Arts
Hundertwasser Art Centre construction to finally begin
On Friday the government announced it would inject another $6.9 million into the Hundertwasser Arts Centre in Whangarei, bringing total government funding to almost $10 million. On June 2, it was… Audio
Beyond Obsession - Sneakerheads
DJ Sir-Vere's sneaker obsession has seen him amass an impressive 500 pairs of kicks, some worth tens of thousands of dollars. Audio
Review: NZO's The Elixir of Love
Husband and wife tenor Pene Pati and soprano Amina Edris brought their real-life love to the stage for New Zealand Opera’s performance of Donizetti’s bel canto comedy The Elixir of Love. Peter Hoar… Audio
Review: RNZB’s Dancing with Mozart
The Royal New Zealand Ballet opened its nationwide tour of Dancing with Mozart last night in Wellington. The programme included works from George Balanchine, Jiří Kylián and the world premiere of Kiwi… Audio
Upbeat for Friday 1 June
The world premiere of Corey Baker’s The Last Dance with the RNZB, NZO’s The Elixir of Love opens in Auckland, City Choir Dunedin members jet to London to perform a New Zealand oratorio and we round…
The music behind a killer show
A killer new show by Indian Ink has premiered in Wellington. Welcome to the Murder House is based on a true story about the creation of the electric chair. David Ward is the man behind the music. Video
Short Story Club
We discuss the poem Speaking with my grandmothers by Fiona Kidman Email us before 3pm about the poem, and the writer of the best email will win a copy of Big Weather: Poems of Wellington, edited by… Audio
Picturing former refugees: The Resettlement Portraits
A new photographic exhibition aims to counter misinformation and fear about humanitarian migrants and asylum seekers in Auckland. Social documentary photographer and filmmaker Nando Azevedo talks… Audio
My Best Dead Friend
Anya Tate-Manning is taking her award winning one woman show to Escape! at the Tauranga Arts Festival. She's here to tell us all about it. Audio
The NZSO Shed Series salutes Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra will perform music by Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood in the second of its hit Shed Series in Wellington next week. Following the hit debut of the series… Audio
Philip Braithwaite looks at a possible future of Wellington
Wellington - 2168. It's barely habitable due to climate change, tectonic shifts and nuclear accidents. So if you had the chance to escape to a new colony on Mars, would you go? Even if it means… Audio
A very Aussie Elixir of Love!
Donizetti's opera The Elixir of Love had an extreme makeover at the hands of Opera Australia, and now that production - described as "wacky and irreverent" - is coming to New Zealand. NZ Opera is… Audio
NZ On Air's Amie Mills is looking for new audiences
While NZ on Air waits to find out its share of the extra 15-million dollars allocated to Public Broadcasting in the Budget, the agency's new Head of Funding has no shortage of projects to choose from… Audio
Peter Peryer's trip into the past
Celebrated photographer Peter Peryer looks back at his archives and a 35 year career capturing some of New Zealand's most iconic images in anticipation of a major auction of his work this week. Audio, Gallery
Sculptor Gill Gatfield is the talk of Venice
A massive rare stone extracted from a South Island mountain and carved by sculptor Gill Gatfield, is attracting intense international interest at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale. Gill calls her… Audio
Priya Sami's Carnatic moment
Sami Sister and Trip Pony performer Priya Sami took a life-changing journey to India, her father's homeland, to trace her roots through traditional Indian song. Audio
Harry Ricketts - Winter Eyes
Harry Ricketts is Professor in the School of English, Film, Theatre and Media Studies at Victoria University, where he teaches literature and creative writing. He has convened the Creative Nonfiction… Audio
Saraid Cameron and Amelia Reynolds - Cult Show
Auckland-based best friends and actors Saraid Cameron and Amelia Reynolds have devised, written and are about to perform a work called Cult Show: The Revitalisation of the New Zealand Women's… Audio
David Yarrow - wildlife up close
Fine art photographer David Yarrow has an eye for wildlife, indigenous communities and landscapes. He exhibits around the world and his images are highly prized - his photograph 78 Degrees North was… Audio, Gallery
Lord Fusitu'a - On the 'Leitis in Waiting' of Tonga
The plight of Tonga's LGBT community is under the spotlight with the released of a new documentary Leitis in Waiting. The film follows the life of transgender Tongan Joey / Joleen Mataele, who, along… Audio
