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Mother, fighter, photographer Tish Murtha: Her powerful images of youth in Thatcher’s Britain
Extraordinary photographs of youth in late 70’s early ‘80s Newcastle in the UK have in recent years started to come fully into the light, thanks to the photographer’s daughter. Work that offers an interesting counter to debate over the ethics of documentary photography around the work of artists like Ans Westra here in… Video, Audio
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Fresh Ink: The Dynamic New Wave of Tattoo Artists
27 Oct 2024Tucked away in the armpit of Cuba Street is Buttercat Tattoo, a collective of six artists dedicated to elevating each other's work and exploring a broad range… Audio
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Arts news for 27 October 2024
27 Oct 2024Young Maori artists are being invited to enter the 2025 Te Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture award.
Launched in 2020, by the New Zealand Portrait Gallery - Te… Audio
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Regional Wrap: On the Kāpiti Arts Trail with mayor Janet Holborow
27 Oct 2024The popular Kāpiti Arts Trail is on over the first two weekends of November, boasting over 300 artists opening up their studios and shared spaces, or exhibiting… Audio
Mother, fighter, photographer Tish Murtha: Her powerful images of youth in Thatcher’s Britain
Extraordinary photographs of youth in late 70’s early ‘80s Newcastle in the UK have in recent years started to come fully into the light, thanks to the photographer’s daughter. Work that offers an… Video, Audio
Fresh Ink: The Dynamic New Wave of Tattoo Artists
Tucked away in the armpit of Cuba Street is Buttercat Tattoo, a collective of six artists dedicated to elevating each other's work and exploring a broad range of tattoo designs and techniques.
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Arts news for 27 October 2024
Young Maori artists are being invited to enter the 2025 Te Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture award.
Launched in 2020, by the New Zealand Portrait Gallery - Te Pukenga Whakaata, it aims to inspire a new… Audio
Regional Wrap: On the Kāpiti Arts Trail with mayor Janet Holborow
The popular Kāpiti Arts Trail is on over the first two weekends of November, boasting over 300 artists opening up their studios and shared spaces, or exhibiting in 13 galleries from Ōtaki to… Audio
Public fountains and pools: A thing of our modern past?
From the Cuba Street bucket fountain to the fake lake at Te Papa and the famous 1958 James Turkington mural at the Parnell Baths, artist duo Bena Jackson and Max Fleury have an interest in our… Audio
Colonial controversy around bike lanes: Aotearoa’s bicycle pioneers
Anyone who thinks controversy around cycle lanes is anything new, should pick up a copy of Michael Toohey’s just published account of the bicycle’s beginnings in Aotearoa New Zealand, The Cycling… Audio
Matthew Sunderland: The NZ screen actor who plays life's strays
Matthew Sunderland is an Aotearoa New Zealand screen actor whose characters often turn up unexpectedly, in unexpected places. Ever since playing gunman David Gray - the man who killed 13 residents in… Audio
Fast Favourites: Fringe Festival Director, Musician and Actress Vanessa Stacey
This weeks Fast Favourites guest is Wellington-based producer, writer, and director Vanessa Stacey is a jack of all creative trades. With more than two decades of experience, her extensive portfolio… Video, Audio
Jack Whitehall and his dad Michael are heading to New Zealand
Jack Whitehall and his dad Michael join Jim to talk comedy, fatherhood and what audiences can expect from their shows in Christchurch, Auckland and Wellington. Audio
'We need to find ourselves' - Artwork aims to inspire Pasifika youth
An ex-gang member and youth worker is using hand-carved canoes to help young people to reconnect with who they are. Audio
The Mixtape: DJ Tina Turntables, Station Manager at Radio One
Our guest on the RNZ Mixtape is Kristina Simons, aka DJ Tina Turntables. She started her career in music television, working at Juice TV, Max TV and Alt TV and continued to work in entertainment media… Audio
Big Sur live in the RNZ studio
Big Sur are a Tamaki Makaurau-based alternative-folk collective and they are a band we've been following here on Music 101. Big Sur arrived in the RNZ studio with a banjo, double bass, and saxophone… Audio
Salmonella Dub on writing in nature: ‘You could catch a kahawai from the mixing desk’
To celebrate the upcoming release of the new album For all Things Alive, the Salmonella Dub Sound System are getting ready to hit the road and perform across the motu. Since forming in 1993… Audio
Geeking out with Craig Parker
Craig Parker has spent his career playing villains with great hair, lycans, gladiators, and even the greatest lover in a French Court. Audio
Carving out a better life
Former gang member Sully Paea has dedicated decades to youth work and taught himself how to carve vaka during the pandemic. Audio
Moana 2 in Te Reo
A world first is about to be made with the simultaneous release of a Disney film in both english and an indigenous language. Audio
Bittersweet fable My Favourite Cake serves slice of Iranian life
Iranian film My Favourite Cake picked up two awards at the Berlin Film Festival - no doubt annoying Iranian officials who banned its makers from attending.
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan to chat about Lee the biography of the photographer Lee Miller, The Adjustment Bureau starring Matt Damon and some rare gems from NZ Film… Audio
This Weekend: Raglan Art Weekend
Thousands are expected to turn out to the beach town of Raglan for the 14th year of the Raglan Art Weekend. Audio
Midday Report Essentials for Friday 25 October 2024
In today's episode, St John's responds to calls for stab proof vests to be made widely available as police withdraw from mental health callouts; wild weather is set to continue over the long weekend… Audio