Arts
Keep Stepping: Director Luke Cornish on the athleticism and art in street dance
Luke Cornish spent years making his latest documentary, Keep Stepping, which follows two young women on their journey to prepare for Destructive Steps - Australia's largest street dance competition… Audio
Samoan journalist captures personal journey of the Tatau
Samoan journalist captures personal journey of the Tatau. Audio
Succession: 10 classic moments
This brilliantly told tale of toxic trustafarians and the corporate schemers of media conglomerate Waystar RoyCo has come to an end after four seasons. Succession super-fan Graham Smith takes a look… Video
Madeleine Sami's rough-as-guts new role
Next month Madeleine Sami takes on the biggest acting role of her career to date in new Australian black comedy Deadloch. She tells Kathryn Ryan why it's taken her so long to get a lead role. Audio
All Static & Noise showcases plight of China's Uyghurs
Seventy-one local and international films are currently screening in cinemas as part of the Documentary Edge Film Festival. One of these movies is All Static & Noise from the United States and it's… Audio
Scott Walker & Sir Richard Taylor: The creatures in The Tank
The trailer for our latest homegrown creature feature, The Tank racked up more than a million views in its first week of release in the U.S. It marks a return to NZ and to directing here by Scott… Video, Audio
Short-Cut with Dan Slevin
Dan Slevin joins the show with weekend viewing recommendations. Tonight he features the revealing documentary called STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie, which chronicles the actor's journey with… Audio
Iam Tongi first Pacific person to win American Idol
'It took me a long time to be proud of myself'. Iam Tongi has become the first Pacific person to win American Idol - and says there's no reason why others can't follow in his footsteps.
The… Video, Audio
Loafers Lodge fatal fire: 'Mike The Juggler' farewelled in Wellington
Hundreds of people have today marked the death of a man well-known for juggling on the streets of Wellington.
Michael Wahrlich, affectionately known as Mike the Juggler, is one of five people known… Video, Audio
Sydney Light Walk opening with NZ creatives featured
A massive art and lights festival is transforming Sydney from today. Over TWO million people are expected to visit the Light Walk experience - where one of the installations is by a group of New… Audio
"Photo Ark" to capture Twenty Thousand animals
A photographer for National Geographic has embarked on decades-long project to shoot portraits of the most vulnerable species in the world. He's hoping that his "Photo Ark" of 20 thousand animals will… Audio
The Rule of Jenny Pen adapted for the big screen
In 2021 the famous New Zealand short story Coming Home in the Dark by Owen Marshall was carefully adapted for the big screen actor and director James Ashcroft. Audio
The TAHI Thursday 25th May
Melodownz joins So’omalo for a great chat about Music, his community and his appearance in NZ Hip Hop Stand Up Season 3 streaming now on rnz.co.nz/hiphop. So’omalo also tells us some other yarns but… Audio
2023 DocEdge Festival preview
Dan Slevin previews three titles from this year’s DocEdge festival, on the understanding that the full programme is so diverse this small selection can’t possibly be representative of the whole. Video
Rotuma bringing awareness to language, culture through dance
Rotuma is a tiny Pacific island - a Fijian protectorate - it's about 47 square kilometres in size with a resident population of around 15 hundred people. In a couple of weeks the Rotuman dance group… Audio
Doc Edge Festival opening night
The Doc Edge Film Festival is kicking off in Auckland this evening. Annie Goldson has produced and directed documentaries and docudramas for 30 years in the United States and New Zealand - she's at… Audio
Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award: Winning piece represents links of artist's whakapapa
Māori artists are redefining what a portrait looks like at this year's Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award exhibition.
Lost camera returned to owner four years later after finder develops film
An Auckland photographer has been reunited with her beloved camera four years after losing it. Audio
Bookmarks with Matthew Buchanan
This week for Bookmarks we meet co-founder of Letterboxd, Matthew Buchanan. As well as running the online social networking service for movie buffs he's also a designer. He talks to Jesse about his… Audio
Podcast Critic: Ximena Smith
Ximena talks to Jesse about Shadow of Doubt, a new series from The Australian and a new series from the BBC called Believe in Magic. Audio