Arts
Masterpieces with Bronwyn Labrum
Bronwyn Labrum is the author of Real Modern: Everyday New Zealand in the 1950s and 1960s, talks about her favourite NZ object. Audio, Gallery
Theatre Critic: Sally Woodfield
Sally casts a critical eye over the 69th annual Edinburgh Festival in which 10 New Zealand theatre groups or individuals are taking part. Audio
Censoring in the modern age
With the rise of online streaming services, the role of the censor gets more difficult. Deputy Chief Censor Jared Mullen has been in the role for a year and gives an insight into what he has to… Audio
NZIFF diary part five
As the New Zealand International Film Festival makes its way around the country, Dan Slevin reports on his experience of the Wellington event including three films directed by women: The Innocents, …
Buying a piece of NZ Art history
David Alsop keeps us up to date with events in the visual arts realm including a major paintings and contemporary art auction where two Frances Hodgkins works are up for sale.
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Arts commentator Courtney Johnston
Courtney Johnston discusses an exhibition of work by Walker Evans, one of the most famous 20th century photographers, in Wellington, and the secret art hidden inside 1990s TV classic Melrose Place. Audio
Film diaries
The publication of Dad Goes to the Movies (1941) – Les Tweedie’s World Ward II diaries including all the films he saw that year – prompted Dan Slevin to think about all the ways film buffs like to… Audio
Dad Goes to the Movies (1941)
On 6 December 1941 a NZ serviceman named Les Tweedie, stationed in Alexandria, went to see James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan in The Shop Around the Corner. Audio
The Art of Etiquette – high tea
Upbeat producer Zoë George raises a delicate pinkie and bites into the culinary arts once more. High tea - what are the dos and don'ts? Audio
Word!
More than 100 local and international writers will flock to Christchurch for the biennial WORD Christchurch Writers & Readers festival later this month. Literary directory Rachael King discusses how… Audio
Antarctica takes on Hollywood in 48 Hour film festival
Filmakers living in Antarctica are wrapping up filming of entries for their 48-hour film festival competition. Audio
Story of wartime heroes wins children's book award
A tale of wartime heroes has taken out the top gong at this year's Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.
NZIFF diary part four
As the New Zealand International Film Festival makes its way across the country, Dan Slevin has been watching more of the festival's highlights including Cannes favourite Toni Erdmann and Marlon…
A green light for drag activist, Carmen
A new unique set of green lights have been unveiled on Cuba street this morning. They pay tribute to another local legend, Carmen Rupe, the drag performer, brothel keeper and activisit who was a… Audio
Classic antiquities get a new lease of life with 3D printing
Canterbury University is using 3D printing to give rare classical antiquities a new lease on life. Classics professor Patrick O'Sullivan tells us about how the new technology is helping students… Audio
Constable's Hay Wain - live!
Two New Zealanders - an artist and a curator - are among the team working on a project that's a tribute to one of British painter John Constable's most famous paintings. Audio
Australian Children's Laureate Leigh Hobbs
Writer and illustrator Leigh Hobbs is using his two year stint as Australia's Children's Laureate to promote libraries, which he worries are under threat. Audio
Pasifika playwright Victor Rodger
Victor Rodger is sending out a challenge to other Pasifika writers. Where's the PI book that a nui generation will cherish? Audio
The real Bully Hayes
The flamboyant Captain William Henry 'Bully' Hayes was a 'thief, pirate, plunderer and kidnapper' according to newspaper headlines of the time and in subsequent books and movies. But what's the true… Audio
The actor's F Word
Failure is part and parcel of an actor's life - at auditions, at the hands of reviewers, when a TV series or a movie bombs with the audience. Audio
