Arts
Fast Favourites: Dame Robin White brings home the culture of Japan
In April 2024, one of our most treasured artists Dame Robin White travelled from her home in Masterton to Aomori north of Honshu in Japan, to be an artist in residence at the Aomori Contemporary Art… Audio
The Mixtape: Top Model Colin Mathura Jeffree
Our guest picking the music is a familiar face on New Zealand TV, Colin Mathura Jeffree. He's been the host of New Zealand's hottest home baker and New Zealand's next top model, and he appeared on… Audio
Te Huhu Live in the RNZ studio
Local band Te Huhu draw inspiration from psychedelic stoner rock, classic rock, shoegaze and blues to create a hazy, immersive sound Te Huhu joined us in the RNZ studio to record a live session to… Audio
Peter McLennan - Deepgrooves 90s music label backing local hip hop
Deepgrooves was a 1990s Auckland-based record label that released the first ever local hip-hop single to reach number one on the NZ charts with 3 The Hard Way's 'Hip-hop Holiday'. The label reflected… Audio
The game-changing soundtrack to Once Were Warriors returns
Once Were Warriors celebrates its 30th anniversary this month and the legendary soundtrack has been re-released. Based on Alan Duff's novel and directed by Lee Tamahori, the film became the… Audio
Film Review: Hugh Grant's latest, Heretic
Dom Corry is in the studio to talk what's on in the theatres. He reviews Heretic, starring Hugh Grant; a Lucy Lawless directed documentary Never Look Away and the drama Memory, featuring Peter… Audio
Japanese footwear turns heads - but what makes it so special?
High-end French fashion brand Maison Margiela's cloven-hoof-like tabi shoes have been discovered by a new generation of celebrities.
Six60 to headline Auckland's Moana Festival
The second iteration of the Moana Festival will run along Auckland's waterfront from 27 January to 9 March.
Banana art sells for US$6.2m at Sotheby's in New York
Auckland based art dealer Charles Ninow joined Emile Donovan to discuss the sale. Audio
Crypto king buys banana art for $10.5m, says he'll eat it
Cryptocurrency platform TRON founder Justin Sun says he wants to honour the viral artwork's place in art history and popular culture by eating it.
Rust movie to premiere three years after on-set shooting
Director Joel Souza, who was wounded in the shooting, will introduce the movie at the Camerimage film festival in Torun, northern Poland.
A duct taped banana is now set to sell for $2.5m
The viral artwork by Italian Maurizio Cattelan, called Comedian, is designed to make us question art.
The million-dollar banana pushing artistic boundaries
Charles Ninow speaks to Emile Donovan about 'Comedian' by the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan. Audio
Destroyed homes given new life through sculpture
Muriwai residents are creating a unique art piece using the remnants of their homes that were destroyed by Cyclone Gabrielle. Audio
Muriwai residents use debris to make memorial sculpture
Almost two years on from Cyclone Gabrielle, Muriwai residents are using debris to commemorate the tragedy which wreaked havoc on Auckland's west coast. The unique art piece will use broken roofs… Audio
Gladiator II: Rhino-riding and brooding in 'a bit of a dad movie'
The long-awaited sequel to Gladiator, starring big names like Paul Mescal and Denzel Washington, has finally arrived. Are you going to be entertained?
What did Hollywood get wrong about great white sharks in Jaws?
Nearly half a century old, how accurate was the science in Jaws? And what shark policy has it shaped?
Rare huia feathers sell at auction for more than $10,000
Three rare huia feathers have sold at an Auckland auction for more than $10,000 each. Webb's auction house head of the decorative arts department Leah Morris spoke to Corin Dann. Audio
Review: Twenty One Pilots told us how to rock, and I don't mind
Break out the red beanies.
Saturday Night is more exhausting than entertaining
Jason Reitman's new comedy Saturday Night is "manically nostalgic" and ultimately more exhausting than entertaining, writes Dan Slevin. The 1970s are ugly in Jason Reitman's new comedy Saturday Night…
