Arts

The 94th Academy Awards is this afternoon and The Power of the Dog, directed by Kiwi Dame Jane Campion, has a leading 12 nominations, including being tipped as favourite for Best Picture.

The movie… Audio

Hollywood is getting ready up for its biggest night of the year - the Oscars begin in just a few hours.

Wellington-born director Jane Campion's Western The Power of the Dog leads the field with 12… Audio

The 94th Academy Awards is this afternoon and The Power of the Dog, directed by Kiwi Dame Jane Campion, has a leading 12 nominations, including being tipped as favourite for Best Picture.

The movie… Audio

The most prestigious awards in the entertainment industry get underway a little later today. And this Academy Awards Ceremony looks set to be a very good one indeed for little ol' New Zealand. Yes… Audio

Whanau Marama: the New Zealand International Film Festival has just announced it will return this year, though it's going to have to reduce the number of films and venues. It's coming off the back of… Audio

The depth and diversity of humankind's relationship with the natural world are explored in a new exhibition Nature Culture at MTG in Hawke's Bay. Local artist Chris Bryant-Toi's work forms a… Audio, Gallery

A boy's father goes missing while at Te Papa - but he's not missing in the building, he's lost in one of the museum's taonga. That's the premise for a new book called Lost in the Museum, a… Audio, Gallery

Poems based on public holidays and significant days in our history are included in Pistils, the 9th collection by Janet Charman. There are deeply personal works touching on the death of her partner of… Audio

Creatures from the distant past or visitors from another dimension? An arresting new exhibition from internationally renowned Kiwi artist Francis Upritchard features a range of human and animal forms… Audio, Gallery

A three month trip home to Christchurch from London to donate a kidney to her mother, has turned into a two year stay for expat jeweller Hannah Upritchard. But she's making the most of her time… Audio, Gallery

Photographer Murray Cammick's new exhibition The show must go on comes bristling with levels. It's the old showbiz dictum, of course - no matter what, go on and give them a show. And these days that's… Audio, Gallery

First today it is a privilege on Standing Room Only to be announcing the winners of the Adam NZ Play Awards. Lynn is joined by Murray Lynch, the head of Playmarket that runs the awards. We will also… Audio

New Zealand-born, Nashville-based country singer-songwriter Jackie Bristow's new album 'Outsider' came out to critical acclaim earlier this month, with IndiePulse Music Magazine rating it as a… Video, Audio

With her filmmaking Dame Jane Campion has often surprised - as she also did with comments at the recent Critics Choice Awards, for which she has apologised. And she surprises again with photos from… Audio, Gallery

In this episode, our heroes dig deep into the Mines of Moria. Dr Chris Bumby, MacDiarmid Institute Associate Investigator and Senior Scientist at the Robinson Research Institute of Victoria University… Audio

This concert reflects on the huge journey of the NZTrio's cloud series and brings the year to a dramatic close with a sense of pathos and heightened emotion.