Arts
Karyn Rachtman - from pulp fiction to environmental games
She's helped create some of the most popular and influential movie soundtracks of recent times - Pulp Fiction, Clueless, Boogie Nights and Baz Luhrman's Romeo and Juliet. Video, Audio
Creatives in Schools get welcome support, but is it enough?
The Government's 4 million dollar boost for the Creatives in Schools programme has been welcomed by artists and schools. Audio
Ali Ventura's film picks
Ali reviews Endings, Beginnings, out now at the movies and The Vigil which is out in cinemas on July 16th. Audio
How Cook Islanders could dance their way to better health
In the future, Cook Islanders will be dancing their way to better health if Troy Tararo-Ruhe has a say in it. The Dunedin PhD student has developed an exercise programme that includes traditional Cook… Audio
The Week that Was with Te Radar and Joe Daymond
Our comedians Te Radar and Joe Daymond with the tale of how one Australian got off a speeding ticket. Audio
Terei Tonight - Pio Terei and Nicola 'Nix' Adams
Nicola "Nix" Adams left jail two years ago in Australia, returning home to rebuild her life after she lost a child, turned to drugs and her husband left with their other two children. Audio
New Pacific art gallery opens in NZ
The first ever Pacific art gallery space has officially opened this week in New Zealand. Audio
Story of the Day with Robert Kelly
Gary Larson of The Far Side Fame has released his first new work in 25 years. Robert Kelly pops in to explain why now for Larson. Audio
Film and TV correspondent Tamar Munch
Film and TV correspondent Tamar Munch looks at LOIMATA, The Sweetest Tears at the New Zealand International Film Festival, and the new six part docuseries on Neon I'll Be Gone in the Dark, about the… Audio
'Where you from?' - Pacific voices respond in exhibition
Ten artists from Fresh One Collective including Pacific artists will be opening an exhibition titled Where You From in Auckland this month. Audio
The slow road to recovery for NZ's music industry
New Zealand's music scene is starting to open up again, but without international acts, it's a limp back to normal. Audio
Movie review: The Burnt Orange Heresy
The Burnt Orange Heresy finds a corrupt art critic trying to get an interview with a famously reclusive painter. Stars Claes Bang (The square), Elizabeth Debicki (Widows) and Mick Jagger. Video, Audio
Greed
Greed stars Steve Coogan as a fashion multi-millionaire, throwing himself a wildly expensive birthday party at his tax-haven Mediterranean mansion. Co-stars Isla Fisher, David Mitchell and a lion… Video, Audio
White Riot
White Riot is a documentary set in Britain's 'winter of discontent' in the late 70s - the era of punk, the rise of the National Front, and the Rock against Racism movement. Video, Audio
At the Movies for 8 July 2020
Simon Morris looks at an unusually diverse collection of school holiday attractions, but decides to look closer at three films aimed at more adult audiences. Audio
Susan Philipsz' War Damaged Musical Instruments
Arts correspondent Juliana Engberg joins Kathryn to talk about a new exhibition opening at the Auckland Art Gallery on July 12: Susan Philipsz's War Damaged Musical Instruments. Audio
Netflix erotic Polish film accused of glamourising rape
An erotic Polish film that trended at #3 on Netflix over the weekend is being accused of glamourising rape, stockholm syndrome and kidnapping. '365 Days' tells the story of Laura, who is abducted by… Audio
Jacinda Ardern art posters deemed party advertisements
Posters featuring Jacinda Ardern by two well known Kiwi artists have been ruled party advertisements by the Electoral Commission. The posters have been under investigation for nearly three weeks… Audio
Oscar-winning Italian film composer dies aged 91
Ennio Morricone, the Italian composer whose credits include the "spaghetti" Westerns that made Clint Eastwood a star, has died in Rome aged 91.
Plans afoot to refurbish Wellington's Embassy Theatre
Plans are under way to fund a $400,000 refurbishment of Wellington's Embassy movie theatre. Audio