Arts
Emily Valentine: feathers, photography and social housing activism
Award-winning Sydney-based artist and activist Emily Valentine uses art to advocate for her passion: decent public housing. She specialises in creating objects and wonderous animals using, or… Audio, Gallery
The TAHI Tuesday 23rd May 2023
On today’s episode, Coast Arcade’s Bella chats with Evie about the bands new EP, So’omalo catches up with Tori from new fundraising group Tea Towel Takeover, and boss man Harry gives our dynamic duo a… Audio
NZ Butter Chicken is a 'dessert' - comedian Ed Amon
You may know comedian Ed Amon from The Panel, podcasts, as a newspaper columnist The multi talented man about to make his 3rd appearance at the NZ International Comedy Festival Ed has partnered with… Audio
Greytown's Little Theatre is off to the races with Ladies Day
Four female fish filleters off to the races - that's the plot of the latest play at one of the country's oldest and tiniest theatres. Wairapapa's Studio 73 in Greytown has just 36 seats - Nathan… Audio
Blandine Massiet
One of the undoubted highlights of the Doc Edge International Documentary Film Festival is an exploration of the life and work of one of our most celebrated artists - painter Frances Hodgkins. Simon… Audio
Banning Books
The works of Roald Dahl have been put through a sanitising process recently, as have the James Bond books, and famous novels by Mark Twain and Joseph Conrad. The process is often called… Audio
Sameena Zehra
From performing on street corners in India to the National Theatre in London, comedian, actor, writer, and blues singer Sameena Zehra has spent her life telling stories and, in her own words, holding… Audio
Laura Irish
The big thing in theatre these days is "immersive" - shows like London's Sleep No More, which invited audiences into the world of Shakespeare's Macbeth, and encouraged them to be part of the action… Audio
Jackie goes Prima Diva
She's one of New Zealand's most popular - and versatile - artists: singer Jackie Clarke. On stage in plays like Shirley Valentine, on TV judging NZ Idol, or singing with the famous Lady Killers… Audio
Short Cuts with Dan Slevin
Dan talks about classic films you can watch online legitimately for free. Audio
Playing favourites: Stuart McKenzie & Miranda Harcourt
Husband and wife duo Dame Miranda Harcourt and Stuart McKenzie have become central to the film and theatre world. It's all in the family: while Miranda's mother Kate is one of Aotearoa's most… Audio
Doron Semu: making siapo and a space for queer Pasifika youth
Auckland nurse Doron Semu is using a traditional Sāmoan art form to bring together LGBTQ+ Pasifika youth. In his mid-20s, feeling disconnected from his Sāmoan heritage, Doron learnt how to make the… Video, Audio
Beautiful mystery behind donated photo at Port Chalmers' Pea Sea Art Gallery
It's a beautiful mystery. Two stunning photos of a local man mailed to a Dunedin art gallery with a handwritten note and a polite request - "Please give one of the photos to the man in picture and… Video, Audio
Distinguished poet/novelist Kevin Ireland dies
The poet, novelist and writer who became an exile from New Zealand for 25 years has died aged 89. Audio
Skits & acting bring Brynely Stent's show to Comedy Festival
It's been a sad week in news - so lets see if we can find something to smile about courtesy of the International Comedy festival. Brynley Stent is an actor, comedian and scriptwriter. She won the… Audio
The TAHI Thursday 18th May 2023
On today’s episode, Fable chats to So’omalo about his latest single, we discuss if covid memes are worth 500k, and Evie fills us in on what’s happening in Demon Slayer Audio
'Softening' of Auckland Council cuts - but to what degree?
Auckland's Mayor Wayne Brown has indicated he'll pull back on some of harsh cuts he had proposed to arts and social services. Kathryn is joined by Kate Anderson, general manager of the Central… Audio
Bookmarks with James Acheson
For Bookmarks today we're finding out about the favourite things of Academy Award Winner costume designer Jim Acheson. He was one of the designers on Monty Pythons's The Meaning of Life - which is… Audio
Podcast Critic: Adam Burns
Today Adam talks to Jesse about Whistleblower and No Skins with Jinx and Shea. Audio
Don McGlashan doco in the works
An ward-winning documentary maker is hoping to uncover the secrets of one our top artists - singer, composer, front man and euphonium player Don McGlashan. The project, directed by Shirley Horrocks. Audio
