Arts

Before there was Netflix, before there was television, movies or radio, popular culture came between the covers of the popular periodical. Magazines like The Strand, Punch and the Boy's and Girl's Own… Audio, Gallery

20th century New Zealand writer Dan Davin is best known for his fiction, a book on New Zealand's second world war Crete campaign and his work for Clarendon and Oxford University Press after the war… Audio, Gallery

The Great South Road. It's almost three years ago since we talked to writer Scott Hamilton and filmmaker Paul Janman about their 200 kilometre journey down the Great South Road, which extends from… Audio, Gallery

In Waikanae, the Kapiti Coast's Mahara Gallery sits close to the local marae Whakarongotai and has developed a strong Matariki programme with local Maori artists. Audio, Gallery

Artist Jess Johnson is in New York - and Simon Ward is in Wellington - but they communicate through virtual reality, creating animation and virtual reality environments that are pretty indescribable.

The Chills frontman and self-confessed hoarder Martin Phillipps has unearthed around 400 items from his expansive personal collection for an exhibition opening at Otago Museum this weekend.  Audio

Former Conservative Party politician Michael Portillo is now most famous for exploring England with the aid of a 19th-century tourist handbook on the BBC series Great British Railway Journeys. Audio

The fashion industry is a hungry beast and beyond its glossy facade are people who work tirelessly behind the scenes. But what is it like to be in the thick of it as an editor for a top international… Audio

Sarah McMullan reviews horror movie Hereditary, and Mum series 2 on Lightbox. Audio

Famous cellists announce NZ performance, a renowned artist gets rejected by the Royal Academy Art Show, Orchestra Wellington announces a new board chair, pianist Somi Kim on her guest work with NZTrio…

For Bookmarks comedian Kura chooses her favourite things from Tina Fey, Amy Schumer, Troy Kingi, Andre Agassi, and Coco Solid amongst others. Audio

In 1927, an Australian aviatrix became the the first woman to fly from Australia to London. Corey Mead tells the almost unbelievably dramatic true story of Jessie Keith-Miller and her co-pilot Bill… Audio, Gallery

The largest US actors' union and the four major US television networks have agreed to limit auditions in private hotel rooms and homes following the #MeToo movement. Video, Audio

Babies don't make the best theatre patrons. But the creators of the theatre show Femme Natale have welcomed them - even though toddlers sometimes come on stage during performances Audio

Richard  Francis is a taa moko artist, graphic artist, teacher, painter and carver who graduated from the Māori visual arts and design school Toihoukura in 1995. Audio

Perhaps the most enduringly successful of the many operatic settings of the world’s greatest love story. Video

The Museum of Modern Art has acquired three works by Kiwi artist Susan Te Kahurangi King. The acquisition follows the increasing awareness of her works around the world. Susan, who is 66, grew up in… Audio

Angie Meiklejohn moved to Auckland's Centrepoint community when she was 15. She tells Kim Hill that participating in the upcoming documentary Angie has lifted her shame about what happened there. Video, Audio