Arts

Stewart Island Rakiura's museum was first built in 1960 - to house an abundance of island treasures. Back then, it cost the thousands of tourists coming to the island 50 cents to get in and see the… Audio

Who has the flashest post box on your street? Writer, photographer and travel blogger Rachel Reid has spent the last twenty years documenting the novelty and designed letterboxes around New Zealand… Audio

For sheer event status there's nothing quite like seeing a big-deal Hollywood movie with the musical soundtrack provided by a live orchestra. Audio

It feels a bit odd in our current isolated state to be thinking about journeys around the world as a form of self discovery. Audio

New Zealand composer John Psathas had a road to Damascus moment in 2018 while roaring along at Toto's 40th anniversary concert at London's Royal Albert Hall. Audio

Fascination with the private lives of the rich, the famous and the talented is hardly new. Ever since there have been stars - Shakespeare? Ancient Greek theatre? - there have been people dying to know… Audio

Right now people are hungry for live spectacle wherever they can get it. And they don't get more spectacular than an exhibition that's about to land in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch early next… Audio

Prime was initially best known for fact-based shows - Uncharted - Sam Neil's series about James Cook - and Go South. But since then they've started moving into scripted shows, notably Brokenwood… Audio

Listener feedback for 21 November 2020. Audio

Diane Stoppard is a photographer who is leading the $1 million Camera Obscura project in Whangarei. It's a giant walk-in pinhole camera clad in decorative steel. Audio

Recorded on 20 October 2020, at St Peter's on Willis, Wellington by RNZ Concert. Video, Audio

Julien Van Mellaerts shares the joy of singing with Kiwi artists in England for the Whānau: Voices of Aotearoa, far from home concert - an incredibly emotional selection of songs from Aotearoa and the… Audio

It's goodbye to Auckland's iconic giant Santa, who has been a fixture in the CBD for decades. Audio

Dan Slevin reviews Netflix’s hottest new mini-series. Video

Blair Latham and The Noveltones - Karla and the Divide, recorded at 2020 Wellington Jazz Festival. Video, Audio

Czech artist Barbora Kysilkova shares her unbelievable true story of meeting, painting, and helping the thief who stole two of her artworks. It turns out to be an unexpected tale of redemption for… Video, Audio

A waitress finds herself unable to speak up when put in a harmful situation by a customer in a position of power. Video

Mo Muse is a Somali-born hip hop artist from Auckland who tells his story through his music. He was brought up in Mt Roskill, and fell in love with rapping at university in Otago. Video

Huriana Kopeke - Te Aho is an activist and artist based in Auckland. They are passionate about social justice and making the world a fairer and more equitable place. Video

We like to think that art is a seamless connection between the mind or heart of the artists and their audience or public. But of course it's not. The writer has a pen or a keyboard, the actor has a… Audio, Gallery