Arts
Melanesian Festival returns with a focus on fostering pride
The annual celebration of culture kicks off this weekend in West Auckland.
Bookmarks with Black Thought
Tariq Trotter - better known as Black Thought - is the MC of the Grammy-Award winning hip-hop band The Roots. Audio
Music Critic: Borrowed CS and Tessa De Lyon
Our music reviewer Rachel Ashby discusses and plays All My People (feat. Steve Spacek) by Borrowed CS and Honey by Tessa De Lyon. Audio
What goes into making an award-winning music video?
Film producers Ryan Bradley and Hattie Adams join Susana from vacation in Fiji to discuss the video. Audio
Wellington artist Daniel Vernon previews new comic collection
Daniel joins Susana to discuss what inspired his new collection of comics based around classic Kiwi scenes. Audio
Two-time Olympian Tania Tupu on balancing basketball and jewellery making
Former Tall Fern Tania Tupu is currently head coach of Wellington-based Tokomanawa Queens and also runs a successful jewellery business. Audio
How Taki Rua became our unofficial national Maori theatre company
Since its foundation in 1983, Taki Rua Theatre has grown to become Aotearoa's unofficial national Maori theatre. Audio
Mother, fighter, photographer Tish Murtha: Her powerful images of youth in Thatcher’s Britain
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
Fresh Ink: The Dynamic New Wave of Tattoo Artists
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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Arts news for 27 October 2024
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
Regional Wrap: On the Kāpiti Arts Trail with mayor Janet Holborow
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
Public fountains and pools: A thing of our modern past?
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
Colonial controversy around bike lanes: Aotearoa’s bicycle pioneers
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
Matthew Sunderland: The NZ screen actor who plays life's strays
Matthew Sunderland is an Aotearoa New Zealand screen actor whose characters often turn up unexpectedly, in unexpected places. Ever since playing gunman David Gray - the man who killed 13 residents in… Audio
Fast Favourites: Fringe Festival Director, Musician and Actress Vanessa Stacey
This weeks Fast Favourites guest is Wellington-based producer, writer, and director Vanessa Stacey is a jack of all creative trades. With more than two decades of experience, her extensive portfolio… Video, Audio
Jack Whitehall and his dad Michael are heading to New Zealand
Jack Whitehall and his dad Michael join Jim to talk comedy, fatherhood and what audiences can expect from their shows in Christchurch, Auckland and Wellington. Audio
'We need to find ourselves' - Artwork aims to inspire Pasifika youth
An ex-gang member and youth worker is using hand-carved canoes to help young people to reconnect with who they are. Audio
The Mixtape: DJ Tina Turntables, Station Manager at Radio One
Our guest on the RNZ Mixtape is Kristina Simons, aka DJ Tina Turntables. She started her career in music television, working at Juice TV, Max TV and Alt TV and continued to work in entertainment media… Audio
Big Sur live in the RNZ studio
Big Sur are a Tamaki Makaurau-based alternative-folk collective and they are a band we've been following here on Music 101. Big Sur arrived in the RNZ studio with a banjo, double bass, and saxophone… Audio
Salmonella Dub on writing in nature: ‘You could catch a kahawai from the mixing desk’
To celebrate the upcoming release of the new album For all Things Alive, the Salmonella Dub Sound System are getting ready to hit the road and perform across the motu. Since forming in 1993… Audio