Arts
Award winning Pacific artist Angela Tiatia
Pushing the boundaries is expat multimedia artist Angela Tiatia's stock in trade - she's often condemned by Samoan people offended by her work. Born in New Zealand, Angela also has Samoan and… Audio
Photographer - and witness - Robin Hammond
Ex-pat Photographer Robin Hammond focuses his camera on people who live on the margins - the mentally ill, the LGBTI community, refugees and other victims of war. His multi-award winning images are… Audio
Scott Dixon: 'It doesn't feel that fast when you're driving'
Scott Dixon isn't just New Zealand's most successful professional Indycar driver - he's one of the best drivers in the world. His record of 44 wins stretches back to 2001 and the five-time Indycar… Audio, Gallery
Jennifer Ward-Lealand: on the big screen in Vermilion
New Zealand feature film Vermilion tells the story of a group of women who are faced with a challenge when a woman at the centre of their world, musician Darcy, is confronted with a serious health… Audio
Pink concert pumped $14m into Dunedin economy
Pink's Dunedin concert injected $14 million into the city and wider Otago region's economies.
Raymond Antrobus - Poetry and perseverance
British-Jamaican Raymond Antrobus is a spoken word poet and social commentator who was diagnosed with deafness at the age of six. He is the author of three poetry collections - Shapes &… Audio
Women Should Be Seen and Heard
Is the arts a place where women have equal opportunity? And if not, why not? That's the big question at hand in Episode Six of RNZ podcast, Beyond Kate. Audio
2017 Michael Hill Violin Competition winner gives a thrilling and heartfelt performance
Peter Hoar reviews "Power and Brilliance" concert by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor - Alan Buribayev
Violin - Ioana Cristina Goicea
Borodin - Prince Igor: Overture
Shostakov…
The winner of the Leonard Bernstein Award performs with Orchestra Wellington and its concertmaster in two different settings
Pianist Christopher Park is soloist with Orchestra Wellington in its concert ‘The River’ this Saturday. Park is also teaming up with Orchestra Wellington’s concertmaster Amalia Hall for a one-off… Audio
A Million Little Things & NZ On Screen turns 10
TV reviewer Paul Casserly has been watching the new glossy American drama, A Million Little Things. He's also got his picks for what to watch on NZ on Screen on its 10th Anniversary. Audio
Poems in waiting rooms
Dunedin poet Ruth Arnison established Poems in the Waiting Room in 2008 to inject some life into waiting rooms. Audio
UK conductor reflects on his Westminister experiences
Dunedin Symphony Orchestra's Principal Guest Conductor Simon Over returns from London to conduct an all-Russian programme. Video, Audio
How to handle kids in museums and art galleries
Arts commentator, Mark Amery looks at how New Zealand's art galleries and museums treat young people and families. Mark says there are different approaches that range from ignoring children to fully… Audio
Galleries of Maoriland: a reciprocal relationship
Art historian Roger Blackley's new book Galleries of Maoriland offers a fresh perspective on the colonial art world. Former curator of Historical New Zealand Art at the Auckland Art Gallery Roger… Audio, Gallery
Music by New Zealand and Australian women celebrates women's suffrage
Composer Jasmine Lovell-Smith and soprano Barbara Paterson discuss the concert Vox Fem, which features music by New Zealand and Australian women, performed by Stroma and The Jac ensemble as part of… Audio
'I might get hurt doing something I love to do'
A Wellington drag queen says he has been harassed by strangers so often that he's now too frightened to walk alone in the city.
Celeste Barber: the celebrity parodist who's now a celebrity herself
Australian actor and comedian Celeste Barber is an Instagram star, thanks to her wildly popular celebrity photographic parodies. “I like to take inappropriate, half-naked unflattering photos of myself… Video, Audio, Gallery
Belinda Aycrigg's first novel Ocean of Milk
Magical realism isn't a common genre taken on by New Zealand writers, but it's a natural fit for Belinda Aycrigg who's just published her first novel Ocean of Milk. Audio
Adding to the canon - Michael Harlow
For half a century Michael Harlow has added to New Zealand's literary canon as a poet and librettist and also as a publisher and mentor. Audio
Homophobic Ban Briefly Lifted - Wanuri Kahiu's film Rafiki
Filmmaker and writer Wanuri Kahiu's film Rafiki was this year the first Kenyan feature film to screen at Cannes, yet this Romeo and Juliet style story of a lesbian teen romance set in the homophobic… Video, Audio, Gallery
