Arts

"Teachers hope to end "near death" of arts in school" ran the Newsroom headline in an article by Professor of Education at the University of Auckland Peter O'Connor this week. The week at Te Papa in… Audio

A celebration of song with artists as diverse as Joni Mitchell, Nick Cave and the King's Singers. Video

Standing Room Only's first arts and culture show for 2020. 12.30-4pm Sunday Audio

Australia-based Nelson-born creative Anton Thomas is putting the art back into cartography with beautiful hand-drawn maps. His giant (1.2 metre by 1.5 metre) map North America: Portrait of A Continent… Audio, Gallery

The sustainable New Zealand fashion label Kowtow is branching out into swimwear – but not made of any ordinary fabric. The first non-natural fabric the brand has used is made from regenerated fishing… Audio

Tonight Christchurch's Bread & Circus Buskers festival is swinging into action, and its promising to lure the biggest crowds to the central city since pre-earthquake times.

But organisers admit the… Audio

The Dead Lands – a ground-breaking new TV show featuring a 100-percent Māori and Pasifika cast – debuts to a massive international TV audience tonight. The series is a supernatural adventure series in… Audio

Film and TV reviewer James Croot looks at the latest take on Dolittle, starring Robert Downey Jr and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, with Tom Hanks as beloved children's entertainer Fred Rogers… Audio

A 14 year old girl becomes the latest bride of a wealthy farmer in 19th Century Vietnam (reviewed by Dan Slevin). Audio

Dan Slevin reviews a plucked-from-the-headlines drama about the sexual harassment scandal that hit Fox News in 2016 starring Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie. Audio

Robert Downey Jr. takes on the role of Hugh Lofting's famous doctor who preferred animals to people in this expensive reboot. (reviewed by Dan Slevin). Audio

Dan Slevin is filling in for Simon Morris and he reviews a new family entertainment starring Robert Downey Jr., Dolittle; a drama about the Fox News sexual harassment scandal that ended the career of… Audio

Tonnes of ancient volcanic rock are being transformed into works of fine art on New Plymouth's Coastal Walkway.

Twenty-seven artists - including three from overseas - have set up camp on the popular… Video, Audio

Geoff Rissole, not his real name, is one of the men behind the popular Facebook page S**t Towns of New Zealand. The page has spawned three books, S**t Towns of New Zealand 1 and 2, and S**t Towns of… Audio

Central Otago high country farmer Eden Hore collected almost three hundred outfits from the 1970s and 80s, resulting in what's been described as one of the best private collections of vintage couture… Audio, Gallery

A copy of Love Me Do that was the very first Beatles song played on the radio is up for auction next week.

In 1962, the single was played on Radio Luxembourg.

Now it's being auctioned off in the UK.

Scratch lottery tickets where you win instagram followers instead of money, apps that can only be accessed when you're phone has 5 percent battery, these are the works of pioneering Belgian artist… Audio, Gallery

Is our obsession with taking pictures of animals doing them harm? Zara Bending, an Associate at the Centre for Environmental Law at Macquarie University discusses the potential pitfalls of wildlife… Audio