Arts

UK actor Navin Chowdry talks to Lynn Freeman about the new UKTV thriller, Next of Kin and breaking the mould of minority portrayals. Next of Kin centres on a British Pakistani family in London. The… Video, Audio

New Zealand was the first place to give women the vote, Saudi Arabia was the last. To mark the 125th anniversary of Suffrage here, City Gallery Wellington is holding an exhibition featuring the work… Audio, Gallery

Upbeat begins a series of Tuesday Proms matinee broadcasts starting today with BBC New Generation Artists the Calidore String Quartet and pianist Javier Perianes.

And we have the second part of our…

You see a lot from as a tourist in your own land. You learn a lot from looking again at the known. So - here is the first of a series of tourist guides to our own Parliament.

US singer songwriter, Suzanne Vega is in New Zealand to play 2 shows as part of her Anniversary Tour celebrating two of her early albums. It has been 30 years since Solitude Standing was released… Audio

Violinist, teacher and former NZSO Concertmaster Wilma Smith led the judging panel for the 2018 NZCT Chamber Music Contest National Final this year along with Klara Kollektiv (clarinettist Anna… Audio

Te Ahi Kaa, a string quartet from Whangarei have claimed the top prize, The Wallace Foundation Platinum Award at the NZCT Chamber Music Contest 2018 National Final held last night at The Piano in… Audio

The 2018 BBC Proms arrive today on RNZ Concert: we preview what’s in store for RNZ Concert listeners. We feature the winners of the NZCT Chamber Music Contest Te Ahi Kaa from Northland and speak with…

Kate Mulgrew on how Orange is the New Black's character Red 'just leapt out', being where no woman had gone before, playing the first female Star Trek skipper: Voyager 's Captain Janeway, and the… Audio, Gallery

Australian composer, pianist, singer and songwriter Petra Salsjö wrote The Journey about her brush with breast cancer. The Swedish-born musician composes for films, TV and art installations, and works… Audio

Wearing an All Black jersey is still the dream of many a Kiwi boy but in Nicholas Sheppard's new novel Broken Play, a talented young player's sexuality might derail his career. These days… Audio

Kiwi choreographer Corey Baker wants Londoners to think about climate change as they recover from record summer temperatures. He's recreating Antarctica at the London Science Museum, through images… Audio

American jazz pianist and arranger Shelly Berg is one of the great go-to's for American singers - his lengthy CV includes working with Stevie Wonder, Dionne Warwick, Gloria Estefan, Bobby McFerrin… Audio

The GPS routes recorded while he explored Waiheke Island on foot have found their way into the abstract paintings of Artist in Residence Mark Surridge. Mark's a British artist invited to Waiheke by… Audio

In the era of the Weinstein fallout, "Lover or predator" is the byline for Opera Otago's new modern-day production of Mozart's Don Giovanni, created by father and son director and music director John… Audio

Cooking Sections is a London based art duo fascinated by international food practices and systems, and they're about to explore our food producing nation on a research trip. Their past projects… Audio

A photography course at an alternative school in Henderson, has been a life changer for the teenagers involved. Their photographs and people's stories they gathered at the same time, were shown in an… Audio

Paora Te Oti Takarangi Joseph is of Atihau-a-Papaarangi and Nga Rauru descent, from Kaiwhaiki Pa, near Whanganui. His first job was as a youth worker on the streets of South Auckland, which led him to… Audio

Nigel Pascoe QC is a specialist practitioner in UK criminal jury advocacy, undertaking Courts Martial, and some civil work including serious abuse and baby shaking cases, and defamation. He's been one… Audio