All episodes
Sunday, 16 November 2025
- 12:15 From Nude Tuesday to Educators: Jackie Van Beek
- 12:30 Poet Tusiata Avia on "the most challenging book I've written"
- 1:07 In a first NZ artist Yvonne Todd turns to AI
- 1:30 Regional Wrap: Te Whare Taonga o Kawhia - Kawhia Museum
- 2:05 Niels Meyer-Westfield on painting NZ bird feathers
- 2:25 Rose of Tralee Keely O’Grady dances her way to Christmas
- 2:40 Could this be this country’s finest map?
Sunday, 9 November 2025
- 12:15 Lulu Sun: Our leading tennis player on the rise
- 12:33 Artist Dinah Priestley on her 'colourful adventurous life’
- 12:50 Explosive work of one of the most significant artists of the 21st century to come to NZ
- 1:08 A history of acting in Aotearoa
- 1:26 Regional Wrap: Maungaturoto
- 2:07 Winner of Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement, poet Dinah Hawken
- 2:30 From painting to performance: the remarkable story of Vietnamese artist Tran Luong
Sunday, 2 November 2025
- 12:15 Fast Favourites: TV presenter and journalist Laura Tupou
- 12:30 Tauranga Art Gallery: part of $306 million redevelopment of the city's cultural heart
- 12:45 The Dry House: Alison Bruce in her most challenging role yet
- 1:07 The Enormous Crocodile: US premiere of Roald Dahl’s greedy crocodile led by Kiwi musical director
- 1:25 Regional Wrap: working with kelp in the Waitaki
- 2:06 A story or two to tell: 25th anniversary of The White Stripes debut in NZ
- 2:33 All art is politics: acclaimed Australian artist Mike Parr's controversial performance
- 3:05 Arts News for 2 November 2025
Sunday, 26 October 2025
- 12:17 Don McGlashan shares his love of water and poetry as our National Library turns 60
- 12:40 Century old Maori carving completed after 115 years gifted to British people
- 1:10 From Mamma Mia to Amélie: The vitality of the musical
- 1:25 Regional Wrap: KOAST Art Trail with Joan Honeyfield
- 2:05 Fiona Samuel awarded Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship
- 2:45 Hamish Coney: the auction of the collection of late curator Ron Brownson
Sunday, 19 October 2025
- 12:15 Fast Favourites: Children's author Kiri Lightfoot
- 12:30 What to do with the old family silver?
- 12:45 Taniwha: following the tails of our popular shapeshifting creatures
- 1:07 20-year-old artist wins international award for stunning night sky photography
- 1:30 Regional Wrap goes to Analogue Aotearoa in Te Aroha
- 2:05 Arts Laureate 2025: Roseanne Liang honoured with Gaylene Preston Filmmaker Award
- 2:35 Designing spaces for parents and children: Raukura Turei and Elisapeta Heta
- 3:05 Arts News for 19 October 2025
Sunday, 12 October 2025
- 12:15 Fast Favourites with Everyday Māori's Hemi Kelly
- 12:30 Winner of Sargeson Prize: Aotearoa's largest short story competition
- 12:42 Auckland Boys Choir facing potential closure: Why aren't boys signing up for choir?
- 1:07 Touring innovative NZ theatre everywhere successfully and sustainably
- 1:27 Regional Wrap: Whau Arts Festival with Melissa Laing
- 2:05 Restoring the power of black tapa with memories of the Tongan and English Queens
- 2:38 Turning Twizel into a film set: Show Me Shorts director Arthur Gay
- 3:05 Arts News for 12 October 2025
Sunday, 5 October 2025
- 12:15 Broadcaster and Men's Health Advocate Mark Sainsbury
- 12:30 Celebrating ballroom culture in the capital with Vogue Ball
- 12:40 The sound of diamonds: Composing jewellery soundscapes for the blind
- 1:07 Hawke's Bay Festival marks 10th anniversary
- 1:30 Regional Wrap: Colville Creators and Makers Festival
- 2:05 Getting to live in your childhood dream house: Tracey Scott's remarkable colonial villa
- 3:05 Arts News for 5 October 2025
Sunday, 28 September 2025
- 12:16 Fast Favourites with singer-songwriter Julia Deans
- 12:16 Arts news for 28 September 2025
- 12:30 Locals turn Cyclone Gabrielle into art installations
- 12:40 87-year-old community arts legend June Renwick
- 1:10 The 20-time Grammy award-winner reinventing gospel
- 1:30 Regional Wrap: Ōkārito's entire town in new exhibition
- 2:10 The influential and revealing ways video games portray culture
- 2:35 Painting star Philip Clairmont on show for the first time in 30 years
Sunday, 21 September 2025
- 12:15 Fast Favourites with actor Nicola Kāwana
- 12:30 The problem with dropping art history from the curriculum
- 12:41 Do hospitals have to be ugly? The history of our health design
- 1:07 Who's in charge of telling the story of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern?
