Arts

Leonie Trathen started off as a WoW model back when it was just starting almost 30 years ago. These days she's a lynchpin for the whole extravaganza as the World of Wearable Art's Wardrobe Manager… Audio

Los Angeles casting director supreme Kerry Barden has worked on The Help, Spotlight, Pitch Perfect and Winter's Bone. He talks to Simon Morris about the business of fitting faces to film scripts. Audio

Blair* and Satine* gathered stories from fellow sex workers for the documentary theatre piece Paying For It. The pair hope that the show will help humanise people who work in their industry. Audio

Arts collective Kava Club celebrates New Zealand filmmaker Sima Urale, 21 years after the release of her acclaimed film, O Tamaiti. Sima based the film on her own experiences, and the family tragedy… Audio

Frickin Dangerous Bro are comedians Jamaine Ross, James Roque and Pax Assadi and they're about to embark on their "world tour" of Tamaki Makaurau with their stand-up comedy act. Audio

Singer and bass guitarist Glenn Hughes is best known for his time with Deep Purple. He played on three albums - 1974's Burn, Stormbringer in the same year and Come Taste the Band in 1975. Video, Audio

The iconic singer songwriter says she never thought about having to 'manage her legacy', but 'when you’ve been around this long, it’s to do with being dignified and making good choices'. Video, Audio

Kip Chapman is an actor, playwright and director who is having a very busy 2017. He directs That Bloody Woman, a rock opera about Kate Sheppard, and is also the co-creator, writer and director of… Audio

Midge Sanford began a film production company with business partner Sarah Pillsbury in 1982 to form Sanford/Pillsbury Productions, a pioneering team of women producers in a male-dominated industry… Audio

Robyn Archer is a singer, writer, artistic director and public advocate for the arts. She is currently strategic advisor, Gold Coast Arts and Culture, deputy chair of the Australia Council for the… Audio

Funding and support for Artists and the Arts are the main election issues facing the major political parties in respect to Arts, Culture and Heritage. In the build up to Election 2017 Upbeat on RNZ…

In our final political discussion around Arts, Culture and Heritage policy, recent Minister for the Arts Maggie Barry outlines where National stands on funding for the Arts, what the Arts contribute… Audio

Maori Party co-leader Marama Fox contributes to this week’s ongoing discussion on arts, culture and heritage policy. With just over a week until the general election what will the Maori Party offer… Audio

A Samoan artist from South Auckland has won one of New Zealand's premier art awards for his work called 'Harmonic People'. Audio