Arts
Podcast Critic: Ximena Smith
Today Ximena talks to Jesse about The Retrievals, a new show from the New York Times about a group of women who were patients at a Yale fertility clinic. She's also been listening to Into the Dirt, a… Audio
New music from Tiki Taane for a new initiative in Stokes Valley
A new collaboration will see of New Zealand's most beloved musicians take a step into the world of visual art. Tiki Taane talks to Jesse about the special performance. Audio
Update on Oz with Brad Foster
Brad Foster reports on the fundraising efforts of Australians to assist the families of victims of the Hunter Valley bus crash, including the auction of a car bonnet by local rookie racer Ryan Gilroy… Audio
Is a road in Taranaki the best in Aotearoa?
Photographer Jono Kraettli is on a mission to highlight hidden gems, and recently captured what, he says, could be New Zealand's most beautiful road, Kent Road in Taranaki. Jono talks to Jesse. Audio
The TAHI Tuesday 11th July 2023
On today's episode, In Depth Te Ao Māori journalist Ella Stewart explains how hold your own hautapu ceremony this Matariki, 0800 Collective chat with So’omalo about their ‘Say Less’ tour, and we… Audio
Book review: In Memoriam by Alice Winn
Jenna Todd from Time Out Books reviews In Memoriam by Alice Winn published by Penguin Audio
Photographing the Tour De France
For millions of cycling fans around the globe this time of the year is akin to Christmas - the Tour De France is happening. New Zealander Harry Talbot is a professional photographer based in Europe… Audio
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
