Arts
Te reo advocate Hana Te Hemara celebrated in mural
A five-storey mural of te reo advocate Hana Te Hemara will be unveiled in Ngāmotu / New Plymouth this week as part of celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of the Māori language petition to…
Voices
In this week's Voices - The oldest surviving Chinese type collection in New Zealand and a special exhibition dedicated to a special Chinese typeface. Audio
A Type of Font Fascination - celebrating 'Kaishu'
Wellington poet Ya-Wen Ho tells Voices why a collection of lead typefaces are so precious to the New Zealand Chinese community. Video, Audio
NZ Academy of Fine Arts' uncertain future
After 140 years displaying art from around the country, the fate of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts now hangs in the balance. Audio
Alice Snedden: 'I'm interested in being a good person with the least inconvenience possible'
Fatphobia, toxic masculinity in rugby, and meat-eating are some of the issues comedian Alice Snedden explores in the new – and final series – of her hit documentary show Bad News. Video, Audio
Great album: My Boy by Marlon Williams
Today's link 3 winner will receive a vinyl copy of Marlon Williams' third solo album, My Boy. It's officially being released tomorrow and was co-produced at Roundhead Studios in Auckland. Audio
Great album: My Boy by Marlon Williams
Today's link 3 winner will receive a vinyl copy of Marlon Williams' third solo album, My Boy. It's officially being released tomorrow and was co-produced at Roundhead Studios in Auckland. Audio
Historical piano looking for a new home
A colonial Hopkinson grand piano that once lived at the iconic Athfield house in Wellington is looking for a new home. Aratoi's collection curator Jo Torr talks to Jesse. Audio
The director of the new David Bowie documentary
Jesse talks to Los Angeles filmmaker Brett Morgen about going through the thousands of photos, recordings and written material from Bowie's personal archive to make this special documentary. Audio
Regions leading the artworld from the edge
Arts commentator Mark Amery talks with Kathryn about examples of regional galleries leading the artworld from the edge. He's been at the Taupo Museum for an exhibition of abstract work by Sophie… Audio, Gallery
Book Critic: Anna Rankin
Today Anna talks to Jesse about bell hooks' 'The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity and Love.'. Audio
Melanin Rising exhibition opening today
Today portrait photographer and writer Abhi Chinniah has launched an exhibition that serves as a spiritual sequel to a series of photographs she showed in 2020 exploring colourism. She talks to Jesse… Audio
Dee Wallace on being the 'mom from ET'
40 years ago, E.T. The Extraterrestrial landed in cinemas and hearts around the world. Director Steven Spielberg cast Dee Wallace as mum to Elliott, Michael and Gertie. She talks to Jesse about life… Audio
Television Critic: Caitlin Cherry
Today Caitlin Cherry talks to Jesse about The Drop Out on Disney, Never Have I Ever on Netflix and Virgin River, also on Netflix. Audio
Sir Peter Jackson wins big at Emmy Awards
What's a cheeky half-dozen Emmys? All in a year's work for Sir Peter Jackson.
His Beatles documentary, Get Back, won all five categories it was nominated for this year.
Jackson also won the Emmy for… Audio
Iconic Hannah Playhouse to reopen as 'affordable theatre space'
A Wellington theatre mainstay is to reopen with a new focus, after being closed since 2020.
Star Dust - a celebration of cabaret and circus
The circus has always been a symbol of escape, from children being amazed, amused - and often bemused - by their first experience of a live show, to disgruntled rebels running away to join the circus… Audio, Gallery
Patricia Donovan - The Collections
If the only way to address the global population crisis and the degradation of the planet was to limit everyone's lifespan to just 70 years, would you go along with it happily? Or would you fight to… Audio
Simon Lendrum's poker-playing sleuth O'Malley
In poker, a slow roll is the ultimate example of bad etiquette. It's when a player knows they've got the best hand but waits until their opponent thinks they've won the pot before showing the winning… Audio
Kathryn Burnett's play The Campervan
Ditching the rat-race to go travelling around Aotearoa in a campervan - for some that sounds like a dream come true, for others - not so much. In her new play The Campervan, Kathryn Burnett pits a… Audio
