Arts

Harper Finn talks to Jesse today about his latest single he's just released, She Said. Audio

More than 10 percent of overseas workers allowed to enter New Zealand have been film, television and entertainment crews. They're among 7000 critical workers who have come across the border in the… Audio

Daan Roosegaarde is a world-leading designer artist and inventor whose work tackles some of the gnarly issues facing the globe, particularly climate change. Based in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, his… Audio

We're joined by poet Grace Iwashita-Taylor and director Ursula Grace to talk about a special project for the Going West Festival which puts poetry to film. Audio

Human trafficking is the latest crime to be investigated by Hunter Grant, the ex-army reluctant detective created by Swedish-Kiwi writer Tina Clough. Folded is the third outing for Hunter and his… Audio

We have historic choices to make as a species, reckons Wellington playwright Jo Randerson, who looks a power imbalances and asks why people just can't get along in her new show. Another Mammal was due… Audio

A play about impermanence, a population under threat and set in India - it sounds like it's just been created in response to the current pandemic crisis. But writer and actor Jacob Rajan wrote the… Audio, Gallery

The country's biggest art award, the bienniel Walters Prize, marks its 20th year in 2021. It's undoubtedly had a powerful influence on the landscape of contemporary art in Aotearoa. Now the four… Audio, Gallery

Erin Boag moved to England in 1996 with the intention of building her career for a few years - but she ended up staying. Nowadays she is probably best known for appearing on the first 10 seasons of… Audio

The first international touring stage production of The Lion King opens at Auckland's Spark Arena in June. The musical stage show has already toured throughout Asia, and was slated to open in Wuhan… Audio, Gallery

Chris Parker is an award-winning comedian, whose sold-out show 'How I Felt' opens next week at the International Comedy Festival. He's also an actor, appearing in Golden Boy and Baby Done, as well as… Audio

Showing at the Circa theatre in Wellington this week is an honest and uplifting inclusive play. Up Down Girl is about the extraodrinary life of a person with Down Syndrome and their mother's… Audio

Why do we pay mega-subsidies to international movie giants to come to New Zealand to film? Is it really worth it?  Audio

Poet and writer Kate Camp returns to discuss another classic work of literature. This week, Sydney Bridge Upside Down. Written by David Ballantyne and published in 1968, it's been described as the… Audio

Alternative festivals have unwittingly become a platform for conspiracy theorists and medical misinformation. Journalist Anke Richter has been looking into the issue. Audio