Arts
Life in dance
Life is the theme for Footnote NZ Dance’s biggest work of the year. Lifeworld (In five parts) is choreographed by Claire O’Neil and explores concepts around the human condition and the world we create… Audio
Introducing Dame Jane Campion...
She is an Oscar winner and the only female Palme d'Or recipient, and now director Jane Campion is a dame. Video
Bookmarks with James Nokise
Comedian, actor and writer James Nokise shares his favourite books, films, music and games. Audio
'Sons of a Bitch' & Mel Parsons
The North Island Woolshed Tour 2016. Two country dogs, a local town vet. It's a show that tries to bridge the divide between city slickers and country bumpkins. Sons of a Bitch is a multi-character… Audio
Young gun at the helm
40 year old Matthew Shilvock has been at the head of one of the largest opera companies in the world for just three months but his succession has been 10 years in the planning. He rose through the… Audio
Rancho Notorious 4/18: Hot Mess
Kailey is in Vancouver for VIFF and Dan is in Silverstream with Rajeev from the N to Z of Film podcast, plus reviews of The Magnificent Seven and Inferno. Audio
The Maori Portraits: Gottfried Lindauer's New Zealand
Ngahiraka Mason is the guest curator of the Auckland Art Galllery's exhibition featuring more than 120 Māori and Pākehā portraits by late 19th and early 20th century painter Gottfried Lindauer. Audio
What do special needs children need in the classroom?
As the Ombudsman investigates complaints about two schools confining special needs children in seclusion rooms, Kathryn Ryan talks with teacher and mum of three, Julie Hanify, who was diagnosed with… Audio
Model Talk
Sonia Sly meets two New Zealand models to talk about life on and off the runway. Audio, Gallery
Chuck Berry to release new album
US rock and roll legend Chuck Berry has marked his 90th birthday by announcing his first new album in 38 years.
Publisher extraordinaire
The Nelson Arts Festival is well underway, and within it includes talks and diffusions from publishers and authors. Publisher Bridget Williams knows all too well about how difficult the industry is… Audio
Keeping up the Tempo
Jennifer Shennan gives an overview of the interesting, the insightful and the invigorating at the Tempo Dance Festival. The festival includes more than 700 artists from all walks of life and 50… Audio
ROTN - Ser 3 Ep 2 - 'Sowing the Seeds of Destruction'
From Mesoamerica 8000BC Fawn Terra investigates the Olmec people who are attempting to cultivate Utopia.
Features Deana Elvins as Fawn Terra Audio, Gallery
Lucinda the Cactus Girl
Cacti usually are usually a bit spikey, and probably not the best bed-fellows on stage, but they represent more than just plants in a dark, whimsical show opening at the Basement tomorrow. Director… Audio
Auckland Shakespeare Company going pro
The Auckland Shakespeare Company is taking a step in a new direction with their very first professional show Lucrece, based on Shakespeare’s darkest narrative poem The Rape of Lucrece. Director Rita… Audio
Looking at Lindauer
Auckland Art Gallery is celebrating stories told through Gottfried Lindauer’s brush strokes. Gallery principal conservator Sarah Hillary talks about gathering Lindauer’s works, the techniques that… Audio
A Christchurch festival of reusable materials used in the city
Dozens of unwanted cardboard carpet cores are being suspended to create pavillion and cinematic screen. It's for Christchurch's Festival of Transitional Architecture event - a celebration, the… Audio
Novel about legendary race-horse Phar Lap
Decades after his mysterious death - was it colic or arsenic poisoning? - champion racehorse Phar Lap hasn't been forgotten in either country which claim him - New Zealand and Australia. The huge… Audio
Philanthropy's place in funding the arts
Funding the arts is always a contentious subject. If government funding, or corporate sponsorship dries up, the next step is towards private philanthropists. But if arts institutions are too… Audio
