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When art and film become entwined: painter Sandro Kopp
In 2018, Sandro Kopp was tasked by film director Wes Anderson with creating ten monumental paintings for the film The French Dispatch in less than three months.
Kopp’s works needed to look like the… Audio
Regional Wrap: Timaru and what’s next for South Canterbury’s arts institutions
A well known arts critic, historian and commentator, Andrew Paul Wood in Timaru fills us in on ‘drama’ around the Timaru Theatre Royal redevelopment, which includes a new venue for South Canterbury… Audio
Musicians who paint: The Bats’ Robert Scott plays Fast Favourites and remembers Hamish Kilgour
Ōtepoti Dunedin’s Robert Scott is best known as a member of seminal New Zealand bands The Bats and The Clean, but more quietly he’s been painting for decades with work appearing in both exhibitions… Audio
'There was a real hype to it': Show writer reflects on stories of surveillance
New television drama Miles From Nowhere explores the everyday experiences of first and second generation Muslims in Aotearoa, including the tensions in the run-up to 15 March, 2019. Video, Audio
Jacindamania: $3.2m raised for NZ documentary on extremism
The New Zealand Film Commission is putting $800,000 towards a documentary about former Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern.
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident film critic, Dan Slevin, reviews a recent performance from 89-year-old legendary actor Michael Caine in The Great Escaper (2023) and Netflix-syndicated Australian thriller Secret… Audio
Music 101: Charlotte Ryan
Charlotte Ryan, host of Music 101 here on RNZ each Saturday afternoon from 1pm talks about what's happening on the music scene over the weekend, what's coming up on her show tomorrow and because… Audio
Film Review with Sam Hollis
Today Sam reviews How To Have Sex, Riceboy Sleeps and then gives his take on the Oscars. Audio
Hamish Kilgour remembered with exhibition
The work of late musician and artist Hamish Kilgour is being celebrated in an exhibition which opens at the Arts Centre in Christchurch on Friday.
Kilgour's creativity has been an influence on many… Audio
Arts Festival report with Culture 101's Perlina Lau
The Arts Festivals are in full swing across Aotearoa along with numerous Fringe Festivals.
Co-host of RNZ National's Culture 101, Perlina Lau, was in Hamilton last week and this week she's been out… Audio
Concertgoers spellbound by NZSO concert Beyond Words
An incredible, near-spiritual experience.
That's how some concertgoers described the first Beyond Words concert at the Christchurch Town Hall last night, which saw the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra… Audio
Arts and culture journal shutters over 'unsurvivable' funding environment
Amidst the news that Newshub would be shutting down and TVNZ will be shedding 68 jobs to stay afloat, another part of our media landscape announced it would shutter. Audio
The Kiwi director bringing live-action Avatar to life
"It is a huge weight to bear," says Roseanne Liang as Netflix's huge live-action adaptation gets two more seasons Video
The TAHI 7/3/2024
On today’s episode, we’re celebrating International Women’s day early with journalist Jogai Bhatt and Thee bad mana wahine herself Te KuraHuia. We get into the gender pay gap, worldwide statistics… Audio
New film shot in the Cook Islands a drawcard for tourists
New film shot in the Cook Islands a drawcard for tourists. Audio
Arts magazine publishers press pause amid funding woes
One of the country's few online arts magazines is going into an indefinite hiatus.
Ockham Book Awards finalists announced
Four New Zealand authors are in the running for a $65,000 fiction prize at this year's Ockham Book Awards.
Sixteen award finalists have just been announced in four categories: fiction, poetry… Audio
Opera singer Dame Kiri Te Kanawa turns 80
The opera singer Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, arguably this country's greatest musical export, is 80 on Wednesday.
RNZ Concert host Bryan Crump compiled this special birthday tribute. Audio
NZSO to mark fifth anniversary of mosque attacks with collaborative programme
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra is in new territory this week with a collaborative programme to mark the fifth anniversary of the mosque attacks in Christchurch in which 51 people were murdered.
… Audio
New Auckland city central public art installation
A new public artwork installation is coming to the southern end of Federal Street in Auckland, just a stone's from the RNZ studio. The artist, Joe Sheehan, speaks to Jesse. Audio, Gallery
