Arts
NZ Biography: Carmen Rupe
Fabulous, flamboyant and hugely successful in her time, today's Biography is about Carmen, the Wellington transgender entrepreneur Audio
A theatre show for babies
The good folk at Cubbin Theatre Company are on a mission to prove theatre is for everybody - even babies! Audio
A Festival Feast
The Auckland Arts Festival has named its line-up for 2020. It brings together the weird, the wonderful, the musical and the “mad”. Audio
Official Secrets, Sorry We Missed You, The Aeronauts
Film and TV reviewer James Croot joins Kathryn to talk about British docu-drama Official Secrets, based on the life of whistleblower Katharine Gun who leaked a memo detailing that the US eavesdropped… Audio
Review: My Generation
Nostalgia for the 60s is the reason for My Generation, presented by Michael Caine and screening tonight on Rialto Channel, to exist, according to Dan Slevin. Video
Introducing Apple TV+
Apple’s new subscription streaming service launched last weekend and Dan Slevin has been checking out the tentpole offerings. Video
Review: Shadow
Shadow is a stylish and operatic martial arts epic, according to Dan Slevin. Video
Daybreak Book Corner: Stephen Hough's 'Rough Ideas'
The downtime spent in hotels and airports on the road was the beginning of pianist Stephen Hough's latest book Rough Ideas.
Jacket from Grease sells for $400k
Olivia Newton-John's iconic outfit from Grease - the black leather jacket and skin-tight trousers - have sold for over $400,000 at an auction.
That's more than twice the price it was expected to go… Audio
How our obsession with performance is changing sense of self
We live in a society obsessed with performance. And the ways in which we define performance are getting ever-complicated. Dr Ben Walker 's research focuses on this potential identification with how… Audio
Calling Home: BB Bowness in Boston
Catherine 'BB' Bowness is a ground-breaking Kiwi banjo player who has made her home in Boston, Massachusetts. She's currently touring through the US and will be heading home to New Zealand for a… Audio
Poems about the New Zealand Wars
In the lead up to He Rā Maumahara - the New Zealand Wars Day of Remembrance - Auckland Museum ran a poetry competition to reflect on what the wars mean today. Audio
Sneak peak inside Waikato's new $74m theatre
The government will chip in with $12 million from the Provincial Growth Fund to help build a 1300-seat theatre in Waikato, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced.
Tell Me Who I Am, The Unortho_docs and Apple TV's offerings
Film and TV reviewer Tamar Munch looks at Tell Me Who I Am, a fascinating feature documentary about an identical twin who loses his memory and is filled in by his brother - but not about the horrific… Audio
Fifty best films: Pather Panchali
The only film from India in Sight & Sound’s survey of the top 50 films of all time is Pather Panchali from 1955.
Making Art Public exhibition and support of women artists
Arts correspondent Courtney Johnston joins Kathryn to talk about Sydney's exhibition of art that isn't there anymore; a Renaissance city remarkable for its support of women artists; and the Adam Art… Audio
Review: Dolemite Is My Name
Dolemite Is My Name is a joyful tribute to a movie maverick and contains a tour-de-force performance from Eddie Murphy, writes Dan Slevin. Video
Epsom Girls ruffle some feathers: The Lark Descending
Epsom Girls Grammar School students have mass voted in Settling the Score for the ‘Grand March’ from Verdi’s Aida thereby knocking ‘The Lark Ascending’ by Vaughan Williams off the top perch. Audio
Māori art historian Ngarino Ellis
Dr Ngarino Ellis is New Zealand's only Maori art history lecturer and she's on a mission to change the discipline. She's a senior lecturer in art history at the University of Auckland and specialises… Audio
Masterpiece found in French kitchen sells for record $41m
A long-lost painting by a celebrated Italian artist that was found hanging in the kitchen of an elderly French woman has sold for €24 million ($NZ41.8m) at auction, setting a new record.
