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The Mixtape: DJ Vee
Today's guest on the RNZ Mixtape is DJ Vee - real name Vishal Vasan. Vishal's musical journey started on Cuba Street Wellington, then to DJing with FFD, slinging records in Soho and organising the… Audio
Che Fu performs live with big band: 'I'm really happy to hear my songs in this way'
The RNZ studio was jammed packed with a live performance from Che Fu singing classic tunes, backed by five horn players and a DJ. Together they are Big Horns, and they are bringing 90s RnB and hip hop… Video, Audio
The Hard Quartet: Drummer Jim White on why rock's not dead
The Hard Quartet is a band we think you should pay attention to. They've been called a supergroup, and it's an interesting one because each member has a cult following. Stephen Malkmus is best known… Audio
Review: Paul McCartney & Wings: One Hand Clapping
Screening in select NZ cinemas is a new documentary about Paul McCartney and Wings - One Hand Clapping. The one hour doco shows long-lost footage of Paul McCartney in the studio in the early 70s with… Audio
Silver Scrolls: 5 songs about connection, fun and whakapapa
There are some beautiful thoughts about relationships from this year's Silver Scrolls finalists. There's also the power of finding your roots, and the thrill of letting go and choosing fun. The… Audio
Center pass - a century of netball in NZ
This year marks 100 years of 'Netball New Zealand', the oldest netball association in the world. Audio, Gallery
Anne Plamondon - Hope Molecules
World-renowned Canadian choreographer and performer, Anne Plamondon, is bringing her dance performance Myokine to the Tempo Dance Festival at Auckland's Q Theatre. Audio
Len Lye sculpture returns to Wellington waterfront
Water Whirler has been reinstalled after an 18-month hiatus for repairs.
Film Review: 'Joker: Folie à Deux' and 'Wolfs'
Sam Hollis brings his reckons about Joker: Folie à Deux and Wolfs. Audio
The card game that will get you asking questions
Local documentary film-maker Kiran Patel has developed a card game designed to dig beyond small talk. Audio
Christchurch Business Association pushes back on food truck proposal
The Christchurch City Business Association is pushing back on a proposal to get more food trucks set up at the Art Centre. Association chair Annabel Turley spoke to Jemima Huston. Audio
Iconic director's new passion project 'pretty much incomprehensible'
Francis Ford Coppola's Cannes sensation Megalopolis is big and serious, but is there anything in there?
Mark Manson
Author of “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck” Mark Manson, talks to Guyon about the potential upsides of AI therapy and the reasons so many Americans idolise Trump. Plus, he reveals how his life… Video, Audio
Why everyone wants to move to Christchurch
The Garden City has shed its staid image and is solidly on the up. How did this happen?
Who wants to see a play about menopause? Lots of people
All three dates of Piss Off Peri, a play about the lead into menopause, sold out at the Whangarei Fringe Festival.
Theo Shakes: From TikTok stardom to mainstage debut
The 22-year-old Kiwi filmmmaker and actor's first dream was to win an Oscar, now he hopes to inspire the next generation. Video, Audio
How 1994 birthed a brand new genre of music
Tony Stamp looks back at two landmark trip hop albums released 30 years ago. Video
Arts news: a cheeky ceramics award winner, Chidgey nets Darwin and Dickens publisher and a new Christchurch artist space
Arts news: a cheeky ceramics award winner, Chidgey nets Darwin and Dickens publisher and a new Christchurch artist space Audio
Problem Pokies and 35 years of theatre marae with Jim Moriarty
The latest production by Māori theatre company Te Rākau Hua o Te Wao Tapu, Unreel tells the story of a community affected by gambling as the Hīnaki Hotel looks set to launch the very first AI pokie… Audio
How incredible are the creations at this year’s World of Wearable Art?
The 34th season of the World of Wearable Art has kicked off in the capital - an annual spectacle of fashion, art, circus, dance and music.
This year’s theme is Dream Awake, and the competition has… Video, Audio
