Arts

Creative New Zealand is calling for more infrastructure projects to include elements of arts and culture. The organisation has made a submission to Te Waihanga: New Zealand Infrastructure Commission… Audio

The third annual Tairawhiti arts festival featuring Aotearoa's top artists and performers is set to spark the east coast alight.

The festival has been growing in numbers and performers since it began… Audio

A performance about the Waikeria Prison uprising has taken out this year's national school performing arts competition Showquest.

The event replaced Stage Challenge a few years ago with the main… Audio

NZ made television comedy Wellington Paranormal has topped the most popular new streaming shows in the United States according to Just Watch. Just Watch is the equivalent of the TV Guide for streaming… Audio

Maggie's Garden Show was a ratings hit for over a decade, from 1991 until 2003. Maggie and Jack Hobbs, curator of the Auckland Botanic Gardens join Jesse to reminisce about the beloved gardening show.

For 6 years, on and off, Amy Wheeler has been documenting our unusual and unexpected obsession with statue seals. She talks to Jesse about what she's uncovered so far. Audio

Film and TV reviewer Chris Schulz joins Kathryn to look at beach resort comedy The White Lotus (Neon), true crime doco Heist (Netflix) and a new season of 'Kura (TVNZ) - a small web series that proved… Audio

Maryam Master is a writer with more than 20 years' experience writing for the stage and screen. She started her career on Australia's biggest soap opera - Home and Away, writing over 80 episodes… Audio

After six heats in Wellington the first semi-final of The Raw Comedy Fest will take place tonight at Wellington's San Fran. The competition is country-wide and will see new comedians go head-to-head… Audio

For the past two decades, Jason "Bart" Bartley has been photographing club rugby action from his hometown of Whangamatā. He's now got over 40,000 photos on the Bart's Rugby Photos Facebook page. Audio, Gallery

Legendary Australian diver Valerie Taylor knows so many people are afraid of sharks because of her work. Her story is told in Playing With Sharks: The Valerie Taylor Story. Audio

For this week's music feature, Claire Mabey, director of Verb Wellington and one of our regular book critics, deep dives into song lyrics as a form of poetry. Audio

For today's how to write Jesse's looking at the ins and outs of a pepeha, an introduction used in a Māori context, with RNZ's Māori Strategy Manager Shannon Haunui-Thompson. Audio

For six years a grandmother in Marton has been quietly supplying and washing cloth nappies for local families. Pamela Rees AKA the Nappy Godmother talks to Jesse about why she's so passionate about… Audio

A new six-part documentary investigates the impact and future of the dairy farming boom in Aotearoa. It's called 'Milk and Money', it's streaming on TVNZ. The journalist behind the series, Baz… Video, Audio

Auckland choregrapher and dancer Merenia Gray's latest work pays tribute to her extraordinary late mother, Tiahuia. Tiahuia Gray was adopted at birth into the Kingitanga, as a whāngai to Princess Te… Audio, Gallery

Our cultural ambassador for Latin American music, Mona Lynn Courteau joins us once again. Tonight she'll be introducing us to Salsa Dura ("hard salsa"). The classic salsa scene in New York City that… Video, Audio