Arts
The dark world of poet Jess Fiebig
A poet who's been to hell and back has written candidly about her experiences in her debut collection, My Honest Poem. Audio
The Auckland Theatre Company is back - slightly modified
Like other theatres around the country, Auckland Theatre Company has had its plans to put its actors back on stage disrupted after the long Alert Level One stretch came to a sudden end. Audio, Gallery
Dione Joseph – the voice of Black Creatives Aotearoa
Over the years we've charted the rise of Maori, Pacific Island, Asian and Pan-Asian voices on our stages and screens. Now the creative voices of New Zealanders of African and Caribbean descent are… Audio
Where are the TV audiences? Mostly not watching TV
The latest survey by NZ On Air about how we consume our entertainment in 2020 is makes sobering reading. Where are the audiences? it asks. And the answer is - increasingly, not on traditional TV any… Audio, Gallery
Song changes chord for first time in seven years
Fans have flocked to a church in Germany to hear a chord change in a song which lasts for 639 years.
Curator Mary Kisler: tiny art inspired by Frances Hodgkins
Art historian and curator Mary Kisler discusses the opening of a touring Auckland Art Gallery exhibition at the Adam Art Gallery Te Pataka Toi in Wellington. The 19 Gallery's part of the Frances… Video, Audio, Gallery
Review: Mulan
Disney’s Mulan is bypassing the big screen to the disappointment of Kiwi cinema audiences. Dan Slevin assesses what is now a premium online product. Video
At the Movies: Papi Chulo
Papi Chulo is a comedy-drama about the relationship between a stressed-out TV weatherman and a middle-aged Mexican odd-job man. It's a delightful film with a uniquely light touch, Simon Morris says. Video, Audio
At the Movies: Return to Gandhi Road
Return to Gandhi Road is a New Zealand-made film about an extraordinary Buddhist teacher and the efforts he made to rescue texts from Tibet during the cultural revolution of the Sixties. Video, Audio
At The Movies for 2 September 2020
Simon Morris gets a little sick of the small art-films coming out each week, and turns to Netflix for a big, dumb action movie. Return to Gandhi Road is a New Zealand made story about an extraordinary… Audio
Make-up maestro Tom Savini on blood, sweat and fears
Tom Savini is the legendary special effects make-up artist behind movies like the original Dawn of the Dead, Friday the 13th and Texas Chain Saw Massacre 2. Audio, Gallery
Ramai Hayward on the making of Rewi’s Last Stand
Kahu Kutia from Nga Taonga pays tribute to one of Aotearoa's profilic pioneer filmmakers - Ramai Hayward. Ramai Hayward was probably the first Māori woman to work as a professional film maker. Audio
Challenges for the arts sector in the Covid era
Kathryn is joined by Auckland Art Gallery director Kirsten Lacy to talk about how the arts sector can survive and thrive in a Covid world. The Gallery has had to adapt, with the postponement of… Audio
When art and music collide: Auckland Art Gallery's Leonard Cohen exhibition
Music 101 host Charlotte Ryan looks at 'I'm Your Man - Portrait of Leonard Cohen' on at the Auckland Art Gallery right now, and Deva Mahal's new single 'Stand In'. Audio
Covid-19: Diary writing sees resurgence in Australia
If you've taken up writing a diary during the Covid-19 pandemic, you're not alone.
Australian researchers from RMIT University in Melbourne have found diary-keeping is having a resurgence.
Dr Peta… Audio
Augusta Xu-Holland from 'The Eight Hundred'
Jesse speaks to Augusta Xu-Holland from the blockbuster film The Eight Hundred. Audio, Gallery
Creative couple combine crochet & sculpture
The creative endeavours of artistic south Auckland couple, sculptor Rudi Robinson and designer artist Lissy Robinson Cole include exploring crochet through a Te Ao Maori lens. They incorporate… Audio, Gallery
Tasmanian Tiger pelt found in Wairarapa museum
A pelt of a Tasmanian Tiger that for decades languished in a Wairarapa taxidermy museum is giving the scientific world new insights into the extinct Australian marsupial.
The New Zealand pelt has… Audio
Covid-19: World of Wearable Art show becomes exhibit
The 2020 World of Wearable Art show was cancelled due to Covid-19 but will instead be held as an exhibition in Wellington.
From abandoned tents transformed into avant-garde works of art, to a… Audio
Marti Friedlander's Portraits of Artists
Portraiture is one of the trickiest artforms - to get beyond the surface of a face into the soul. Photographer Marti Friedlander was an expert, and many of her black and white images - especially of… Audio, Gallery
