Arts

We highlighted how tough things are with performers facing a second round of gig cancellations, contemplating the reality more lockdowns, and what that means for the future of audiences and income… Audio

Producer and book man Robert Kelly - went through the hundreds of entries with the editor of the 2020 Poetry New Zealand Yearbook, Jo Emeney and together they whittled them down to a shortlist and our… Audio

The editor of the 2020 Poetry New Zealand Yearbook, Jo Emeney joins Jesse to help announce our annual competition to mark National Poetry Day.  Audio

Film and TV reviewer Sarah McMullan joins Kathryn to talk about why you'll have to pay $40 if you want to see the New Zealand-filmed Disney+ blockbuster Mulan, New Zealand film This Town, season two… Audio

Romantic Road tells the story of eccentric travellers Rupert and Jan Grey as they drive across the North of India in an old Rolls Royce. Executive Producer, Sharon Stone (Basic Instinct). Video, Audio

23 Walks follows the romance of Dave Johns (I Daniel Blake) and Alison Steadman (Gavin and Stacey) through their dogs' exercise. Video, Audio

Good news for book worms with time management problems - libraries in the Selwyn District, in Canterbury, have stopped charging fines for overdue books in an effort to entice people scared off by… Audio

Just when you thought it might have been all over ...life gets tough again for those whose incomes rely on audiences. Composer and director of member services at APRA Victoria Kelly joins The Panel to… Audio

Our Bookmarks guest today is Tex Houston has worked and toured with most of the bands on the Flying Nun label, and developing his own line of speakers called Tex Tone.

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Dan Slevin reports on Netflix’s new big budget VFX extravaganza (that also tries to have a bit of real life grit in the mix). Video

Former Samoan international Lama Tone tells Kathryn how rugby career ending injuries led him to architecture. Audio, Gallery

For the better part of 30 years, Yvonne Sutherland's shop and studio has been a must-stop on the Otago Peninsula. She's the creator of Happy Hens - brightly coloured, hand-painted ceramic hens of… Audio, Gallery

NZSO bass player Malcolm Struthers' passion for his instrument has turned into a stimulating new hobby, making his own basses. He describes the process of constructing two basses from scratch and… Audio

The most recent OECD Programme for International Students assessment showed a marked decline in reading for pleasure. Alarmingly it discovered that half of New Zealand's 15-year-olds have never read… Audio

A family disappears without a trace after a road-trip along the West Coast highway. More than 30 years later, the body of one of the children is discovered. But he's several years older than when he… Audio