Arts

Phill Jones is a musician and woodworker who's intertwined his two passions to produce beautiful wooden musical instruments. He handcrafts marimbas and stringed instruments, but is most well-known for… Audio

This week's NZ Screen history looked back the 1981 series Under the Mountain. The head designer of the show Rob Gillies, and actor Roy Billing are with Jesse to discuss how it was made. Audio

If you were able to create an immortal version of yourself, would you? Is artificial intelligence the answer to achieving immortality? Ann Shin is a multi-award winning director, whose latest… Audio

The winners of the Doc Edge Film Festival awards have been announced tonight - with Kiwi-born filmmaker Sally Aitken taking home two wins. Audio

Dominion Post journalist and obituary writer Bess Manson talks to Jesse about how to write an obituary. Audio

Movie theatres around the country have been struggling to stay open since lockdown and if New Zealanders don't start going again soon we could lose them, says Victoria University student Peter… Audio

Edith Gibson lives in the heart of suburban Auckland with her collection of 3,000 Dolls, repairing and caring for them. In a short documentary Edith invites you into her home, shares her prized dolls… Audio

Murray Edmond joins us to talk about his book Time to Make a Song and Dance: Cultural Revolt in Auckland in the 1960s. The 1960s was a period of radical conflict, when the desire for a new, socially… Audio

The three board members who resigned from NZ Opera last week have pushed back at suggestions their decision was linked to a planned show based on the antics of a group of unruly tourists.

Last week… Audio

Artist Claudia Kogachi talks to Kadambari Raghukumar about what it's been like exploring her personal family relationships and dynamics through creative work. Audio

Last week we spoke to a photographer and poet who produced a book based on his walkabouts around Te Anau. Today, Mosgiel's the inspiration for a local who's turned his musings into a bespoke hardcover… Audio, Gallery

A butterfly researcher finds himself trapped in Paradise - in Samoa to be exact - despite his increasingly desperate efforts to get home to New Zealand. That's the setup of a new novel called Both… Audio

In a last-ditch effort to save the historic St David's Memorial Church and turn it into a centre for music, dozens of musicians and singers have banded together to film a fundraising virtual concert… Audio, Gallery

A short, punchy chant is one of the key features of any protest march. Now Auckland jazz musician Callum Passells explores these rhythmic and repetitive chants in his new work LCR - short for Left… Audio

Dancer and choreographer Lucy Marinkovich is helping people living with Parkinson's disease to dance, in what she hopes will become a pilot programme. Lucy has two Dunedin/Otepoti-based residencies… Audio, Gallery

Choreographer Villa Junior Lemanu's family has lived in the same house in South Auckland for some 25 years. His fears that his family will be forced to leave their home and their community are what… Audio