Sunday Afternoon

The world seems to be conspiring against award-winning, Australian-based New Zealander Kerryn Fields introducing her music to Aotearoa. A long awaited return to New Zealand in 2021 ran into a Covid-19… Read more Audio

Truth is often stranger - and certainly more gripping - than fiction. And nowhere is that more obvious than during the annual Doc Edge Festival which opens in Auckland on May the 24th. One of the… Read more Audio

India Holton is a New Zealand author who is making serious waves overseas. The first two volumes of her Dangerous Damsels trilogy were previously acclaimed by the New York Times, no less. They even… Read more Audio

Nestled at the foot of the Remutakas, north of Wellington, sits Featherston - population just over 2000. But it's also the home of one of the most enthusiastic book events in the country. Simon Morris… Read more Audio

The Royal New Zealand Ballet's latest production Romeo and Juliet is underway in Wellington, before it starts its tour around Aotearoa. Last week RNZ Concert's Bryan Crump spoke with the man directing… Read more Audio

As autumn turns to winter, our thoughts turn to... well, to the Italian Film Festival. It's the next best thing to an actual Mediterranean holiday, and by all reports, the 8th annual Festival promises… Read more Audio

New Zealand born Anthony McCarten is one of the world's best known writers of biopics. Past subjects have included Whitney Houston, Edison, Churchill and the band Queen. And this year alone he's had… Read more Audio

As King Charles' coronation draws closer, there's one New Zealander who will be making sure everyone hears about it. 19-year-old Dylan Thomas, who went to school at Kapiti College, is on a two year… Read more Audio

Grayson Masefield is a Kiwi-born accordion genius. He's won world titles in the Classical, Virtuoso and Digitel catagories, and next weekend he's performing with the Bay of Plenty Symphonia in Rotorua… Read more Audio

NZ on Air seems to be one of the winners, with the scrapping of the Government's public media entity plan. They get their 42 million dollars of contestable funding back, with an extra 10 million… Read more Audio