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NZ Live: The Black Quartet
Aotearoa's premiere string ensemble The Black Quartet delivers a cool, contemporary take on the classical sound. Jessica Hindin, Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper, Joseph Harrop, and Rachel Wells perform… Video, Audio
NZ Live: Pony Baby
Pony Baby is the country-music collab of solo artists Jazmine Mary and Arahi. They join Jesse Mulligan to perform tracks from their self-titled debut album. Audio
Film Review with Dom Corry
Today Dom talks to Jesse about The Convert, Wicked Little Letters and Korean supernatural thrilled Exhuma. Audio
Best of the Fest #4: Tim Minchin, The King’s Singers, Arooj Aftab, Bernie Dieter’s Kabarett, Lost Lear, Belle, and In the Name of the Son
In episode four of Best of the Fest, Culture 101 co-hosts Perlina Lau and Mark Amery find Aotearoa in full festival swing.
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WOMAD set to take over Taranaki
Festival season continues, with the focus this weekend on WOMAD in Taranaki.
English electronic band Morcheeba will be among the dozens of acts taking the stage.
Further south in Wellington… Audio
Crown Lynn pottery takes centre stage in new play
A new play premiering in May will take audiences inside the iconic Crown Lynn crockery factory. It's titled 'The Handlers'. Poata Alvie McKree is the playwright behind the production, she talks to… Audio
The TAHI 14/3/24
On today’s episode, New Zealand's new favourite boyband MAYJUN are in the studio to talk about their debut single, James from Carb on Carb talks Cuba Dupa, and we discuss the concept of “promise… Audio
Introducing AcornTV
If you like detective television, AcornTV is the best bingeing you can get, says Dan Slevin. Video
Hawaiian artist speaks on indigenous sovereignty
Hawaiian artist speaks on indigenous sovereignty. Audio
The TAHI 12/3/2024
On today's episode, a cinematic crossover we’re calling ‘Get Dune’, Evie reviews Pink’s concert and Dune Part 2. Samson Rambo talks about his journey in the creative arts with So’omālō, and we get to… Audio
NZ's museums and galleries' funding woes: 'It could be lights out for us'
Museums and galleries are up against the wall, and cuts and closures are coming if they do not get more support.
Yānum - Fragments of Femininity
Artham Dance Company want to shake up both an ancient text and a revered dance tradition. The company founders tell Justin Gregory they are not afraid of a challenge. Audio
When art and film become entwined: painter Sandro Kopp
In 2018, Sandro Kopp was tasked by film director Wes Anderson with creating ten monumental paintings for the film The French Dispatch in less than three months.
Kopp’s works needed to look like the… Audio
Regional Wrap: Timaru and what’s next for South Canterbury’s arts institutions
A well known arts critic, historian and commentator, Andrew Paul Wood in Timaru fills us in on ‘drama’ around the Timaru Theatre Royal redevelopment, which includes a new venue for South Canterbury… Audio
Musicians who paint: The Bats’ Robert Scott plays Fast Favourites and remembers Hamish Kilgour
Ōtepoti Dunedin’s Robert Scott is best known as a member of seminal New Zealand bands The Bats and The Clean, but more quietly he’s been painting for decades with work appearing in both exhibitions… Audio
'There was a real hype to it': Show writer reflects on stories of surveillance
New television drama Miles From Nowhere explores the everyday experiences of first and second generation Muslims in Aotearoa, including the tensions in the run-up to 15 March, 2019. Video, Audio
Jacindamania: $3.2m raised for NZ documentary on extremism
The New Zealand Film Commission is putting $800,000 towards a documentary about former Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern.
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident film critic, Dan Slevin, reviews a recent performance from 89-year-old legendary actor Michael Caine in The Great Escaper (2023) and Netflix-syndicated Australian thriller Secret… Audio
Music 101: Charlotte Ryan
Charlotte Ryan, host of Music 101 here on RNZ each Saturday afternoon from 1pm talks about what's happening on the music scene over the weekend, what's coming up on her show tomorrow and because… Audio
Film Review with Sam Hollis
Today Sam reviews How To Have Sex, Riceboy Sleeps and then gives his take on the Oscars. Audio