Arts

The 50th anniversary of a mining disaster in Wales, is about to have its New Zealand premiere.  Sir Karl Jenkins wrote Cantata Memoria - For the Children of Aberfan.  That's where a dislodged mountain… Audio

Lynn Freeman talks to the producer of The Magicians stage show, magician Nopera Whitley who also owns this country's biggest magic shop and to Scottish mind-reader Colin Cloud from Scotland. Audio

The play Maungatapu is about to premiere in Nelson, where the gang members were tried and hanged. The play explores the relationships between gang members Burgess, Kelly, Levy and Sullivan, from… Audio

American architect Jaron Lubin has been involved with some of the most impressive new design projects around the world. He's on the team that has designed a vertical suburb in Singapore, the SKY… Audio, Gallery

A bevy of poets mark 50 years since the end of six o'clock pub closing at a free event next week at the National Library in Wellington. The finish of the "six o'clock swill" changed the way many New… Audio

Chris Bourke's latest book, Good-bye Maoriland: The Songs and Sounds of New Zealand's Great War, is an account of the influence of music in World War l - from military bands and concert parties to… Audio

William Yang was born in North Queensland, his grandparents having migrated from China in the 1880s. After completing a Bachelor of Architecture, he moved to Sydney in 1969 and worked as a freelance… Audio

Chelsea Cohen, sometimes credited as Chelsea Winstanley, is a film producer of Ngati Ranginui descent. Her short films Meathead and Night Shift were both selected for the Cannes Film Festival… Audio

Documentary Director Grant Findlay joins John Campbell in the studio to talk about his documentary about Radio Dunedin, and the story of the volunteer announcers who launched the station 95 years ago.

Tui award winning singer/songwriter Donna Dean is in the spotlight for “The Sound of Her Guitar”, a documentary following her journey from state houses in Auckland’s Glenn Innes to Texas clubs… Audio

Te Papa's revamped gallery space is to be called Toi Art, opening in March 2018. A taster for the new exhibition, in the form of a book promising a fresh approach to art appreciation, Ten x Ten: Art… Audio, Gallery

US comedian and actor Seth McFarlane explains why he made a dig about Harvey Weinstein at the Oscars back in 2013. Audio

Working with bees that died as a result of pesticide drift, photographer and beekeeper Anne Noble is highlighting the global decline of the honey bee using their wings as a photogram. Anne Noble's… Audio

The New Zealand School of Dance is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a number of events and guests. One of them is American dancer Victoria Simon who has been teaching the next generation how to… Audio