Arts

Film and TV reviewer Sarah McMullan looks at new New Zealand feature film Bellbird, a kids' documentary about a reindeer called Ailo's Journey which is narrated by Donald Sutherland and the second… Audio

The New Zealand Music Awards are on tonight in Auckland.

The awards celebrate the the well-known musicians and the up and coming.

RNZ's Music 101 presenter, Charlotte Ryan, talks through her picks… Audio

Students on the audio engineering degree course that moulded Joel Little - producer of Lorde's Grammy award-winning hit 'Royals' - are fuming it's been closed without them even being told.

They… Audio

Lunch goers in Christchurch were given a special treat today as world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma made an appearance on the banks of the city's Avon River.

The free concert aimed to highlight the value… Video, Audio

Millions of people flock to the Louvre Museum, often to see one thing: the Mona Lisa. But many leave the Leonardo da Vinci painting feeling underwhelmed - why? Well mainly because of those huge… Audio

David Michôd and Joel Edgerton’s The King reinvents Henry V for Netflix, says Dan Slevin. Video

In the immediate aftermath of the Christchurch mosque shootings, one image captured the grief and sadness felt across the nation. Wellington artist Ruby Jones has now released her first book 'All Of… Audio

Charles Jencks, architectural commentator and promoter of post-modernism died last month. Bill McKay talks to Kathryn about post-modernism and how it shook up the world of architecture and design… Audio

Back home, New Zealand based K-pop dance crew MDC have just returned from competing in the global K-pop Festival in South Korea. Only thirteen groups from around the world get selected to perform, and… Audio

Fight coordinator Alexander James Holloway runs the New Zealand Stage Combat School, where he trains actors in safe, qualified fight choreography. AUT radio student Brooks Alexander sits in. Audio

AUT radio student Reilly Hodson loves going to the art gallery. But to many people it's an unknown world. He sets out to find out why, and how, this might change. Audio

Digging narrow trenches for eight hours a day on Banks Peninsula, then burying three lovingly carved wooden sculptures, wrapped in traditional baskets,and leaving them there, is the idea behind… Audio, Gallery

Maori are used to having their experience captured by others. Think of the photographs of Ans Westra and Marti Friedlander. But Chevron Hassett is a young Maori artist taking the camera into his own… Audio, Gallery

Four students at St Oran's College in Lower Hutt who have devised a short play about prostitution law reform, have been invited to perform the work by the New Zealand Prostitutes' Collective at an… Audio

What are the career options for talented young dancers these days? Two such talents Joshua Faleatua and Tyler Carney are in the midst of finding out. The pair for the last three years have been… Audio, Gallery

Gay love stories used to have certain familiar story arcs. They might be set in the past, crusading for law changes. Or they may involve a death due to AIDS. But for a new generation those stories are… Audio, Gallery

In the world of choral music its a big deal. Next July will see thousands of choral music performers and producers from around the world land in Auckland for the 12th World Symposium of Choral Music.

Latin beats from Mexican guitarists Rodrigo Y Gabriela and Pink Martini, plus tributes to Jitka Šuranská and Michel Legrand who both passed away in 2019. Video