Arts

By the time she was seven, Susan Te Kahurangi King had stopped talking. Yet, today, she is one of Aotearoa’s most globally sought after artists. Paris, New York, Dusseldorf are just some of the… Audio

Each week we join a creative correspondent from a different part of Aotearoa New Zealand. This week it’s Baz Squire of Whangārei’s Hangar Gallery. Audio

“New Zealand cancels Venice Biennale pavilion, citing inadequate resources” ran the headline on leading international art news site Artnet this month. There were similar from New York’s Artforum… Audio

Leading Kapa Haka group Te Matarae i-Orehu from Rotorua is retiring with a legacy spanning 30 years.  Audio

TV star Karen O'Leary chats to Culture 101 about what she's seeing, consuming and why despite being all over TV, she doesn't watch much of it. 

Today is National Poetry day and continuing the Afternoons tradition - we'll be holding our annual audience poetry slam competition. To judge again this year we have Dr Tracey Slaughter along in the… Audio

Comedians Pinky Agnew and Kathryn Burnett bring a few laughs - how far would you go for a free train ride? Austria is offering a free rail ticket to anyone brave enough to get a very specific tattoo… Audio

Today we chat to Jujulipps about her latest single Airplane Mode. Evie tells us all about Shark Tank and we also hear from Big AL ahead of his debut release dropping Friday. Audio

Audiences are returning to theatres, but the future is uncertain for university-level theatre education. Audio

For Bookmarks today we're joined by the 13th Poet Laureate of Aotearoa. Audio

So'omalo is back! He fills us in on his trip to Samoa, we wrap up ESPN (Evie Sports Podcast Now) and the man behind the memes, Tavlova, joins us on the show to talk about the meme-scape. Audio

This November, a collection of short films depicting the reality of mental health struggles will be screened in the first-ever Aotearoa Mental Health Film Festival. Audio

A musical troupe has been travelling around telling the stories of infamous characters for the last seven years or so. The show is called called Unsung Heroes: Villain, Vagabonds and Heroines. Audio

It's always a lot of fun to see people dressing up as giant animals or other objects, prancing around with difficulty see where they are going... but have you ever wondered how these larger than life… Audio

On any given day in the capital, there's a chance that you'll stumble into a man dressed as a tree, playing the saxophone. The man beneath the costume is Wellington musician Jarrod Wood. Audio