Arts
DIY music collective bringing ‘Great Sounds Great’ to Pōneke
The Great Sounds Great festival is happening on Saturday 31 August in Wellington. Bands, DJs and poets will be performing across seven stages in six neighboring music venues around Cuba St.
The… Audio
Fintan O'Toole: We've been reading Shakespeare all wrong
The works of William Shakespeare have been taught in classrooms all over the globe for countless years, but have we been reading them the right way? Irish journalist, author and former theatre critic… Audio
Katie Wolfe: The Haka Party Incident
In 1979, group of young Maori and Pasifika activists tried to stop Pakeha students at the University of Auckland performing a parody of haka each capping week. Unfortunately, the consequences for… Audio
Breaking down the physics of the Olympic's newest sport
Breaking has had its Olympic debut. It's an urban dance style in which competitors demonstrate incredible strength and athleticism. Amy Pope has been taking a very close look what it takes to execute… Audio
Gold for New Zealand at Singapore garden festival
Jules Moore's garden was made of more than 4,000 plants, a waterfall, caves, and a "cosmic portal". Audio
The TAHI NOÉ and Twilight theories
Today on the show Matua Harry has a theory on the effects of the Twilight saga on romantic relos, Waimirirangi shares a hot take on bacterial baby names, and So’omālō introduces us to the independent… Audio
From the factory floor to the school of fine arts
Glenn Busch went from a factory worker to one of our country's finest photographers. Audio
Kent Belcher on spending years documenting Alien Weaponry
Documentary maker Kent Belcher spent six years following Henry and Lewis De Jong, the brothers behind Alien Weaponry - since they were teenagers. Audio
70 years potting around
The earliest known pottery vessels were discovered in Jiangxi in China and date back to 18,000 BC. While it doesn't go quite that far back, the Napier Pottery Club is celebrating a big milestone… Audio
New exhibition exposes hidden history of modern women artists
The 50 years between 1920 and 1970 were full of societal and political upheaval. Now a new exhibition at Toi o Tamaki, Auckland Art Gallery, seeks to explore the role women artists had at shaping the… Audio
Drop it like it's hot
We're going back in time to the golden era of 2000s pop and RnB. Music you'll still hear pumping out some of the bars on Courtney Place in Wellington on a Friday & Saturday night. Our tour guide is… Audio
Book Critic: The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry
Dominic Hoey reviews The Heart in Winter, which has been described as a savagely funny and romantic tale of young lovers on the lam in 1890s Montana. Audio
Studio2 needs your help
For the past 20 years, Studio2 has provided an art space for people with a learning disability and members of the neurodiverse community. Audio
The TAHI Chris Parker & Emerson
Today on the show we reveal the recipe for the famous Olympic village chocolate muffins, So’omālō has a kōrero with actor and comedian (plus celeb treasure island winner) Chris Parker about the Winter… Audio
Parkin Drawing Prize 2024 winner announced
Twenty-four-year-old artist Ella Jones has won the 2024 Parkin Drawing Prize and $25,000 for her work entitled "The Visual World is Inexhaustible". Jones spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio
Southern lights appear in Wellington sky
While most of us were tucked up, the Southern Lights put on a show across the South Coast of Wellington. Photographer Chris Harrington-Lines spoke to Charlotte Cook. Audio
The Speedway Murders: Australian filmmakers attempt to solve 1978 US cold case
Australian filmmakers Luke Rynderman and Adam Kamien who tried to solve a 40 year old cold case in an Indiana town. Audio
To game, or not game? Hamlet meets Grand Theft Auto
In the genre-busting documentary Grand Theft Hamlet, two out-of-work UK actors found the video game's world both beautiful - and brutal. Video, Audio
Regional Wrap: Akaroa with Lesley Burkes-Harding
Nestled in the impressive harbour of Canterbury’s Banks Peninsula, is picturesque town Akaroa. Audio
New Brian Eno documentary: 'Billions of potential versions of the film'
Filmmaker Gary Hustwit has used generative software so that his new documentary Eno appears as a different version at every screening. Video, Audio