- 1:30 Regional Wrap: the sculpture gardens of Kaupapakapa and Kaipara
- 2:05 Staging the beloved Terry Pratchett's work at Dunedin's Globe Theatre
- 2:20 Kiwi indie-pop band travels to Seoul in cultural exchange
- 2:35 Publishing powerhouse and poet Mary McCallum
- 3:05 Arts News for 21 September 2025
Sunday, 14 September 2025
- 12:15 Fast Favourites with Michael Houston
- 12:32 A new era for American Vogue
- 12:44 Actor Stephen Papps: playing many characters beside himself
- 1:07 Jessica Gurnsey's vibrant portrait paintings capture moments in time
- 1:27 Regional Wrap: The untamed and wild Hokitika
- 2:07 Manahi Pakarati: Ambassador for Chile and Rapa Nui
- 2:35 Innovative agency tackles instability for actors and performers
- 3:05 Arts News for 14 September 2025
Sunday, 7 September 2025
- 12:15 Fast Favourites: Billy T comedian Hoani Hotene
- 12:30 What now for public art icon Wellington's City to Sea Bridge?
- 12:45 We the Young: New youth performing arts festival
- 1:07 Flood-damaged Ponsonby house becomes art installation
- 1:30 Regional Wrap: Woodville
- 2:06 Words on the Street: Inside the role of a mobile librarian
- 2:30 What's changed for contemporary dance in 40 years?
- 3:05 Arts News for September 7 2025
Sunday, 31 August 2025
- 12:15 Fast Favorites with Ngāhuia Te Awekōtuku
- 12:30 Government releases long-awaited creative and culture strategy
- 12:44 Jennifer Ludlum returns to stage as fierce matriarch
- 1:07 Iconic TV game show Wheel of Fortune returns for a new spin
- 1:30 Regional wrap heads inner-city
- 2:07 The phenomenal impact of Outlander
- 3:06 Arts news for 31 August
- 3:18 Bryan Crump reports on 2025's The Big Sing
- 3:42 Keeping the art and craft of bookbinding alive
Sunday, 24 August 2025
- 12:15 Fast Favourites: Writer, academic and plus-size model Kaarina Parker
- 12:30 Favourite music from childhood with Fleabite and Levity Beet's Beetbite
- 1:07 Seduction, debauchery and madness: Mary Shelley's birth of Frankenstein
- 1:25 Regional Wrap: The Record Keeper of Geraldine
- 2:07 Mad Men director on coming up in the new golden age of television
- 2:30 From the Sydney Harbour Bridge to the Len Lye Centre:
- 3:07 Arts News for 24 August 2025
Sunday, 17 August 2025
- 12:15 Fast Favourites with Petra Bagust
- 12:25 Regional Wrap: Oxford
- 12:30 The Auckland sculptor creating giant iconic Kiwi confectionery
- 12:45 Mr Bean, but Sexy": Comedian George Fenn on pushing audience's boundaries
- 1:07 Fiume o Morte! Fascism's stranger-than-fiction poet-led first state
- 2:05 The robots are everywhere but why treat them as human? Poet Jiaqiao Liu
- 2:35 Feeding the Monster: Why Horror Has a Hold On Us
- 3:05 Arts News for 17 August 2025
Sunday, 10 August 2025
- 12:14 Getting more Pasifika women into comedy: Fast Favourites with Rhiannon McCall
- 12:29 Whatever happened to the bootleg? Visual and sound artist Abigail Aroha Jensen
- 12:47 "Developing a project can feel like being lost in the middle of the ocean" Duncan Sarkies on the joy of discovery
- 1:07 Lifting the tapu: Māori women who carve
- 1:27 Regional Wrap goes to Hikurangi
- 2:07 Greening the garden city: Ōtautahi's regeneration through nature, art and gardening
- 3:06 Art News for 10 Aug 2025
Sunday, 3 August 2025
- 12:15 Richard Benge: a champion of arts access for everyone
- 12:30 A new generation part of the knitting renaissance
- 12:45 Notes from a Fish 'a surreal comedy crime caper'
- 1:07 How arts patronage has changed over 25 years
- 1:28 Regional Wrap: Rawene
- 2:00 A Best of Film Fest Panel on Whanau Marama's Opening Weekend
- 3:06 Arts News for 3 August 2025
Sunday, 27 July 2025
- 12:15 Fast Favourites: The Spinoff editor Madeleine Chapman
- 12:30 Living well with bad weather: Chris Berthelsen's part in Japan's efforts to control extreme weather
- 12:45 Exhibition exploring relationships through weaving involves more than 100 artists and children
- 1:07 Ebony and Ivory: the film that isn't about Paul McCartney & Steve Wonder's duet on the Mull of Kintyre
- 1:25 Regional Wrap on the Waikanae River
- 2:05 Exploring decades of Banksy's iconic images
- 2:35 What music can we make together with machines, plants and fungi?!
