Arts
NZ On Air announces funding shake-up
NZ On Air has announced a major change to the way it funds local content. From next July, it will move to a single public media fund, covering many types of content for different audiences. This will… Audio
Nights' Culture - Video Games
This week's cultural ambassador is 'Birth. Movies. Death' & GamePlanet reviewer Andrew Todd on the world of Virtual Reality. Audio
Horror film keeps R18 rating amid domestic violence concerns
New Zealand's film review board has refused to downgrade the R18 rating on a new American horror film, for fear its violent content will help fuel domestic violence rates. Audio
The Expats: UK based author Stella Duffy
Stella Duffy grew up in Tokoroa, but has called London home for 3 decades now - where she's doing pretty well for herself as an author and theatre director. And she also runs an organisation called… Audio
Masterpieces: Barbara Brinsley
Our masterpieces guest today is a fashion model, among other things - but there's something that separates her from other catwalk models. Audio, Gallery
Theatre Critic: Michael Hooper
Michael reviews the New Zealand Opera co-production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, currently playing in Auckland with short seasons next month in Wellington and Christchurch Audio
Remembering soprano and advocate Lisette Wesseling
New Zealand soprano Lisette Wesseling, passed away peacefully last week at the age of 44. Lisette, who was blind from infancy, was a leading advocate for blind people and their access to music… Audio
Passage of the Soul | Choral Whispers of Eastern Orthodoxy
Dimitrios Theodoridis is home from Germany for a very personal concert with Baroque Voices. Passage of the Soul | Choral Whispers of Eastern Orthodoxy will be performed in memory of his mother who… Video, Audio
Heleen du Plessis and Trevor Coleman at Arts Festival Dunedin
2016’s Arts Festival Dunedin includes a broad range of musical performances, from Eastern European cabaret to the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra.
Sitting somewhere between are performances featuring… Audio
Viewing with Tamar Munch
Tamar Munch reviews how successful the transition is of internet sensation High Maintenance to a HBO series, Auckward Love and Friday Night Bites and American crime drama Quarry. Audio
Curtain up at Auckland's newest theatre
The curtain is about to go up at Auckland's newest theatre. RNZ's Joanne McKenzie takes a preview tour. Audio
Curtain goes up at Auckland's newest theatre
A new theatre in Auckland's Wynyard Quarter - the city's first major new venue in five years - has been designed to bring theatre to a whole new audience.
Bookmarks with Roseanne Liang
Filmmaker Roseanne Liang first came to notice with Banana in a Nutshell, a documentary based on her own life and cross-cultural romance with a European Kiwi. It won a number of awards, including SPADA… Audio
Tempo Dance Festival
Auckland’s Tempo Dance Festival gets underway in a couple of weeks. Carrie Rae Cunningham is the Artistic Director and takes us through the varied festival lineup. The Scenic View is Tempo’s quirky… Audio
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra teases 2017
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra has launched its programme for 2017. Chief Executive Barbara Glaser and Ronan Tigue, Director of Artistic Planning discuss their personal highlights, new initiatives… Audio
Arts commentator Courtney Johnston
South Island galleries celebrate Doris Lusk's centenary; an artist goes to court to prove he is who he says he is; and Italy gives all its18 year olds 500 Euros to spend on the arts. Audio
The Art of Etiquette – Interviews
Zoë George talks to Saturday Morning with Kim Hill producer Mark Cubey about how interviewees should approach being talked to by the media. What do you need to know? Should you be nervous? How should… Audio
Living sculptures
Chris Booth is a sculptor and environmental artist who creates work for communities. The works are always site-specific and culturally-sensitive installations of stone and natural materials based on… Video, Audio, Gallery
Rancho Notorious 4/17: Something about dragons
While Kailey enjoys the Toronto International Film Festival, Dan reviews Pete's Dragon with Phil Smith and chats to Steve Newall from FLicks about the year in film (so far). Audio
Colin McCahon expert Thomas Crow
This month's record-breaking sale of the Colin McCahon painting The Canoe Tainui for $1.35 million dollars is a reminder of what an important artist McCahon was. Kathryn Ryan speaks to Thomas Crow… Audio
