Upstage. Video, Audio
Arts with Courtney Johnson
Arts correspondent Courtney Johnston joins Kathryn to talk about how the first image captured of a black hole connects to an exhibition in Wellington at the moment, a heads up on the Auckland Art Fair… Audio, Gallery
Review: Game of Thrones
Dan Slevin’s spoiler-free review of the season eight premiere of Game of Thrones (plus some thoughts on where to next). Video
Opening the books
Justin Gregory opens the books on book publishing in New Zealand to find out if anyone's making any money. Audio
Nick Gibbs: Explaining Autism through comedy
Comedian Nick Gibbs life has turned his exploration of autism and how it is understood in wider society into a new comedy show "High, Functioning Autistic" Audio
The return of the Ngaio Marsh Theatre
The old Ngaio Marsh theatre at the University of Canterbury was one of the many casualties of the earthquakes.The Student Association is encouraging people who performed on stage or helped out behind… Audio
Leki Jackson-Bourke is a young playwright to watch
Leki, who's of Tongan, Niuean and Samoan descent, has written The Gangster's Paradise for Auckland Theatre Company's annual youth theatre festival Here & Now Leki Jackson-Bourke tells Lynn Freeman his… Audio, Gallery
The return of thriller-writer Tina Clough's odd couple
Hawkes Bay thriller writer and expat Swede Tina Clough has brought back the two unlikely detectives she introduced in The Chinese Proverb, for another dangerous assignment. One Single Thing by Tina… Audio
Greg McGee's new novel exposes family secrets
A story about a family where an aging father and his three children are keeping big secrets from each other is at the heart of the latest novel by Greg McGee, Necessary Secrets. He tells Lynn Freeman… Audio
University of Auckland's new "virtual organ"
Associate Professor James Tibbles, renowned organist and historic keyboards expert, has been instrumental in creating a virtual organ for his students at the University of Auckland School of Music… Audio
Extreme conservation in Antarctica
Working to save a few fragile huts from the Antarctic "heroic era", left behind by explorers like Scott and Shackleton has been one of the most satisfying projects undertaken by architects Chris… Audio, Gallery
Kiwi-noir? The event TV drama The Bad Seed
Upcoming New Zealand TV drama The Bad Seed is ground-breaking in more ways than one. Lynn Freeman asked Dean O'Gorman and Madeleine Sami about the challenges of The Bad Seed which starts on Sunday… Audio
Conceptual artist Nathan Pohio
Artist and curator Nathan Pohio won a Walters Prize nominee in 2016, and represented Aotearoa at Documenta 14 in Athens Greece and Kassel Germany 2017. A work of his from 1999 is included in the… Audio, Gallery
Courtney Collins: Armageddon event organiser
Armageddon organiser Courtney Collins speaks to Jim about the 24th event in Wellington. Audio
The Ring: Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold)
Erica Challis takes us through the story and music of the first of Wagner's epic four Ring Cycle operas. In Das Rheingold the theft of precious gold from three Rhine maidens launches us into a world… Video, Audio
Gretchen Albrecht, Luke Smythe: Between gesture and geometry
Gretchen Albrecht is one of New Zealand's most prominent painters. A forerunner of the women's art movement, Albrecht's work of the 1960s and 70s anticipated key aspects of feminist art practice. Art… Audio, Gallery
Knitting with Tash Barneveld
Knitter and craft blogger Tash Barneveld joins us to talk knitting and the internet - which has helped with a resurgence of knitting. She says without a couple of key websites, knitting wouldn't be… Audio
