Arts
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
Ankita Singh: Aotearoa's kickboxing anime-loving playwright
Nightclubs doubling as fight clubs, dairies with rice bunkers and aunties scheming away in mahjong dens.The first Aotearoa play to be commissioned from a South Asian woman provides a rather different… Video, Audio
'Happy Feet' dances from dumpster cardboard mats to world stage
Self-taught dancer John Vaifale, who used to practise headspins on cardboard he scavenged from dumpsters, is New Zealand's reigning hip hop freestyler champion. Video
Artist wants her artwork out of Wallace collection after indecent assault revelations
An artist and advocate for sexual abuse survivors says she wants her artwork out of the Wallace collection after it was revealed its founder indecently assaulted three men.
The TAHI Thursday 29th June 2023
On today’s episode, EDY catches up with So’omalo about new music and his PMA nomination, Cassie Henderson gives us advice on heartbreak and takes the Henderson quiz, and we hear about a soup that’s… Audio
Legal expert on lengthy name suppression delays
Name suppression lapsed yesterday for millionaire and arts patron Sir James Wallace, who for five years was known only as a "prominent businessman" who had indecently assaulted three young men between… Audio
Arts community relieved Sir James Wallace has been publicly named
The millionaire patron of the arts is said to have used his power and influence to pressure hundreds in the community for their support to keep him out of jail. Audio
Victims advocate on Wallace case
Name suppression for the "prominent businessman" jailed for indecently assaulting three young men lapsed yesterday.
The case against Wallace revolved around three men who told police they were… Audio
Name suppression lapsed for 'prominent businessman'
Art collector, businessman, and philanthropist, Wallace has been named as the "prominent businessman" jailed for indecently assaulting three young men.
His name suppression lapsed yesterday with a… Audio
Sir James Wallace convicted of indecent assault
One of New Zealand's best-known art collectors, businessmen, and philanthropists, Sir James Wallace, has been named as the "prominent businessman" jailed for indecently assaulting three young men.
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Arts community relieved after naming
The arts community is relieved Sir James Wallace has been publicly named for indecently assaulting three young men.
The millionaire patron of the arts is said to have used his power and influence to… Audio
Bookmarks with Brandon De La Cruz
For today's Bookmarks we meet musician Brandon De La Cruz. Audio
How to get closure: ‘Heavyweight’ podcast review
Nikitta Harmer reviews a podcast hosted by Johnathan Goldstein called 'Heavyweight'. It is a very heartwarming podcast where each episode has a different case/guest who come to him with a problem they… Audio
Forgotten female photographers front and centre: Lissa Mitchell
A beautiful new book puts New Zealand's forgotten female photographers back in the frame. History has largely forgotten women who first took photographs, not to mention those who made it in front of… Audio, Gallery
Book review: My Friend Anne Frank by Hannah Pick-Goslar
Ralph McAllister reviews My Friend Anne Frank by Hannah Pick-Goslar, published by Penguin Random House Audio
Central Auckland theatre group celebrates re-emergence
Central Auckland theatre group celebrates re-emergence after years 'in limbo'. Audio