Arts
Australian comedian turns scamming experience into cabaret
When Australian comedian Michelle Brasier was scammed by a stranger, she didn't report it. Instead, she extended her hand in friendship and turned the experience - into a cabaret. Audio
New literary voices honoured
Books from ten emerging New Zealand writers will be celebrated and amplified in a new initiative from The Coalition for Books. Audio
What looking at art does to your brain
When looking at a great work of art, does your heart race? A new neuroaesthetics study looks at how art and beauty can affect us physically and mentally. Audio
Fred Award-winner Angella Dravid
Angella Dravid took home the Fred Award for best show at the 2025 New Zealand Comedy Festival. Audio
Bookmarks with Peau Halapua
Violinist and musical director Peau Halapua talks to Jesse about her life, career, and favourite things. Audio
Dame Julie Christie
Has reality TV crashed and burned in New Zealand? Reality Queen, Dame Julie Christie, on our troubled TV industry and the pros and cons of offering tax breaks for films made downunder. Video, Audio
Rotorua school girl juggles rehersals, roadtrips in Annie role
11 year old Rotorua schoolgirl Gracie Bradley has won the lead role in Auckland Theatre company's production of Annie. She's one of three young starlets filling the role. Now she is juggling school… Audio
Review: New Zealand film Kōkā looks 'several million bucks'
Kōkā is a New Zealand road movie featuring two very different women, writes Simon Morris.
Does the underground still exist? A conversation with Samuel Te Kani
Does an underground still exist? Or is it just one more consumer choice in an ever growing banquet of ticketed events? Testing this may be Tamaki Makarau's biennial Festival of Live Arts (FOLA), at… Audio
Musicians fly the flag for Aotearoa at Welsh Festival
Award-winning UK festival Focus Wales celebrates emerging talent and artists. The festival which has been running for 15 years saw more than 22 thousand attendees, showcased 250 artists across 20… Audio
The art of saying hello to everybody: Aotearoa's friendliest artist
In her debut book Hello to Everybody, Wellington illustrator Sallie Culy depicts the smiling faces of the people in her life.
The founders of dynamic Kia Mau and Pacific Dance New Zealand Festivals
This month welcomes two contemporary indigenous performing arts festivals which have established themselves as cornerstones of the presentation of new work from Aotearoa and across the Pacific. Audio
New digital whodunnit series spotlights epidemic of image-based abuse
A new digital whodunnit comedy series puts the spotlight on the dangers and growing epidemic of image-based abuse and bullying. Inspired by millennial television shows like Gossip Girl, The Sender is… Audio
Hello to everybody: Aotearoa's friendliest artist Sallie Culy
If cities can be lonely places no one told artist Sallie Culy. A familiar face on the streets of inner city Poneke Wellington, Sallie counts many people she has met a friend. Its an approach to life… Audio
Fast Favourites with Miriama Kamo at Birdlings Flat
The shortlist for the 2025 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults was announced this week and, among the titles, is a story on the theme of Matariki by journalist and broadcaster… Audio
Best Song Eva: Robyn Malcolm
Robyn joins Jim to talk about the new Netflix series she stars in and shares her 'Best Song Eva'. Audio
Auckland's Cabaret Festival: Songs from the Factory
Auckland's Cabaret Festival is on at The Civic until next Friday. The final show will be Songs from the Factory directed by Anapela Polata'ivao. Audio
Award-winning nightlife cabaret set to dazzle Aucklanders
The legendary British cabaret La Clique was formed 20 years ago by Australian David Bates. Growing up on a sheep farm playing the piano, David is now an Olivier Award-winner and tours his Spiegeltent… Audio
Māori art returns to NYC’s The Met in reimagined exhibition
About 650 works are back on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's permanent Oceania exhibition following a major renovation and reenvisioning.
