Arts

Musicians have been getting super productive during the worldwide shutdown: we have new releases by local artists Aja Ropata, Reb Fountain and Fiona Pears, plus US artists Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn… Video

Irish photojournalist Cathal McNaughton gave up the 'best job in the world' for a quieter life in a cottage in the Glens of Antrim after winning a Pulitzer Prize. Audio, Gallery

Since 2011, Australian poet, writer and photographer Judith Nangala Crispin has spent part of each year living and working with Warlpiri people in the Northern Australian Tanami desert. Her work… Audio, Gallery

Stage combat, lockdown diaries, apocalypse fashion montages, juggling - the result of young creatives in lockdown. About 15 young people in the Manawatu filmed their experiences of isolation in a… Audio

Film and TV reviewer James Croot looks at the TVNZ-BBC production of Eleanor Catton's award-winning novel The Luminaries, a hilarious new look at Catherine the Great from the co-writer of The… Audio

A collection of work put to together by the son of humanist photographer Werner Bischof will be exhibited in Auckland, featuring ironic images of the twentieth century. Audio

Each Wednesday Wallace reads out poetry from the audience, for the "Midweek Poem" feature. Audio

Producer Robert Kelly has a new segment on Afternoons with his book quiz. Audio

Jessica Helfand is a designer, artist, and author of "Face: A Visual Odyssey", an elaborately illustrated A to Z showing how our faces have been perceived, represented and judged over time from… Video, Audio

The Auckland Arts Festival is excited to hear from artists, designers and creative thinkers for its next festival and beyond. It's calling for proposals from established or emerging artists and is… Audio

The six best secondary school chamber groups from around New Zealand compete for the top prizes and the winners are announced Audio

Alan Zweibel was a writer in the early days of Saturday Night Live, It's Garry Shandling's Show and Curb Your Enthusiasm. He details a life in comedy in his new memoir, Laugh Lines: My Life Helping… Audio

What's thought to be one of the world's first in-person art auctions to take place since the Covid-19 pandemic shutdown is being held in Auckland tonight.

Art auctions have taken place online during… Audio

For some children, the nature of what mum and dad does can be very scary. Kris Kennett is a Dunedin-based firefighter, who had an idea to put together a book that aims to reassure children about what… Audio

Artists, musicians and actors say the entertainment industry will fall into crisis if it can't open up again soon.

People in the arts are often placed front and centre of charity work for others… Audio

Acting veteran Mark Hadlow has had to swap the stage for working on a building site in order to keep the cash coming in during the Covid-19 restrictions.

The actor and comedian is best known… Audio

Linda reviews Normal People and Luminaries. Audio

Pelenakeke (Keke) Brown has recently returned to Aotearoa after being based in NYC for six years. An interdisciplinary artist, her work spans art, writing, and performance. She's become the interim… Audio

Epidemiologist Michael Baker answers questions from New Zealand Choral Federation members on the safety of choral  singing under current COVID-19 restrictions.  Video