Arts

Two bananas duct taped to the wall find themselves unexpectedly in the spotlight. In a clown, fruit mash-up of physical theatre, How To Art is hitting the walls of Basement Theatre in Auckland. Audio

To say the artist duo Kemi Whitwell and Niko Leyden have an obsession with backcountry huts is no overstatement. 

It’s been the focus of their art and design for more than 12 years. The Waikato-based… Video, Audio

English actor and all-round treasure Stephen Fry returns to New Zealand with a brand-new show in November.  Audio

Activist and artist Diane Prince is a woman of many talents. She is a painter, weaver, installation artist, set designer and educator.  Audio, Gallery

Tariq Trotter - better known as Black Thought - is the MC of the Grammy-Award winning hip-hop band The Roots. Audio

Our music reviewer Rachel Ashby discusses and plays All My People (feat. Steve Spacek) by Borrowed CS and Honey by Tessa De Lyon. Audio

Film producers Ryan Bradley and Hattie Adams join Susana from vacation in Fiji to discuss the video. Audio

Daniel joins Susana to discuss what inspired his new collection of comics based around classic Kiwi scenes.  Audio

Former Tall Fern Tania Tupu is currently head coach of Wellington-based Tokomanawa Queens and also runs a successful jewellery business.  Audio

Since its foundation in 1983, Taki Rua Theatre has grown to become Aotearoa's unofficial national Maori theatre. Audio

Extraordinary photographs of youth in late 70’s early ‘80s Newcastle in the UK have in recent years started to come fully into the light, thanks to the photographer’s daughter. Work that offers an… Video, Audio

Tucked away in the armpit of Cuba Street is Buttercat Tattoo, a collective of six artists dedicated to elevating each other's work and exploring a broad range of tattoo designs and techniques.

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Young Maori artists are being invited to enter the 2025 Te Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture award. 

Launched in 2020, by the New Zealand Portrait Gallery - Te Pukenga Whakaata, it aims to inspire a new… Audio

The popular Kāpiti Arts Trail is on over the first two weekends of November, boasting over 300 artists opening up their studios and shared spaces, or exhibiting in 13 galleries from Ōtaki to… Audio

From the Cuba Street bucket fountain to the fake lake at Te Papa and the famous 1958 James Turkington mural at the Parnell Baths, artist duo Bena Jackson and Max Fleury have an interest in our… Audio

Anyone who thinks controversy around cycle lanes is anything new, should pick up a copy of Michael Toohey’s just published account of the bicycle’s beginnings in Aotearoa New Zealand, The Cycling… Audio