Arts
Anora: The movie of the year finally arrives
Since winning the coveted Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, Anora has spent the past six months taking the movie world by storm. It finally arrives in New Zealand cinemas on Boxing Day.
Anora… Audio
2024’s Kiwi King of the Twist: Crime thriller writer JP Pomare on murder in Cambridge
It’s a 2024 thriller concerned with race, podcast-making and the criminal justice system high on a fair few 2024 best-of lists.
17 Years Later is Melbourne-based bestselling New Zealand writer JP… Audio
The year that was with acclaimed writer and columnist Charlotte Grimshaw
She joins Culture 101 to talk about her time in the South of France for the 2024 Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship, her new novel and her highlights of 2024. Audio
Painter Karl Maughan’s 2024 favourites and his Pōhutukawa fringed paintings of summer
The Pōhutukawa - our Christmas tree - once bountifully fringed the West Coast north of Taranaki, and the East Coast north of Tairāwhiti Gisborne. While now found even further south, these trees with… Audio
The Mixtape chats of 2024 you don't want to miss
The Music 101 team have gathered some of the wonderful chats of 2024 you don't want to miss. You can find a link to the whole Mixtape for each guest below, or visit the RNZ Mixtape podcast to listen… Audio
Why Singing in the Shower is your Superpower
A new book offers a practical guide to singing in the shower. It plunges into questions ranging from 'Why do I sound so good in my shower?' to 'How can singing in the shower help me overcome anxiety… Audio
Joan as Police Woman: On writing songs to process big feelings
Ahead of her 'Joan As Police Woman' shows in New Zealand next May 2025, Joan Wasser jumps on the phone from her home in Brooklyn to talk about how songwriting helped make sense of falling in love on… Audio
Maia Nuku, Oceania curator at New York's Metropolitan Museum
Last September marked 40 years since the Te Maori exhibition opened at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and recently its Oceania galleries underwent a major renovation. They will reopen in… Audio
Hollywood correspondent on the biggest stories of 2024
Our Hollywood correspondent, Sandro Monetti, has been keeping tabs on things for us throughout the year. Monetti spoke to Corin Dann. Audio
Prolific New Zealand artist Mark Braunias dies
He was known for experimenting with line and colours across different mediums.
Feature interview: New Zealand Christmas Songs
75 years ago, New Zealand musicians started composing our own Christmas carols and making Christmas dreams come true for some of the singers tapped to record them. Audio
Bookmarks with Bill Hastings
Bill has been a judge since 2010, but then he's had a number of interesting jobs over the years. Audio
Music Critic: Te Kaahu and RipShip
Rachel Ashby reviews and plays some new local music. I Roto I Te Po, I Roto I Te Ao by Te Kaahu and New Mexico by RipShip. Audio
Dan Slevin's best films of 2024
Dan Slevin looks back at the cinematic year and picks his 10 top films - and not a horror flick among them.
World's rebel women motorcyclists celebrated in new photography book
New Zealand photographer Alice Connew joins Maggie Tweedie from her home in Bristol. Audio
Shower Thoughts: How do you turn a black and white photo into colour?
Brendan Graham worked with historian Jock Phillips on the book Our Land in Colour which was a collection of 200 retouched and coloured photographs depicting life in Aotearoa New Zealand from 1860 to… Audio
Woolston Brass perform in Christ Church Cathedral
Musical instruments rang out in the Christ Church Cathedral last night for the first time since the Canterbury earthquakes. Anna Sargent was there. Audio
Zakir Hussain: Influential ambassador for Indian music dies
Renowned Indian instrumentalist Zakir Hussain has died, aged 73. Hussain played his final two concerts in New Zealand in June, in Christchurch and Auckland. Audio
What are the tikanga for buying, wearing and caring for pounamu?
Pounamu is a prized taonga for both Maori and non-Maori alike and increasingly its gifted for significant life events and celebrations. But as interest around pounamu grows, what are the tikanga… Audio
Arts News for December 15, 2024
Renowned Māori actor and filmmaker Cliff Curtis has been honoured with the prestigious International Federation of Film Producers Associations Award at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
The event, held… Audio
