Arts

Rachel Marlow is one of this country's most in-demand lighting designers, and co-founder of design company Filament Eleven 11. She works on everything from straight theatre productions to outdoor… Audio

Music from films Toy Story 4 and 1917 plus video games Journey and World of Warcraft.  Video

As "The Front Lawn", Harry Sinclair and Don McGlashan released two albums and made three short films between 1985 and 1990. Many of their songs such as "Andy", "When You Come Back Home" and "How You… Audio

Veteran actor Nathaniel Lees is part of the stellar Pasifika/Māori cast in a new film described as "The Karate Kid meets South Auckland".​ He talks to Kim Hill about how The Legend of Baron To'a… Audio

Scottish artist Katie Paterson collaborates with scientists and researchers to explore ideas of time, transience, and our place on Earth. She's broadcast the sound of a melting glacier, mapped dead… Audio, Gallery

Nigeria's Chigozie Obioma is the first author in Booker Prize history to be nominated for their first and second book. The second, 'An Orchestra of Minorities' demonstrates an act of masterful… Audio

Taika Waititi's win at the Oscars this week triggered a deluge of anecdotes about New Zealander's interactions with the director. Comedian, writer and actor Jonny Potts asked people on twitter to… Audio

RNZ's chief executive has confirmed Concert will stay on an FM frequency but says a proposed new youth radio network is also likely to go ahead.

RNZ's board met after the Prime Minister revealed she… Video, Audio

RNZ's chief executive has admitted the public broadcaster did not ask for an additional FM frequency for its proposed youth channel before going public with plans to take Concert off FM in favour of… Video, Audio

Creative New Zealand chair Michael Moynahan joins the discussion on what arts contribute to the economy as politically there's less and less being given to the sector. Audio

Taika Waititi's film Jojo Rabbit was up for 5 nominations yesterday and he became the first Maori to win an Oscar after scoring Best Adapted Screenplay. He was among two other New Zealanders -… Audio

Street artist Jesse Jensen, contends that the war on grafitti in Auckland city is leaving it bereft of creative and colour. He explains why he thinks more grafitti should be considered art. Audio

There's an unusual offering on Trademe today for an adventurous buyer - a home made nuclear device.  Audio

Personal adornment is a common uniting factor across humans and cultures throughout time. It is also the subject of a new book Adornment, written by Philosophy Professor Stephen Davies from the… Audio, Gallery

JoJo Rabbit, the film written and directed by Taika Waititi is up for six Oscars later today, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.

The movie is based on a book by Belgian New Zealander… Audio

Kim Hill meets the hard-working, humble and often hilarious stars of the Kiwi reality TV show The Casketeers. The couple have just realised the book Life as a Casketeer: What the Business of Death Can… Video, Audio

Director Daniel Fernandez joins Wallace in the studio to talk about his upcoming production in the Auckland Fringe Festival, The Wall. Audio