Arts

Seven years ago the O'Connor family band LAVA had everything going for it. But when Amanda O'Connor died suddenly on November 2011 her daughter Acacia's life went into a tailspin. Acacia reflects on… Audio

Since 2012, photographer Dr King Tong Ho has been photographing Chinese New Zealanders with ancestral objects that hold great meaning for them. KT, who's a senior lecturer at AUT, calls his project… Audio

How often do you watch a new comedy show on TV and wonder "Who picked that?" Well shortly the answer might be "You did"... TV3 is about to offer 5 possible new shows, and invite the audience to pick… Audio

Joel Tobeck has acted in some of New Zealand's best loved films, theatre and TV shows. But for the first time in 15 years he's on stage again, starring in 'Mr Burns: a Post Electric Play', at Silo… Audio

Dunedin-based artist Bruce Mahalski has provided commercial artwork, illustrations and cartoons to a range of outlets since the 1980s. An art teacher at Williams School of Art ('Inverlochy Art… Audio

American actor Mark Wahlberg has revealed his daily schedule. It includes very early morning rises, lengthy work-outs, a strict eating regime and early-to-bed. We talk to local actor Jacqueline Nairn… Audio

Massive balloons, a giant snow globe, and huge kites - that's what's being promised in a new circus show coming to town. Air Play is just that, a show all about the air we breathe and they way we play… Audio

Most of us don't pay a huge amount of attention when we're walking, especially around our own town or city. A cultural geographer has created a walk designed to make you aware of your surroundings, to… Audio

Michael Kenna is an English photographer best known for his unusual black & white landscapes featuring ethereal light achieved by photographing at dawn or at night. He says he likes to treat his… Audio, Gallery

Memes, cat videos, youtube compilations - the way we make and consume comedy has completely changed since the birth of the internet. It's no longer just sitcoms and stand ups, we're getting our laughs… Audio

For more than twenty years Touch Compass has been challenging people's ideas of what dance is and who can do it. Kathryn Ryan talks to its founder and artistic director, Catherine Chappell and one of… Audio, Gallery

A new R16 comedy-cabaret, Unsupervised, takes what's described as a "raucus look at adulthood and mental health". Performer, puppeteer and singer-songwriter Rebekah Head walks a fine line between… Audio

The Top of the South Film Festival, as the name implies, is a celebration of the film-makers of Nelson, Marlborough and their neighbours. One of the premieres this year is by hard-working Nelson… Audio

Women who were active in the 1970's feminist movement - now in their 70s and 80s - are about to take to the stage in a dance piece exploring the suffrage movement. Glass Ceilings is the latest work by… Audio

A New Zealander who defected to ISIS with his Arab wife is being hunted in the Middle East, in a new political thriller by playwright Stuart Hoar. But in the War on Terror, do the old gentlemanly… Audio

When you're buying art - especially old art - top of your check-list is the artwork's provenance. That thorny subject is the theme of the 4th New Zealand Art Crime Symposium in Wellington. Art crime… Audio

A new partnership between bookworms and Hogwarts launches tomorrow, promising to cast a spell on young men to get them to read. The New Zealand Book Council has partnered with UK publishers of Harry… Audio

Simon Bridges gets a little funky and NZ Politics Museum opens. Audio