Arts
Scape - offering Christchurch public art in a pandemic
Christchurch's latest Public Art Walkway is about to open, in stages, offering pedestrians a collection of temporary sculptures to enliven their strolls though the city. It's courtesy of SCAPE which… Audio, Gallery
The missing films of early NZ director Robert Steele
A Mild Case of Murder, The Wife Who Knew and Happy Honeymoon - A Near Tragedy - three titles of, we're told, early New Zealand films by enthusiastic amateur director Robert Steele are at the centre of… Audio, Gallery
Prayas Theatre Company goes big onstage
Auckland's pioneering South Asian Prayas Theatre company is going big with its 15th birthday celebrations - performing highlights from eight plays from different time periods around the Indian… Audio, Gallery
Dancer, choreographer and Arts Laureate Moss Patterson
Moss Patterson has been choreographing ambitious and breathtaking dances for more than a decade, with Atamira Dance Company and more recently with his company TOHU. In recognition of his leadership… Audio
Let's hear it for the prop-makers!
Props are often the unsung heroes of set-design on stage or screen. They may be brandished by the actors, or just sitting quietly on a shelf waiting to be produced, but they're always crucial in a… Audio, Gallery
Star turn: Astronomer adorns car bonnet at new exhibition
A 1940s car bonnet adorned with a portrait of the astronomer Beatrice Hill is one of the artworks featured in an exhibition which opens at Puke Ariki Museum in New Plymouth today.
Arts Laureate Ariana Tikao: the power of pūoro
Ariana Tikao is a composer and performer of Kāi Tahu descent whose waiata bring to life ancestral stories. She is a passionate exponent of the indigenous musical instruments of Aotearoa and is… Audio
Whakapapa through portraiture: Taaniko Nordstrom
Former Air New Zealand cabin attendant Taaniko Nordstrom, and her sister-in-law Vienna Nordstrom, are the creative duo behind Soldiers Rd Portraits, a photography-based business they set up together… Audio, Gallery
The decadence of the 1920s comes to a concert hall near you
Chamber Music from the heady days of the '20s' is coming to a concert hall near you over the next few weeks.
Andrew Beer and Sarah Watkins, and composer Ben Hoadley, whose new work Cave Dances is… Audio
The players breaking into the movie game
In warehouses near motorways and on backlots in West Auckland, players who contract to the movie industry are making their mark - in business, and on the world. Audio
Miramar creatives encourage artists to try virtual reality work
What happens when you spend three years working to create a virtual world for international audiences - only for a pandemic to disrupt it all?
A Miramar creative duo took their own personal and… Video, Audio
Stephen De Pledge on Mozart and Music during Lockdown
Pianist Stephen de Pledge discusses his surprising 50th year when the closest he can get to an audience is through his live-streamed performance with the APO tonight. While he'll miss having people… Audio
Audience choirs battle it out for fun Battle Chorus
Auckland's Civic Theatre is preparing to host a battle of the voices this Friday when two musical heavyweights form audience choirs to find a winner. Legendary musician Laughton Kora from KORA, and… Audio
Sol3 Mio tenor Amitai Pati takes on his biggest challenge yet
Tenor Amitai Pati talks about making his Parisian debut earlier this year, his upcoming NZ Opera performances playing Jupiter in Handel’s opera Semele and giving a recital with Emma Pearson tonight in… Audio
Kiwi international opera singers return home to perform together for the first time
Sarah Castle and Paul Whelan have shared many early musical experiences, flatting together as students, singing in the National Youth Choir. Now they are both home from their respective international… Audio
Wahine Toa Hunting - Women with more than deer in their sights
Pania Tepaiho Marsh started out with a simple mission: teach women how to hunt, so they could fill their fridges for their families. Video, Audio
A memoir of teenage years in a 70s hippy commune
Sydney based writer and film-maker Miro Bilborough has written a memoir about her time as a teenager living in a tiny hippie community in the outer reaches of the Marlborough Sounds in the 1970s. Audio
Succession, Watchmen, Schitt's Creek take top Emmys
Succession, Schitt's Creek and Watchmen were the big winners at this year's Emmy Awards, which were held virtually amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Linda Burgess' TV picks
Our weekly delve into the world of TV sees our critic Linda Burgess review The Great and Mrs America. Audio
Savage Soundtrack
In contrast to the anger and violence you would expect from a film about gangs, Arli Liberman’s soundtrack to Sam Kelly's Savage is moving and intensely sad. Audio