Arts

Dancer and Choreographer Jandel J a.k.a. Justin Haiu is bringing The Perfect Gift to the New Zealand Comedy Festival - a rare example of a show aimed at children in the festival programme. Audio

Today we're looking at stories from another angle - talking to Grammy nominated storyteller American Diane Ferlatte who doesn't commit her stories to the page - it's all in the performance and from… Audio

It's not often in New Zealand an art dealer opens a second gallery space - and there have been a fair few failures in the past, but one of our leading contemporary gallerists Hopkinson Mossman wants… Audio

Privately run art galleries outside the main centres have an important role to play - for the artists who show there, for the people who love art, and for their communities. Audio

A temporary photo studio in the Broad Bay community hall is capturing the "little intimacies" between local pets and their owners. Audio, Gallery

Documenting the reality and impact of climate change around the globe in his bleakly beautiful images, is the all consuming project of expat photographer Michael Hall. Audio, Gallery

The latest technology meets some of Christchurch's earliest buildings with the release of a new app in time for upcoming New Zealand Archaeology Week.  Audio, Gallery

Veteran Nashville based songwriter Marc Beeson has penned well over a hundred songs from almost 30 years in the business. Audio

Jesse Griffin is probably not as well known as his alter-ego Wilson Dixon. His routine with cowboy Wilson Dixon has won numerous awards and sold out shows. Wilson's back this year for the… Audio

Poet, novelist, performer, librettist, and one-time presidential candidate Eileen Myles moved to New York to be a poet in 1974. They found fame as part of the St Mark's Poetry Project, studying with… Audio

Fashion photographer Adam Bryce grew up in the South Auckland suburb of Manurewa and he recently returned to document the people who live there. Audio

In New Zealand, the law is silent on whether street artists are entitled to enforce a copyright over their work if it has been appropriated and commercialised. A recent case in the US highlighted… Audio

Comedian and writer Eli Matthewson who's going to be performing his new show, An Inconvenient poof at the NZ International Comedy Festival Audio

We look at new research that shows how biased humans are towards music, Placido Domingo takes to the stage at the Met, Bret McKenzie discusses the Muppets, and we hear Gareth Farr’s Cello Concerto and…

A shockingly contemporary musical addressing many aspects of sex including consent, rape, sexual identity, mental well being, virginity and relationships comes to Wellington. Audio

In a controversial move, musician Grant Fell's ashes were sprinkled on stage during the live broadcast of the Taite Prize last night. It came as the Headless Chickens were presented with the Classic… Audio