Arts
Preserving author Janet Frame's Legacy
A jar of quince jam is up for auction on Trade Me, and it's part of a fundraising effort to transform writer Janet Frame's childhood home into a globally recognised visitor's centre. Chloe Searle, the… Audio
'The economy should be about care'
We need less growth to put less demand on the planet's resources and slow down climate change, but we do need more art, more plays and works of fiction to bring to both sides of that argument to life… Audio
Television Critic: Caitlin Cherry
Today Caitlin talks to Jesse about Silo and Hijack both on Apple TV as well as Black Mirror (season 6) on Netflix. Audio
'A new wave of South Asians' - Playwright takes centre stage
Ankita Singh is the first South Asian woman to be commissioned as a playwright in New Zealand.
Brittany and Natasha Kohler
What do these people have in common? Elvis Presley and Scarlett Johansson? The Bee Gees and the Proclaimers? Liberace and Kiefer Sutherland? They're all twins. Twins wrote the classic movie… Audio
Silky Otter
Dan Slevin talks to Neil Lambert from Silky Otter who have defied conventional wisdom and continued to open new cinemas despite pandemics, the boom of home streaming and an uncertain future for… Audio
Gary Henderson
It's one of those cruelly ironic events - when an eagerly awaited play about our health system by one of our leading playwrights was cancelled by COVID. That was the fate of Things that matter by Gary… Audio
Lynn's podcast selections
Podcast correspondent Lynn Freeman joins Nights with a selection of her favourite podcasts. Audio
Thames Music Group Grand Piano turns 40!
There's a special birthday happening this weekend in the Coromandel township of Thames. The Thames Music Group's Grand Piano is turning 40. Elizabeth Jones is one of the founding members of the… Audio
The TAHI Thursday 6th July 2023
On today’s episode we have two TAHI VIP’s! So’omalo catches up with PATI AF about her new body of work a break from the scene, Evie gets the scoop on MAZBOU Q and Jesse Booth’s latest collaboration,… Audio
Bookmarks with Renee Liang
Renee Liang is a poet, playwright, essayist and fiction writer and has written, produced and nationally toured eight award-winning plays. If that wasn't impressive enough, she is also a practising… Audio
Podcast Critic: Paul Bushnell
Today we look at podcasts about secret lives exposed. Paul Bushnell discusses two series which investigate hidden gay lives in Scotland and Northern Ireland in the 1990s - and the effect of homophobia… Audio
Whakapapa quilt exhibition in Norway
A Whakapapa quilt exhibition is opening at the end of August in the Sami Museum in the Arctic circle in Oslo. Ron Te Kawa's the artist behind the work who was given an art residency by the… Audio
The impact of the Hollywood writers' strike on NZ
Hollywood writers have been striking for three months' now – and there's no resolution in sight. Half a world away, the strike's having an impact on the screen industry here in New Zealand, too. Audio
The TAHI Tuesday 4th July 2023
On today’s episode, So’omalo catches up with Otara superstar HALES, Evie thinks she should provide DVD movie commentary, and we fill you in on the cat who caused a power outage in Napier. Audio
Shakespeare's First Folio lives in Aotearoa
If you're in Auckland, you may have walked past one of the worlds most valuable and important books without realising. A rare copy of Shakespeare's First Folio lives in a glass case in the public… Audio
Finding comic relief - Jess Karamjeet
Jess Karamjeet talks to Kadambari Raghukumar on finding comedy through her time in New Zealand. Audio
Shock of the news - and the state of the arts
A new report says the arts and culture get just half of the space in our media that's devoted to sport. Mediawatch asks a leading local culture critic if the arts are just a 'nice to have' for our… Audio
Mediawatch for 2 July 2023
The shock of the news - and a critical shortage in the state of the arts; TVNZ top-table changes; reserving the right to be wrong - even in an emergency. Audio
Collection of indigenous Australian art to be displayed in NZ
Nathan Pohio, Waitaha, Kati Mamoe, and Ngai Tahu, is the Senior Curator Maori Art at Toi o Tamaki, Auckland Art Gallery and is an artist working in video and other photographic media. He says Toi o… Audio