Culture

A story based on local gossip and written by a mother of eight is providing insight into the role of women in theatre.  Audio

On today's show, Lilly Carron chats about her new EP and starting her music career so young, Tim Provise is in the studio and calls So'omālō out for missing his comedy show. Evie reckons the lotto… Audio

Hēmi Kelly (Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Tahu-Ngāti Whaoa) is a Māori language consultant, teacher, and translator, and the voice behind podcast and social media movement Everyday Māori. Audio

Auckland will be in full voice next month as 11,000 singers hit town for The World Choir Games. 250 choirs from more than 30 countries, representing a diverse range of choral music styles will compete… Audio

Wellington's young Samoan students remember independence. Audio

Tonight, a track from Berlin-based Kiwi project Saturns Drive, new music from Norwegian-American auteur Okay Kaya, and a glimpse of the 20-minute lullaby reimagining of gnarly Baltimore rock band… Audio

A gourmet crayfish pie, created by PJ's Pies in Hanmer Springs, would set you back $50. Owner Jim Bratschi explains. Audio

Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin looks at the latest instalment in the 1995 buddy cop comedy series Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024), documentary Joan Baez: I Am A Noise (2023) streaming on… Audio

On today's podcast we catch up with SPYCC from SWIDT about their busy May of SWIDT music month. Also joining us were the AMA nominated group Grecco Romank who are about to play JUNK FEST and they also… Audio

Waikato-Tainui leader Tuku Morgan tells Guyon why he's so fired about the backlash against te reo, how young Māori have the power to change the future and why he's not sorry about that underwear… Video, Audio

On today's show we chat about the lil grubby things we got upto over King's Birthday weekend, we look back at the incredible night of the AMA and share what we think were some of the drippiest fits Audio

'There's value in speaking your language' - Samoan lecturer. Audio

Tonight, Finn is spinning new music from haunting folk duo West of Roan, eclectic Spanish duo Pedro de Dios & Antonio Fernandez and a track from Onehunga hip hop collective SWIDT. Audio

Judging for the annual Gold Guitar Awards started today with the major winners announced on Sunday night. Audio

it's Aotearoa Music Awards day! we chat to Christy Whelan from Recorded Music NZ about every new at this years awards. Tune into the RNZ livestream from 6pm tonight! Audio

Mental health advocate Mike King tells Guyon why taking government cash is like taking money from Gollum; the day he realised his homophobic comedy was doing real damage, and why kids don't talk to… Video, Audio

The New Zealand Rose of Trelee competition took place in Invercargill this weekend The annual contest has been running here since 1966 and sees women of Irish heritage compete for a slot in the… Audio