Culture

Arts news: a cheeky ceramics award winner, Chidgey nets Darwin and Dickens publisher and a new Christchurch artist space Audio

Headlining the Te Ahurei Toi o Tamaki Auckland Arts Festival, SIX the Musical tells the story of the six wives of Henry VIII with an empowering take on history.  Audio

Arts News: Parekowhai's controversial giant kangaroo, Te Unua Museum of Southland's cost blowout and extinct animal discovered in rock art. Audio

Why is our stuff always breaking and how can we avoid spending on new items? Katy Gosset gets some tips on buying well to start with. And she visits a Repair Cafe where volunteers stitch and fix items… Audio

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Andie McCombs and Mark Knoff Thomas discuss wealth disparity with Elon Musk set to become the world's first trillionaire, where the use of te reo… Audio

Kadambari Raghukumar meets two botanists who've spent their life studying the rare, unique and rather smelly flower Rafflesia in South East Asia. Audio

For today's feature we're looking at what we say when we're not saying anything at all. We're talking about body language, the non-verbal clues that offer insight into what we're all really thinking… Audio

As important as the waka taua is the kaihoe who will man it. We follow them as they prepare for this momentous occasion, starting with land training, involving learning haka, ngeri, and technique. Video

Wāhine play a critical role in whānau, hapu, and iwi as whare tangata (procreators) and whare matauranga (repositories of knowledge) -- but what role do they have in waka taua? Video

We will join Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei in the final stage of their preparations for the launch that will bring all the elements of the waka journey together. Video