Arts

An extremely rare piece of art created by Yayoi Kusama - discovered in New Zealand - has gone under the hammer. Audio

John Psathas has collaborated with ten Kiwi producers and five guest performers on a new album of music for our times. It's called 'It's Already Tomorrow' and it comes out this Friday.  Audio

Jeweller and painter Dawn Ngaamo, who by day works in tech, talks to Kathryn Ryan about what is it like straddling the two seemingly different worlds of art and working as the programme director of… Audio

Linda Burgess reviews Emma and The Crown. Audio

New Zealand baritone Phillip Rhodes has had a tough year seeing all his work disappear, coupled with the loss of his mother. Performing in the Royal Albert Hall with a group of other Kiwi singers has… Audio

'Ka waiata ki a Maria' is part of the repotoire performed by homesick and under-employed New Zealand opera singers based in London as part of 'Whānau: Voices of Aotearoa. Far from home.'  

The… Audio

Stewart Island Rakiura's museum was first built in 1960 - to house an abundance of island treasures. Back then, it cost the thousands of tourists coming to the island 50 cents to get in and see the… Audio

Who has the flashest post box on your street? Writer, photographer and travel blogger Rachel Reid has spent the last twenty years documenting the novelty and designed letterboxes around New Zealand… Audio

For sheer event status there's nothing quite like seeing a big-deal Hollywood movie with the musical soundtrack provided by a live orchestra. Audio

It feels a bit odd in our current isolated state to be thinking about journeys around the world as a form of self discovery. Audio

New Zealand composer John Psathas had a road to Damascus moment in 2018 while roaring along at Toto's 40th anniversary concert at London's Royal Albert Hall. Audio

Fascination with the private lives of the rich, the famous and the talented is hardly new. Ever since there have been stars - Shakespeare? Ancient Greek theatre? - there have been people dying to know… Audio

Right now people are hungry for live spectacle wherever they can get it. And they don't get more spectacular than an exhibition that's about to land in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch early next… Audio

Prime was initially best known for fact-based shows - Uncharted - Sam Neil's series about James Cook - and Go South. But since then they've started moving into scripted shows, notably Brokenwood… Audio

Listener feedback for 21 November 2020. Audio

Diane Stoppard is a photographer who is leading the $1 million Camera Obscura project in Whangarei. It's a giant walk-in pinhole camera clad in decorative steel. Audio

Recorded on 20 October 2020, at St Peter's on Willis, Wellington by RNZ Concert. Video, Audio

Julien Van Mellaerts shares the joy of singing with Kiwi artists in England for the Whānau: Voices of Aotearoa, far from home concert - an incredibly emotional selection of songs from Aotearoa and the… Audio

It's goodbye to Auckland's iconic giant Santa, who has been a fixture in the CBD for decades. Audio

Dan Slevin reviews Netflix’s hottest new mini-series. Video