Arts
Bella Kalolo – Playing Favourites
Force of nature, Bella Kalolo, recently won TV Personality of the Year at the NZ TV Awards. She's also an accomplished vocalist. She joins Mihi and Susie to play some favourites. Video, Audio
Painting found at US garage sale is a Van Gogh, experts say
Researchers also found a hair embedded in the canvas and sent it to be analysed.
The best travel photographs of 2024
A girl staring into the distance and two Chinese coal miners joking during a break from work, are among the winners of the Travel Photographer of the Year 2024 competition.
The Brutalist, up for 10 Oscars, is brilliant and powerful
Co-writer and director Brady Corbet's filmThe Brutalist is brilliant and powerful, writes Dan Slevin.
Dr Who exhibition joins list of lossmakers at $180m Wellington convention centre
But the council is refusing to say how many people even visited.
World Buskers Festival attracts global talent to Christchurch
Christchurch's centre is filling with some of the world's best street performers, with the World Buskers Festival underway. It's been running since 1993, and this year features 330 performances over a… Audio
Womad Aotearoa gives stage over exclusively to DJs
The Tui Stage - formerly known as the Dell - will be the setting for a handpicked lineup of DJs.
Rising production costs impact music festivals
Music lovers are spoilt for choice when it comes to summer festivals across the motu. But rising production and artist costs along with dwindling ticket sales are proving challenging for promoters… Audio
Immersive 'fulldome' show XYZZY nominated for global awards
Created by Simon Ward and Jess Johnson, in collaboration with Tuhura Otago Museum, the full dome show XYZZY has been nominated for the 2025 Best of Earth Awards, one of the highest honors in fulldome… Audio
From canvas to conservation: How Anna Gibbs is using art as activism for NZ's birds
Former Londoner and artist, Anna Gibbs draws inspiration from nature, in particular, New Zealand's native birds. Audio
Lula Washington didn't see dancers like her - so she created a company to train them
When Lula Washington was growing up in Los Angeles, she'd never seen black ballet dancers on a stage before. That changed in her 20s, when she went to a performance by the Alvin Ailey American Dance… Audio
2025 to mark 50th anniversary of Polyfest
This year will mark the 50th anniversary of the ASB Polyfest, one of the largest Pacific festivals in the world. Grace Fiavaai reports. Audio
I got rhythm: How Gene Kelly revolutionised dance in film
A stage show coming to the Auckland Arts Festival, created by his widow, pays tribute to the legendary song and dance man. Audio
Whakataukī of the week with Johnson Witehira
Artist and designer Johnson Witehira (Tamahaki, Ngāi Tū-te-auru) has a storied and eclectic career, recently announced as the new head of Music and Screen Arts at Massey University. Audio
Cameron Diaz returns after 10 years away from movies
Whatever possessed the Charlie's Angels icon to return with this splashy new Netflix spectacle is anyone's guess. Video
East of… Dunedin? City transformed for new Netflix show
Otago local Julie Hall's Antique Carriages business has a starring role in the new adaptation of the John Steinbeck classic. Audio
Skills on the street at Auckland's 25th Buskers Festival
First Up's roving reporter Leonard Powell visits the Auckland International Buskers Festival Audio
Wolf Man is a worthy take on hairy horror classic
Review - Australian writer-director Leigh Whannell takes a crack at a famous monster - and finds something new, Dan Slevin writes.
Apirana Taylor on his services to poetry and the arts
Apirana Taylor, who has been awarded the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Poetry, joins Susana on Summer Weekends. Audio
The Mixtape - Songwriter Holly Arrowsmith
Our guest curating the Mixtape is multi award-winning songwriter Holly Arrowsmith. Born in Santa Fe desert, New Mexico, and then raised in the mountains of Southern New Zealand, Holly Arrowsmith's… Audio
