Arts
Our first professional portrait artist, William Beetham
Family members descended from Aotearoa's first professional portrait artist, William Beetham, are bringing together paintings he made of himself, his wife and his ten children for an exhibition called… Audio, Gallery
The art of a cappella singing
For a decade Timothy Wayne-Wright travelled the world performing hundreds of concerts with Britain's Grammy award winning The King's Singers. Now he and his family have settled in Aotearoa, where Tim… Audio
Gareth Farr's new piece debuts in Auckland
The classic requiem form is the springboard for a new work that reflects on how Kiwis have been experiencing loneliness, distance, and uncertainty under lockdown and border restrictions. Where Will… Audio
Amanda Parer's 'Fantastic Planet'
The renowned Australian visual artist Amanda Parer is bringing 'Fantastic Planet' - giant inflatable luminous white 'humanoids' who land at different sites across the globe - to Auckland as part of… Audio
Oral maps guide Nic Low through South Island
Author Nic Low writes Low writes about how he reclaimed his ancestral knowledge by walking the ancient pathways across the mountains of Te Waipounamu using oral maps given to him by elders, discovered… Audio
New Anton Forde Sculpture opens on Waiheke Island
A new work by Waiheke Island artist and sculptor Anton Forde has been revealed to the public today. The installation, made up of 55 individual pou, can be viewed clearly as people come and go via… Audio, Gallery
Pictures tell story of multi-million dollar council art collections
There's a treasure trove of works from prominent artists scattered around civic buildings from Northland to Southland.
Reading advocate Sarah Forster
All children deserve to see themselves in a book, but in Aotearoa this isn't always happening. That's the key point made in the acceptance speech by the country's most recent winner of the Storylines… Audio
Thriller writer Tina Clough
A new novel invites us to fast forward four years. State surveillance is everywhere in Aotearoa, and if you dare to search for evidence of government corruption you could end up on the Kill List… Audio
Keith and Faith Martin's Dolls' Hospital
Why is the BBC TV series The Repair Shop - where heirlooms are repaired by experts - so popular? The skill of the craftspeople is certainly breathtaking. But often it's the story behind the objects… Audio, Gallery
Making screen comedy for your phone!
Here's a new Instagram comedy series called I got you, designed to be watched on your mobile phone. The story is simple: a young Pasifika woman starts a side hustle giving relationship advice -… Audio, Gallery
Sculptor Denis O'Connor
Sculptor and social historian Denis O'Connor has created a love letter to his home of five decades, Waiheke Island, in the form of a bright red post office. The Last Post Office houses PO boxes for… Audio, Gallery
Libertine Pictures' Richard Fletcher making high-end drama under Covid
Two weeks ago we talked with New Zealand Film Commission CEO David Strong about the challenges - and some rewards - facing the whole industry. But what's it like at the sharp end? One of our most… Audio, Gallery
Hoda Afshar: whistleblowers and possession by the wind
On the islands off the coast of Iran in the Strait of Hormuz there's an ancient belief the winds can possess you, causing illness or disease.Hoda Afshar has been visiting the islands since 2015 and… Audio, Gallery
Fiona Jack: the artist going from Nothing to Everything
Twenty-five years since the creation of her work Nothing™, artist Fiona Jack is sharing a massive new LED light work entitled Everything on the Auckland waterfront. Audio, Gallery
Dispute over Grammy nominees vying for classical awards
A row has broken out ahead of the Grammy Awards in April over two nominees in the classical music category. Pianist Jon Batiste is nominated for best contemporary classical composition and violinist… Audio
Hundertwasser Art Centre opens 30 years after his death
The floor undulates beneath your feet and on the roof there's a forest - 30 years after the late Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser first sketched his original design, Whangarei's… Audio
Is NZ's film industry ready for the digital screen revolution?
Virtual production technologies and digital screens are set to change the way movies are made, but is New Zealand's film industry ready? Audio
The rise and rise of Melanie Lynskey
Beloved New Zealand actress Melanie Lynskey is arguably in the form of her career at the moment. Lynskey, who is currently filming the TV miniseries Candy, joins the show to discuss her star-studded… Video, Audio
Artist Yona Lee has a thing about steel pipes
Artist Yona Lee uses hundreds of metres of stainless-steel pipe - the sort more commonly turned into handrails - for her room-sized gallery installations. Then she adds everyday objects like… Audio, Gallery