Arts
Screentime: The Paper, Highest 2 Lowest, Subject
Film and television reviewer Tamar Munch joins Kathryn to talk about American mockumentary The Paper (TVNZ+), which follows in the tradition of The Office. Highest 2 Lowest (Apple +)is a crime… Audio
Exit stage left #1
Exit stage left #1 for 3:06p Sun 3 Dec 2023 In our classic drama today we have some appropriately seasonal fun with the two-part comedy Exit Stage Left by Simon Leary. The play is set in and around… Audio
Finalists for Silver Scrolls announced
The finalists have been revealed for the big night of New Zealand's music calendar. APRA Aotearoa head Anthony Healey spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio
Raw Comedy Quest looking for new stand up talent around motu
New Wellington stand up Lydia Sainsbury has won the Wellington Raw Comedy Quest and will now compete in the National Raw Comedy Quest final at The Classic in October - Melissa found out what this… Audio
Skinsuit
Content warning: This episode of Tukua contains discussions of nudity and sexual practices and may not be suitable for everyone.
Skinsuit is an artistic expression of pole dance, striptease, and… Audio
What's changed for contemporary dance in 40 years?
This year New Zealand Dance company Footnote is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Footnote bill their story as the story of contemporary dance in Aotearoa. A bold claim but they have some good reason… Audio
Regional Wrap: Woodville
Enroute to the Hawkes Bay, Woodville was 100 years ago the home of one of our most famous portrait painters Gottfried Lindear and is home today to celebrated contemporary artist Maungarongo Te Kawa. Audio
Flood-damaged Ponsonby house becomes art installation
If you visit 24 Tawariki Street in Ponsonby, Auckland - which you are being invited to do this month - you'll find a stream reemerging in the front garden of a vacant house badly damaged during the… Audio
What now for public art icon Wellington's City to Sea Bridge?
This week a group opposing the Wellington City Council's decision to demolish the capital's city to sea bridge, The Wellington Civic Trust, lost a Judicial Review. The group say they don't have the… Audio
Greens promise to re-instate axed national war memorial jobs
Labour agreed the jobs shouldn't be cut, but wouldn't go as far as promising to re-instate them.
Italian fashion icon Giorgio Armani dead at 91
The best-known contemporary designer opened his fashion house in Milan in 1975, quickly rising to the top of the industry and going on to dress Hollywood.
Nelson council again votes to spend $3m on museum storage facility
Planning for a new archive, research and collections building for the Nelson Provincial Museum has been underway for the last decade.
Dozens stage last-gasp protest to save Wellington landmark
The City to Sea Bridge is "a sculptural art feature" that's part of the city's landscape, the protest organiser says.
Screentime: The Buccaneers, Little Disasters, The Roses
Film and TV reviewer Perlina Lau joins Kathryn to talk about the second season of The Buccaneers (Apple TV), which features a group of young American women who take on the London aristocracy in the… Audio
The point of life, with puppets
Puppeteer Chye-Ling Huang joins Emile Donovan to preview her existential puppet show Let It Die showing at Auckland's Basement Theatre this week. Audio
Art Fair
Tukua visits the Aotearoa Art Fair at the Auckland Viaduct, now in its twelfth year. Tukua attended the opening night event and then travelled across town to the brand-new May Fair. Why are these two… Audio
Auckland schools dominate Big Sing competition
Annual secondary school choral competition The Big Sing wrapped up in Dunedin over the weekend, with Auckland schools taking out all six Gold awards. Westlake Boys choir director David Squire spoke to… Audio
Keeping the art and craft of bookbinding alive
I went down something of an Instagram rabbithole this week. For some people it's watching cooking or pots being made. For me it's been bookbinding. So meditative, many craft elements are combined. Audio
Bryan Crump reports on 2025's The Big Sing
Nearly a thousand choir singers converged on Ōtepoti Dunedin over the last few days as the Big Sing competition finished. Audio
