Arts

Mireya Ramos, lead singer and violinist of New York's all-women Mariachi band Flor de Toloache, has been recording new music at Rhythm Ace studio in Taranaki, while taking refuge from COVID-19 in… Audio

Vietnamese writer Nguyen Phan Que Mai has published eleven books of poetry and non fiction in Vietnamese, and now for the first time - a novel in English. Audio

A restoration studio in Auckland has been drawing on the skill of people from different arts cultures to help preserve and restore Kiwi antiques. Produced by Kadambari Raghukumar  Audio

To celebrate the adventurous life of her late uncle, Clive, she takes a leap of faith and learns to fly.

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It's one thing for a film festival to go online - we looked at this on the show last week - but what about a full-on theatre festival? The annual Koanga Festival showcases new Maori plays and… Audio, Gallery

Her name is Gemma New, and she's been hailed as "one of the brightest rising stars in the conducting firmament". More important - to us at any rate - is that the in-demand conductor was born and bred… Audio

Poet Rhian Gallagher's latest collection Far Flung takes us from South Island bush to Dunedin's notorious Seacliff Mental Hospital. She also reflects on the many challenges facing Irish migrants who… Audio

A new novel about a flat, a rat, and a nationwide movement against the landlord-tenant model has come from the pen of Murdoch Stephens. Under the pseudonym Richard Meros, he wrote the popular… Audio

H Guthrie Smith's 1921 book Tutira: The Story of an NZ Sheep Station is credited with being New Zealand's first significant environmentalist publication. It was also the inspiration for stage director… Audio, Gallery

Actor and acting coach Peter Feeney's put some useful tricks of his trade into a new book, from handling auditions and rejection, to producing emotion on demand - even tips on learning lines! Acting… Audio

The latest TVNZ/BBC co-production with to hit the screens here and in the UK is a series based on New Zealand author Stacy Gregg's much loved Pony Club Secrets book, that have sold more than a million… Audio, Gallery

After the Second World War, New Zealanders understandably struggled to see a brighter future after all the devastation. So in 1952, Auckland hosted an exhibition with two purposes. First, it offered… Audio, Gallery

We highlighted how tough things are with performers facing a second round of gig cancellations, contemplating the reality more lockdowns, and what that means for the future of audiences and income… Audio

Producer and book man Robert Kelly - went through the hundreds of entries with the editor of the 2020 Poetry New Zealand Yearbook, Jo Emeney and together they whittled them down to a shortlist and our… Audio

The editor of the 2020 Poetry New Zealand Yearbook, Jo Emeney joins Jesse to help announce our annual competition to mark National Poetry Day.  Audio

Film and TV reviewer Sarah McMullan joins Kathryn to talk about why you'll have to pay $40 if you want to see the New Zealand-filmed Disney+ blockbuster Mulan, New Zealand film This Town, season two… Audio