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Best of the Fest #3 - Māori cirque theatre, exploring fa’a Sāmoa, iconic waiata and Gravity & Grace
8 Mar 2024Cue the drums - The Auckland Arts Festival kicks off this week!
This is the third episode of Best of the Fest; a brand new RNZ national five-week lively conversation series about a feast of… Read more Audio
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NZ Artist Simon Denny in Berlin and New York on NFTs, meta landscapes and space colonies
3 Mar 2024Berlin-based New Zealand artist Simon Denny’s work has long explored the culture of new technology and the dreams tech entrepreneurs sell us.
Back in 2016, Denny was one of the first artists to… Read more Audio
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Regional wrap: Tauranga arts groups face up to 300% rent increases
3 Mar 2024Artists in Tauranga recently took a creative response to comment on the City Council's Long Term Plan, which proposes steep rental increases for community groups, and a 'user pays' approach to… Read more Audio
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The Waikato Wars: What painter Richard Lewer didn’t learn at school
3 Mar 2024At the New Zealand Portrait Gallery in Pōneke hangs an enormous New Zealand flag upon which artist Richard Lewer has painted the words: “To have a future I must reconcile with MY past.”
Lewer’s… Read more Audio
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How to Have Sex: rising British acting star Mia McKenna-Bruce
3 Mar 2024British coming-of-age drama, How to Have Sex has found a new way to tackle the issue of sexual consent. It’s strangely both nostalgic and very uncomfortable - which is perhaps, exactly why you should… Read more Video, Audio
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Tackling climate change with bonkers creative ideas: inventor artist Steve Mushin
3 Mar 2024Habitat-printing robot birds, water-filtering sewer submarines, and flying bikes launched on waste heat thermals are just a few of the 100-plus bonkers ideas artist and industrial designer Steve… Read more Audio
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Fast Favourites: Kiwi Actor Yoson An in modern Aussie rom-com
3 Mar 2024Yoson An’s career (Mulan, The Luminaries, Dead Lucky, Creamerie) has been steadily on the rise and impressively, he’s played a wide range of characters. But until now he’s never been a rom-com lead.
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Best of the Fest #2: a morning rave, the Savage Coloniser, Witi’s Wahine, The National, Soweto Gospel and the mighty Waikato
1 Mar 2024What is it with tall people up the front at gigs? Should morning raves replace gym sessions? Joining us this week on Best of the Fest are writers Emily Perkins and Arihia Latham, artist Suzanne Tamaki… Read more Audio
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Best of the Fest #1: taniwha time machine, aerial displays and a slightly isolated dog
25 Feb 2024RNZ Culture 101 presents the first episode online and on-air of Best of the Fest - a brand new five-week 30 minute panel discussion series.
Hosts Perlina Lau and Mark Amery are joined by Aotearoa… Read more Audio
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‘Swiftonomics’ - the unparalleled influence of Taylor Swift
25 Feb 2024Whether you’re a Swiftie or you’re rolling your eyes, you can’t deny the influence of Taylor Swift. She is inescapable and it feels as though she’s been on a mission of world domination this past… Read more Audio
