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Joika: The brutal world of the Bolshoi ballet
19 May 2024The notoriously punishing, elite world of the Moscow Bolshoi Ballet Academy is centre stage in Joika - the first ever film collaboration between New Zealand and Poland. Read more Video, Audio
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Practising Hawaiian culture across the sea: Ahilapalapa Rands
Over 100 years ago artist Ahilapalapa Rands’ great-grandfather, the ukulele virtuoso Ernest Ka’ai wrote the song ‘Across the Sea’, the lyrics speaking to the pull that Hawai’i has for Kānaka Maoli… Read more Audio
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Fast Favourites: Rhys Mathewson’s 10th rodeo
19 May 2024A professional in the comedy scene for more than a decade now, Rhys Mathewson knew he was going to pursue comedy as a career after taking part in Class Comedians in 2006 at the age of 15.
From that… Read more Audio
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Restructures at Penguin, a women's only exhbition & Ria Hall for mayor: Arts News 12 May
12 May 2024Arts news for 12 May Read more
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Rick Rudd: creating New Zealand's only museum devoted to the ceramic arts
12 May 2024Ten years ago acclaimed potter Rick Rudd sold his house - together with its unique native and sculpture garden - in Castlecliff, Whanganui to establish Quartz Museum of Studio Ceramics in downtown… Read more Audio
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Creating Aotearoa's own Watership Down: Shelley Burne-Field
12 May 2024Aotearoa New Zealand is a land of birds. Yet contemporary fiction providing a bird’s eye view has been slow to arrive.
While Catherine Chidgey’s award winning 2022 novel The Axeman’s Carnival looks… Read more Audio
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Regional Wrap: Kaitaia with Dr Opeloge Ah Sam
In this week’s Regional Wrap we look at the culture of Far North town Kaitaia. Read more Audio
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Bailey Poching: Here are the Māori comedians - but where are you looking for them?
12 May 2024In an article on Stuff in 2019, comedian Guy Williams posed the question, “Where are all the Māori comedians?” Williams noted that, despite our main comedy award being named after Billy T James, he… Read more Audio
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Amah: AI nanny pushes a mother to her limits
12 May 2024A psychological thriller, part of TVNZ’s Motherhood Anthology Series has been released in time for Mother’s Day.
The film’s title Amah holds three different meanings. The term, used in East Asia… Read more Audio
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Getting over writer’s block: Fast Favourites with Troy Kingi
12 May 202410 albums in 10 years in 10 different genres - that was Troy Kingi’s goal. But after the release of the seventh album - 2023’s ambient instrumental vibe album Timewasters - he’s admitted in a new TVNZ… Read more Video, Audio
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Don McGlashan and Harry Sinclair’s ode to farting wins NZ on Air Award
5 May 2024The 2024 NZ Children’s Music Awards have been announced with the NZ On Air Best Children’s Music Video awarded to a two minute ode to flatulence.
‘Let it Out’ by Don McGlashan and Harry Sinclair… Read more Video, Audio
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