Arts
Museum of Broken Relationships curator Olinka Vištica
When Croatian couple Olinka Vistica and Drazen Grubisic broke up 15 years ago, they wondered what to do with the objects they'd accumulated during their long relationship. That wondering turned into a… Audio
New Zealand Botanical Art
A new exhibition at Auckland's Botanic Gardens opens our eyes to what we stand to lose with much of our unique plant life at risk of extinction. More than 40 New Zealand botanical artists are among… Audio
Shayne P Carter and An Iliad
Musician Shayne P Carter is composing and performing the live the score for a new theatre production. An Iliad adapted from the Homer story is described as part play and part gig, giving audience… Audio
High Stakes for Children's Publishing
New Zealand's children's publishing industry and writers have been working this week to secure overseas deals at the Bologna Children's Book Fair in Italy. Fledgeling New Zealand publisher OneTree… Audio
Future leaders of Tūhoe take to kapa haka stage
It was the turn of the future leaders of Tūhoe to take to the kapa haka stage on the first day of the biennial Te Hui Ahurei ā Tūhoe festival taking place in Rotorua this weekend.
Van Gogh landscape expected to fetch millions at auction
A landscape painting by Dutch impressionist Vincent Van Gogh that has gone on display in Paris is expected to fetch up to $NZ8.5m when it is auctioned in June.
New Zealand's cheerleaders
When we think of cheerleading our minds are usually filled with scenes from American football movies. But it may surprise you to know New Zealand has four teams that have qualified for the World… Video, Audio
Viewing with Tamar Munch
Tamar Munch has been watching Anika Moa Unleashed, Wild Wild Country and Roseanne. Audio
Lately with Karyn Hay
Space station to space junk. Telling our mental stories on a new online journal. A word about words. Audio
Conversations with Dead Relatives
Conversations with Dead Relatives is a tale of family histories written and performed by Phil Ormsby and Alex Ellis, who delve deep into the stories of their ancestors. Audio
Bookmarks - James Roque
Our Bookmarks guest this week has been using comedy to get across the message of what it is like to be an immigrant in this country. James Roque will be part of next month's Comedy Fest performing his… Audio
Arts commentator Courtney Johnston
Two big - and quite different - visual art festivals in Melbourne and Sydney, and a controversy in England over censorship and a Victorian-era painting. Courtney Johnston is the director of The Dowse… Audio
Touring with a Steinway
Jonathon Crayford is touring New Zealand with a Steinway Piano. We chat to him live on the road - somewhere in the south Island - to find out how it's going. Audio
Songs of the Spirit.
Methodist lay-preacher John Thornley joins us once again to explore the spiritual side of songs. In this episode, The Staples Family with The Weight. Audio
Review: NZ Opera’s Candide
NZ Opera and the Auckland Philharmonia presented a short season of Leonard Bernstein’s Volaire-inspired operetta Candide as part of the Auckland Arts Festival. Was it the best of all possible worlds… Audio
Upbeat for Monday 26 March
We mark the passing of El Sistema founder Jose Antonio Abreu and hear more reaction to the proposed restructure at Auckland University’s School of Music. Peter Hoar reviews NZ Opera’s Candide and we…
Speculative Fiction NZ anthology
Zombies attacking the InterIslander, a child accidentally eating baby mice, space travel, taniwha, demons and dragons. They all feature in a new collection of New Zealand speculative fiction. Audio
Tess Redgrave's new novel about the fight for the right to vote
It's 125 years since New Zealand women won the right to vote. Now Auckland journalist Tess Redgrave takes us back to the origins of the suffrage movement in her debut novel, Gone to Pegasus. Audio
Ahuahu - hundreds of years of human habitation
Off the coast of the Coromandel Peninsula is an island that's gradually revealing information about how early Maori lived, including cultivation, and trading in one of the most valuable resources of… Audio
Holly Best's toy camera offers something truly unique
Christchurch photographer and writer for Art New Zealand, Holly Best describes An imprecise organisation of forms as part family photo album, and part something else entirely. Audio
