Arts
Kids with cameras
When Raymond Sagapolutele first taught kids how to use a camera, he didn’t expect them to show him a thing or two about how to take a photograph. Now those kids have their very first exhibition… Audio
Searching for love in twenty-first century Shanghai
Gecko artists working alongside Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre have created an original story inspired by the dreams of William Shakespeare and Tang Xianzu. Chris Evans, one of the devising performers… Video, Audio
Brexit: The Uncivil War and Dog's Best Friend
Tamar Munch has been watching the behind-the-scenes dramatisation of the leave or remain politics in Brexit: The Uncivil War starring Benedict Cumberbatch. And here's one for the animal lovers! Dog's… Audio
Review – Russian Doll: a complex and compelling show from Netflix
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 on the Wellington Fringe Festival
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
Painter Carolee Schneemann and an Italian art heist foiled
Arts commentator Courtney Johnston looks at two very different art exhibitions about communities and connections; Italian police foil would-be art thieves; and remembering pioneering feminist artist… Audio
Paul Walsh's Avondale mural tribute
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
The astronauts of our ancestors: Na'alehu Anthony
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
'Quirky finds' at revamped Whanganui Regional Museum
The Whanganui Regional Museum has taken a back-to-the-future approach to its relaunch after earthquake strengthening.
Gail Ingram reads 'I cannot write a poem about Christchurch'
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
Musical events a major focus of Auckland Writers Festival
Auckland Writers Festival director Anne O’Brien previews this year’s programme. Audio
The Barber of Seville reaches a brand new audience
Getting children hooked on opera is the idea behind NZ Opera's touring school productions. Audio
Sharon Lam explodes some stereotypes
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
Two old folkies pay tribute to the wild West Coast
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
A History Award towards a book on the birth of Otago Museum
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
Burns Fellow Emily Duncan refuses to slow down
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
New approaches to our arts grants
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
Street art in Hamilton
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
'Every time we make something beautiful, we reject the hate'
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
New guitar music from Julie Bevan and Malian superstar Bassekou Kouyate's tiny ngoni
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
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