Arts
Crown Lynn pottery takes centre stage in new play
A new play premiering in May will take audiences inside the iconic Crown Lynn crockery factory. It's titled 'The Handlers'. Poata Alvie McKree is the playwright behind the production, she talks to… Audio
The TAHI 14/3/24
On today’s episode, New Zealand's new favourite boyband MAYJUN are in the studio to talk about their debut single, James from Carb on Carb talks Cuba Dupa, and we discuss the concept of “promise… Audio
Introducing AcornTV
If you like detective television, AcornTV is the best bingeing you can get, says Dan Slevin. Video
Hawaiian artist speaks on indigenous sovereignty
Hawaiian artist speaks on indigenous sovereignty. Audio
The TAHI 12/3/2024
On today's episode, a cinematic crossover we’re calling ‘Get Dune’, Evie reviews Pink’s concert and Dune Part 2. Samson Rambo talks about his journey in the creative arts with So’omālō, and we get to… Audio
NZ's museums and galleries' funding woes: 'It could be lights out for us'
Museums and galleries are up against the wall, and cuts and closures are coming if they do not get more support.
Yānum - Fragments of Femininity
Artham Dance Company want to shake up both an ancient text and a revered dance tradition. The company founders tell Justin Gregory they are not afraid of a challenge. Audio
When art and film become entwined: painter Sandro Kopp
In 2018, Sandro Kopp was tasked by film director Wes Anderson with creating ten monumental paintings for the film The French Dispatch in less than three months.
Kopp’s works needed to look like the… Audio
Regional Wrap: Timaru and what’s next for South Canterbury’s arts institutions
A well known arts critic, historian and commentator, Andrew Paul Wood in Timaru fills us in on ‘drama’ around the Timaru Theatre Royal redevelopment, which includes a new venue for South Canterbury… Audio
Musicians who paint: The Bats’ Robert Scott plays Fast Favourites and remembers Hamish Kilgour
Ōtepoti Dunedin’s Robert Scott is best known as a member of seminal New Zealand bands The Bats and The Clean, but more quietly he’s been painting for decades with work appearing in both exhibitions… Audio
'There was a real hype to it': Show writer reflects on stories of surveillance
New television drama Miles From Nowhere explores the everyday experiences of first and second generation Muslims in Aotearoa, including the tensions in the run-up to 15 March, 2019. Video, Audio
Jacindamania: $3.2m raised for NZ documentary on extremism
The New Zealand Film Commission is putting $800,000 towards a documentary about former Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern.
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident film critic, Dan Slevin, reviews a recent performance from 89-year-old legendary actor Michael Caine in The Great Escaper (2023) and Netflix-syndicated Australian thriller Secret… Audio
Music 101: Charlotte Ryan
Charlotte Ryan, host of Music 101 here on RNZ each Saturday afternoon from 1pm talks about what's happening on the music scene over the weekend, what's coming up on her show tomorrow and because… Audio
Film Review with Sam Hollis
Today Sam reviews How To Have Sex, Riceboy Sleeps and then gives his take on the Oscars. Audio
Hamish Kilgour remembered with exhibition
The work of late musician and artist Hamish Kilgour is being celebrated in an exhibition which opens at the Arts Centre in Christchurch on Friday.
Kilgour's creativity has been an influence on many… Audio
Arts Festival report with Culture 101's Perlina Lau
The Arts Festivals are in full swing across Aotearoa along with numerous Fringe Festivals.
Co-host of RNZ National's Culture 101, Perlina Lau, was in Hamilton last week and this week she's been out… Audio
Concertgoers spellbound by NZSO concert Beyond Words
An incredible, near-spiritual experience.
That's how some concertgoers described the first Beyond Words concert at the Christchurch Town Hall last night, which saw the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra… Audio
Arts and culture journal shutters over 'unsurvivable' funding environment
Amidst the news that Newshub would be shutting down and TVNZ will be shedding 68 jobs to stay afloat, another part of our media landscape announced it would shutter. Audio
The Kiwi director bringing live-action Avatar to life
"It is a huge weight to bear," says Roseanne Liang as Netflix's huge live-action adaptation gets two more seasons Video