Arts
Dating, dinosaurs and David Lange – the musicals
An original New Zealand musical is about to be unleashed on the world. The Things Between Us, written by Cantabrian composer, conductor and lyricist Luke di Somma is an intimate, boutique musical… Audio
Preview: Cinema Italiano Festival
If you still have any room left on your credit card after the New Zealand international Film Festival, Dan Slevin recommends you splurge on the latest festival celebrating Italian cinema which is on…
Voices sing up to open Chch Arts Festival
Ravil Atlas is descended from the Tartars and like his ancestors he takes chances. He moved to New Zealand from San Francisco, and has used his own Broadway and Opera singing experiences to establish… Audio
Audio description en pointe for blind audience
As soon as you hear Prokofiev’s Dance of the Knights you’ll recognise it. It’s one of the most famous pieces, and scenes from Romeo and Juliet, currently being performed by the Royal New Zealand… Audio
Under the big top
It’s difficult to imagine circus artists and an orchestra working together, but that is what’s happening this weekend when trapeze artists and acrobats team with Orchestra Wellington for Under the Big… Audio
'Everyone turns into a monster at Fashion Week'
It's Murray Bevan's job to make sure the industry's biggest local event goes smoothly and, he tells Sonia Sly, it doesn't always go according to plan.
The bitter taste of sugar slavery
Imagine being stolen from your homeland and forced to work on a sugar plantation. Many people are unaware of that happening in this part of the world, but it did. Colonial Sugar, the new exhibition at… Audio
Fashion's front-row dramas
Murray Bevan, founder of fashion PR agency Showroom 22, on what happens when the claws come out at New Zealand Fashion Week, working with Karen Walker and facing a female-dominated industry 15 years… Audio
Goethe-Institut new director
Christian Kahnt is the new Director of Goethe-Institut New Zealand. He talks about what appealed to him about New Zealand and what he wants to achieve here. One of his many jobs is creating the German… Audio
Hymn to the Sun
Wellington painter Melanie Mills created a stir in the visual arts world when her first show of paintings based on flowers was an immediate sell-out. Melanie Mills and curator Kathlene Fogarty from… Audio, Gallery
Sculpting the future of mining
Nicholas Mangan is the son of a miner who explores mining, the environment and even the global political economy in his sculptures and videos. Nicholas's series about the Pacific island of Nauru's… Audio
Jazz on a winter's weekend
Nigel Patterson honed his keyboard and composition skills playing with seminal New Zealand bands The Black Seeds and Fly My Pretties. But his love of jazz saw him form The Nigel Patterson Quartet back… Audio
The viola gets a rare moment in the spotlight
The mellow-toned viola is often overshadowed in a string ensemble - but not this week, as Wellington to hosts the 2017 International Viola Congress. It will feature dozens of events over five days… Audio
British artist John Stezaker and the art of collage
He's a great example of an artist hanging in there, waiting for their big break. For British artist John Stezaker the break came in 2011 when he held a retrospective of work he's been producing since… Audio
Getting indigenous - and important - stories on stage
Four Maori playwrights are making the most of a new opportunity to workshop and hone their scripts. They've been picked for a new developmental programme at Auckland's Te Pou Theatre - based on an… Audio
The Talented Mr Bungay
Mike Bungay QC represented many of this country's highest profile criminals with an enthusiam and flamboyance that earned him a reputation - and enemies. His turbulent personal and professional life… Audio
One Hundred Small Objects
Telling the social history of New Zealand in 100 tiny objects was the challenge set for the woman who oversees New Zealand's biggest collection of Ephemera. Barbara Lyon from the Alexander Turnbull… Audio
That Bloody Woman!
It's hard to believe coming up to an election that women in New Zealand once couldn't vote at all. These days 31 percent of our MPs are women and the person credited with kicking off that democratic… Audio
Telling the story of Chinese couturier Guo Pei
A new film by New Zealand film maker Pietra Brettkelly chronicles the life and work of fashion designer Guo Pei - it's called Yellow is Forbidden - currently in post production. Guo Pei - whose… Video, Audio, Gallery
What shapes an Anders Breivik?
Theatre writer and director Anders Falstie-Jensen believes he knows a thing or two about the dangers of hateful rhetoric. He's directing another season of the acclaimed play Manifesto 2083, about… Audio
