Arts
Cultural Ambassador - South Auckland
Photographer Raymond Sagapolutele is back with the latest community and cultural news from South Auckland Audio
48 Hour Shakespeare Readathon
In order to raise some much-needed funds for the Globe Theatre in London, a bunch of its former students held a 48-hour Shakespeare readathon. Katherine Corner, one of the organisers joins us on the… Audio
It's Behind You - a comedy horror play
A new comedy-horror play called 'It's Behind You' will be perfomed live online this Thursday. Audio
Royal NZ Ballet dancers poised for return
The Royal New Zealand Ballet Company is determined to begin touring the country again in just a few months. Audio
NZ artist gains 'gift of time' as Venice Biennale postponed
New Zealand's artist at the next Venice Biennale, Yuki Kihara, says having the event postponed until 2022 has provided her with a "gift of time". Audio
Rural residency becomes home for stranded US artist
An artist's residency in the Wairarapa has turned into a much longer stay for Kerri McGill, after her flight back to the US was cancelled. But paint and film set scenic artist Kerri McGill is making… Audio
Films with Attitude
Dan Buckingham has been coming up with ingenious ways to film vulnerable people with disabilities while adhering to social distancing. While most other film companies were closed during levels 3 and 4… Audio
What Sort of Man?
"An exhilarating and harrowing exploration of contemporary masculinity" is how Breton Dukes' publishers describe his third short story collection, What Sort of Man. The Dunedin writer kept us waiting… Audio
The Laugh Track - Paul Yates
TV producer and actor Paul Yates is rearing to get back into the editing suite tomorrow, after weeks of enforced time away from it. He's one of the creatives behind the homegrown TV comedy Wellington… Audio
Te Papa prepares to reopen
New Zealand's national museum, Te Papa Tongarewa, is preparing to reopen this Thursday after a two month closure due to Covid-19. Audio
Adam Play award winner Jess Sayer talks up hope for a screen led recovery
A lot of hope is being placed on New Zealand's screen industry to help the country out of its financial mire. It's too soon to know if overseas filmmakers will see Aotearoa as a safe haven in the… Audio
Venice Biennale postponed: what does it mean for the artist?
One of the biggest Covid-19 casualties in the art world is the postponement of the Venice Art Biennale from 2021 until 2022. Italy has been one of the country's hardest hit by the pandemic, forcing it… Audio
Royal NZ Ballet dancers poised for return
The Royal New Zealand Ballet Company is determined to begin touring the country again in just a few months. What's especially inspiring is that it's been planning for a return to live performance… Audio
New releases from Aotearoa and abroad
Musicians have been getting super productive during the worldwide shutdown: we have new releases by local artists Aja Ropata, Reb Fountain and Fiona Pears, plus US artists Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn… Video
Pulitzer Prize winner opts for life away from the lens
Irish photojournalist Cathal McNaughton gave up the 'best job in the world' for a quieter life in a cottage in the Glens of Antrim after winning a Pulitzer Prize. Audio, Gallery
'America finds itself in a very ugly place' - David Simon
Kim Hill talks with TV producer and writer David Simon about the mood in the US, and his fictional alternate history of a US presidency gone bad. Audio
Photographer Judith Crispin: exposing life and death
Since 2011, Australian poet, writer and photographer Judith Nangala Crispin has spent part of each year living and working with Warlpiri people in the Northern Australian Tanami desert. Her work… Audio, Gallery
The Basement Company Virtual Extravaganza - youth in lockdown
Stage combat, lockdown diaries, apocalypse fashion montages, juggling - the result of young creatives in lockdown. About 15 young people in the Manawatu filmed their experiences of isolation in a… Audio
The Luminaries, The Great, The Vast of Night
Film and TV reviewer James Croot looks at the TVNZ-BBC production of Eleanor Catton's award-winning novel The Luminaries, a hilarious new look at Catherine the Great from the co-writer of The… Audio
Marco Bischof on curating his father's photography
A collection of work put to together by the son of humanist photographer Werner Bischof will be exhibited in Auckland, featuring ironic images of the twentieth century. Audio
