Arts
Celebrating 25 years of Sola Rosa with new music
Sola Rosa is celebrating 25 years with a beautiful new EP. The EP New Tomorrows brings in local legends like Julien Dyne, Finn Scholes, and Ben White, plus emerging talents like Melbourne's Akosia and… Audio
Dr Jada Watson: The eye-opening stats on women in Country music
Musicologist Jada Watson is known for her work on the marginalisation of female artists in the country music industry. She joins Music 101 to give us the latest stats on how women artists are doing on… Audio
Reb Fountain on the creation of 'How Love Bends'
American-born, Auckland-based singer-songwriter Reb Fountain has a new album just out, How Love Bends. On the eve of its release, she spoke to Nick Bollinger for Music 101 about some of the trials and… Audio
Kaihautu Maori for the Auckland Arts Festival, Ata Papa
Te Ahurei Toi o Tamaki will run until March 23 and Kaihautu Maori Ata Papa gives an overview of what's coming up including singer Maisey Rika and Nga Whakamaoritanga, a translation of an Irish play… Audio
Ardijah help launch Te Ahurei Toi o Tamaki Auckland Arts Festival
Betty Anne Monga from Ardijah talks to Julian Wilcox about the dance party in Aotea Square at the start of the Auckland Arts Festival but also a long musical career that includes the classic hits… Audio
Scottish Ballet: pirouetting to NZ
The Scottish Ballet is sharing the stage with the Royal New Zealand Ballet, making its first visit to the South Pacific for performances in Wellington and Auckland. Audio
Malia Johnston: A performance of air
Malia Johnston is a renowned director and creative. Her latest work Belle - A Performance of Air is a mesmerising melding of lights, aerial performance and theatre at the Auckland Arts Festival this… Video, Audio
The Beths - how to survive a music festival
Beloved Kiwi indie rock band The Beths are set to headline the main stage at WOMAD next weekend, ahead of their upcoming Australian tour. Audio
Live from the Pasifika Festival
This weekend, Pasifika Festival returns to Auckland's Western Springs park in all its vibrancy. Mihi speaks with RNZ Pacific reporter Coco Lance who's there for the whole event. Audio
Ruby Wax: finding the funny side
Following a sell-out West End run and UK tour, Ruby Wax's critically acclaimed show I'm Not As Well As I Thought I Was is coming to New Zealand in April. Based on her bestselling book, Ruby shares her… Audio
Nigel Marchant: Lockerbie: A Search for Truth
Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning producer Nigel Marchant (Downton Abbey) is back with his latest mini-series Lockerbie: A Search for Truth starring Colin Firth leading a dogged investigation after… Audio
Auckland's Pasifika Festival thriving after overcoming hurdles
Auckland's Pasifika Festival is back on the up and up after a difficult few years. After overcoming a number of hurdles, organisers hope the iconic event can remain a fixture of Auckland's central… Audio
The breathtaking darkhorse at this year's Oscars
Nickel Boys was overlooked at the Oscars, but RaMell Ross' adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead is a triumph.
The Mixtape - RNZ's audio old hand Jeremy Ansell
This week's guest on the Mixtape is long-time RNZ studio engineer Jeremy Ansell. Not only an audio operator and team leader at RNZ, but equally a much-respected music researcher. Over the years Jeremy… Audio
Health NZ apologises to abuse survivor after ignoring sculpture complaint
The survivor's 2012 complaint was ignored - she had since made another complaint this year resulting in the removal of the sculpture.
The 'strange process' that got Badjelly on TV
For over 50 years, Spike Milligan's deliciously pernicious witch Badjelly has been hugely popular in New Zealand. Audio
Independent cinemas see audience numbers slowly increase
Independent cinemas across the country hit hard by Covid are seeing audience numbers picking up - but the recovery is slow. Delphine Herbert reports. Audio
Dolly Parton's husband Carl Dean dies
"Carl and I spent many wonderful years together. Words can't do justice to the love we shared," wrote Parton.
'I almost wept with excitement and with joy': Witi Ihimaera
A scheme to foster talented young Māori writers is a "mighty mentor programme," Witi Ihimaera says. Audio
Not even an earthquake could stop the Vanity Fair Oscar party
Hollywood's actual parties begin and the annual Vanity Fair soiree is the most glam among them.
