Christmas
Making Christmas celebrations a waste-free occasion
What was originally a small project to sell waste-free Christmas gift bags at a Wanaka market, now employs Muslim refugee seamstresses in Auckland to make reusable Christmas crackers. Audio
The Kiwi TV boss who believed in The Repair Shop
New Zealander Carla-Maria Lawson has overseen numerous large television productions such as Masterchef and The Graham Norton Show but her most recent hit is The Repair Shop, which she refers to as her… Video, Audio
Granny's Christmas Grotto ready for mid-winter celebrations
Mid-winter Christmas is well underway in the charming town of Marton. Jesse catches up with Jenny Greener of Granny's Christmas Grotto, an extensive collection of Christmas objects. Audio
Kieran McAnulty pushes bill to scrap Easter alcohol sale limits
A member's bill that would remove alcohol sale restrictions over Easter, on Christmas Day and Anzac Day is gaining momentum, with a push to use a new rule to get it before Parliament.
Labour's Kieran… Audio
GRUBER arr Terence Maskell: Silent Night
Performed by The Graduate Choir NZ, conducted by Terence Maskell at the APO's Celebrate Christmas concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 12 December 2020. Audio
HANDEL: Hallelujah Chorus, from Messiah
Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich at the APO's Celebrate Christmas concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 12 December 2020. Audio
MENDELSSOHN arr Willcocks: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Performed by The Graduate Choir NZ, and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich at the APO's Celebrate Christmas concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 12 December 2020. Audio
HANDEL arr Rutter: Joy to the World
Performed by The Graduate Choir NZ, and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich at the APO's Celebrate Christmas concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 12 December 2020. Audio
GAUNTLETT arr Rutter: Once in Royal David's City
Performed by soprano Amelia Berry, The Graduate Choir NZ, and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich at the APO's Celebrate Christmas concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 12… Audio
REGER: Mariä Wiegenlied
Performed by soprano Amelia Berry and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich at the APO's Celebrate Christmas concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 12 December 2020. Audio
TCHAIKOVSKY: Scherzo from Symphony No 1 in G minor Op 13, "Winter Daydreams"
Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich at the APO's Celebrate Christmas concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 12 December 2020. Audio
LAURIDSEN: O nata lux, from Lux aeterna
Performed by The Graduate Choir NZ conducted by Terence Maskell at the APO's Celebrate Christmas concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 12 December 2020. Audio
BIZEL: Jeux d'enfants
Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich at the APO's Celebrate Christmas concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 12 December 2020. Audio
MOZART: Exsultate, Jubilate K165
Performed by soprano Amelia Berry, and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich at the APO's Celebrate Christmas concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 12 December 2020. Audio
HANDEL: Pifa, from Messiah
Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich at the APO's Celebrate Christmas concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 12 December 2020. Audio
PRAETORIUS: Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen
Performed by The Graduate Choir NZ conducted by Terence Maskell at the APO's Celebrate Christmas concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 12 December 2020. Audio
BACH: Cantata No 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, excerpts
Performed by soprano Amelia Berry, The Graduate Choir NZ, and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich at the APO's Celebrate Christmas concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 12… Audio
Celebrate Christmas 2020 - complete concert
Soprano Amelia Berry and The Graduate Choir NZ join the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich for the orchestra's annual Celebrate Christmas concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral… Audio
Ardern's Christmas message: 'Take time to relax, reflect'
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has acknowledged those separated from loved ones and working through the holidays in her Christmas message.
In the year of Covid lockdowns, a Christmas Day Mass from Auckland’s Cathedral Of St Patrick & St Joseph
The 2020 Christmas Day church service from the Catholic Cathedral Of St Patrick & St Joseph in Auckland features Bishop Michael Gielen and the cathedral's choir and vocal ensemble. Audio