Arts
Tenet
The sign of a great film is one you want to see again, says Simon Morris. So how does Christopher Nolan’s latest Tenet measure up? Video, Audio
At the Movies for 26 August 2020
Simon Morris looks at three films that encourage a second viewing - a fiendishly complex sci-fi epic, and two smaller films that leave tantalizing holes in the narrative. Audio
Orchestras and ballet company fail to secure visas for top overseas talent
New Zealand's top orchestras and ballet company have been left floundering for talent after failing to secure visas for dancers and players from overseas.
Launch of Kingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award
The Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award has just been launched in collaboration with the New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pukenga Whakaata. Audio
Linda Burgess: What to binge watch
TV critic Linda Burgess reflects on bingewatching this week and reviews Mindhunter. Audio
Grammy-nominated artist taps into Taranaki music community to record new single
Mireya Ramos, lead singer and violinist of New York's all-women Mariachi band Flor de Toloache, has been recording new music at Rhythm Ace studio in Taranaki, while taking refuge from COVID-19 in… Audio
Nguyen Phan Que Mai
Vietnamese writer Nguyen Phan Que Mai has published eleven books of poetry and non fiction in Vietnamese, and now for the first time - a novel in English. Audio
Preserving the past
A restoration studio in Auckland has been drawing on the skill of people from different arts cultures to help preserve and restore Kiwi antiques. Produced by Kadambari Raghukumar Audio
Loading Docs 2020: Going Home
To celebrate the adventurous life of her late uncle, Clive, she takes a leap of faith and learns to fly.
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Koanga Festival - now a theatre festival goes on-line
It's one thing for a film festival to go online - we looked at this on the show last week - but what about a full-on theatre festival? The annual Koanga Festival showcases new Maori plays and… Audio, Gallery
Successful conductor - and expat New Zealander - Gemma New
Her name is Gemma New, and she's been hailed as "one of the brightest rising stars in the conducting firmament". More important - to us at any rate - is that the in-demand conductor was born and bred… Audio
Rhian Gallagher's poetry collection Far flung
Poet Rhian Gallagher's latest collection Far Flung takes us from South Island bush to Dunedin's notorious Seacliff Mental Hospital. She also reflects on the many challenges facing Irish migrants who… Audio
Murdoch Stephens - a new book, under his real name!
A new novel about a flat, a rat, and a nationwide movement against the landlord-tenant model has come from the pen of Murdoch Stephens. Under the pseudonym Richard Meros, he wrote the popular… Audio
Sam Trubridge inspired by a 100-year-old sheep station account
H Guthrie Smith's 1921 book Tutira: The Story of an NZ Sheep Station is credited with being New Zealand's first significant environmentalist publication. It was also the inspiration for stage director… Audio, Gallery
Acting coach Peter Feeney
Actor and acting coach Peter Feeney's put some useful tricks of his trade into a new book, from handling auditions and rejection, to producing emotion on demand - even tips on learning lines! Acting… Audio
Stacy Gregg's Pony Club Secrets makes it to the screen
The latest TVNZ/BBC co-production with to hit the screens here and in the UK is a series based on New Zealand author Stacy Gregg's much loved Pony Club Secrets book, that have sold more than a million… Audio, Gallery
Art and Design remembered over 60 years later
After the Second World War, New Zealanders understandably struggled to see a brighter future after all the devastation. So in 1952, Auckland hosted an exhibition with two purposes. First, it offered… Audio, Gallery
'Full House' actress sentenced to jail for US college scam
The American actress Lori Loughlin, star of the sitcom Full House, has been sentenced to two months in prison for her part in a US college admissions scam.
Hundertwasser Art Centre faces losses as international tourists disappear
New Zealand's $33.2 million Hundertwasser Art Centre in Whangārei will be hard hit as the global Covid-19 pandemic means the disappearance of thousands of international visitors.
