Arts

The Panel discusses the way colour can affect our sense of self and mood with stylist Sarah Stuart. Audio

The lockdown mid-year resulted in an explosion of entries to the Play It strange songwriting competitions, with the secondary school age musicians having time to pour their thoughts into their tracks… Audio

Ecopoetry is a term that was coined relatively recently, when 'eco' found itself attached to all kinds of terms. But the ideas behind ecopoetry date back to New Zealand's early settlers who wrote… Audio

Musician Puoro Jerome is a specialist in playing taonga puoro - traditional Maori instruments. He features on a new compilation of music that's woven around sounds of our landscapes and wildlife. He's… Audio

If someone knocks on your door out of the blue asking if you'd be interested in renting your building to a film crew, there's a good chance that person will be Kayleighsha Wharton. The Location and… Audio

Many New Zealand bands have never been so busy with festivals clambering to fill their programmes with homegrown acts this summer. There are concerns that festivals might end up a bit samey without… Audio

It's taken two years so far and there's more work to go on repairing a large painting of a British shipwreck that isn't being allowed to sink without trace at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Helpless… Audio

It's a year since Courtney Johnston took on the role of Te Papa's chief executive. There'd been quite the turnover of people in the role since the nation's museum and art gallery opened in Wellington… Audio

Music from the world, for the world, hosted by Trevor Reekie. Audio

Acclaimed war photographer Bruce Connew has turned his lens on to our country's colonial memorials to document "a vocabulary of colonisation". His exhibition A Vocabulary at Te Uru Gallery in… Audio, Gallery

While WOMAD has pulled the plug because of Covid-19, New Plymouth's famous Festival of the Lights has overcome the challenges of the pandemic to put on a show.

This year, 15 brand new installations… Video, Audio

RNZ Concert listeners tell us what's so special about Beethoven 250 years after his birth. 

New Plymouth's iconic music, arts, and dance festival WOMAD, which takes place in March every year, has been cancelled for the first time in its 16 year history.

It comes less than a month after the… Audio

WOMAD, New Plymouth's iconic music, arts, and dance festival which takes place in March every year, has been cancelled for the first time in its sixteen year history.

It comes less than a month after… Audio

Film and TV reviewer Chris Schulz joins Kathryn to look at some of the best offerings around this year from New Zealand and overseas. Audio

It's been a 13 year drought since actor Eric Bana took a leading role in an Australian film. Eric Bana talks to us about filming in rural Victoria during a drought and enduring lockdowns in Melbourne… Video, Audio

While some parts of the arts sector are thriving, others are struggling financially thanks to Covid-19 and its aftermath. Theatres are one, art galleries another. So the publication of a free booklet… Audio