- 3:05 Arts news for 27 July 2025
Sunday, 20 July 2025
- 12:15 Gareth Morgan's new giant public art park set to open in Spring
- 12:30 From All Blacks to Arts Council: Keven Mealamu on what he can bring to board of CNZ
- 12:45 Porirua barbershop group makes history winning bronze in Colorado
- 1:07 Jo Randerson's secret art powers revealed!
- 1:30 Regional Wrap: Greytown with Rachael Fletcher
- 2:07 Staging one of the world’s greatest love stories in a 60s high-fashion thriller
- 2:30 The many cultures of India meet Aotearoa through radical publishing: Spoor Books
- 3:05 Arts news for 20 July 2025
Sunday, 13 July 2025
- 12:10 Fast Favourites with war correspondent Lisette Reymer
- 12:30 Anthony Hoy Fong: New York-based Kiwi chef
- 1:07 14-year-old Kiwi ballerina wins scholarship at dream school
- 1:25 Regional Wrap: Taieri with Matt Brennan
- 2:10 International award-winning MOTAT exhibition Te Puawānanga
- 2:35 Decorative Arts History through Second Hand Shopping
- 3:10 Arts news for 13 July 2025
Sunday, 6 July 2025
- 12:15 Fast Favourites with new NZSO head Marc Feldman
- 12:30 The art and history of the Haiku
- 12:45 Brydie Colquhoun on her debut choreographic work
- 1:10 A radical rethink: the Victoria and Albert's new 'Museum of Absolutely Everything'
- 1:30 Regional Wrap: Tairua
- 2:05 Poetry and freshwater with Gabrielle Huria
- 2:30 From whale vomit to Victorian mourning jewellery:
- 3:05 Arts News for 6 July 2025
Sunday, 29 June 2025
- 12:15 Fast Favourites with NZ Listener editor Kirsty Cameron
- 12:30 Keeping Pūhoi Bohemia alive through song and dance
- 12:45 Saint Joan: Why Joan of Arc’s story is still relevant
- 1:07 Living for five months outdoors on public land as art activism
- 1:27 Regional Wrap goes to the Māniatoto: Ranfurly
- 2:10 Exhibition showcases an era when arts education flourished
- 2:30 Training the next generation of filmmakers in Miramar
- 3:05 Arts news for 29 June 2025
Sunday, 22 June 2025
- 12:16 Priorities & loves of new CNZ boss Gretchen La Roche
- 12:35 Pretty and pink: New bookshop dedicated to spicy fiction
- 12:48 I Am A Dark River: the legacy of trailblazing printer Bob Lowry
- 1:10 Silo's Taniwha a visual feast for young audiences
- 1:26 Regional Wrap: Colac Bay with Daegan Wells
- 2:10 'The other RNZ' - the remarkable story of radio sets in Aotearoa
- 2:33 The Art Precinct: New digital art platform using behavioural psychology
- 3:05 Arts news
Sunday, 15 June 2025
- 12:14 Fast Favourites: Matariki celebrations with Ria Hall
- 12:30 Groundbreaking storytelling with a sculpture park you can drive through
- 12:45 Good Bitches Baking: New cookbook pays homage to family
- 1:05 A road movie like no other: Kath Akuhata-Brown's Kōkā
- 1:30 Regional Wrap goes to Ōpōtiki
- 2:05 How painting pet portraits restored artist Julia Holden
- 2:35 Bold Tahitian novelist Titaua Peu connects us back into the Pacific
- 3:06 Arts news for 15 June 2025
Sunday, 8 June 2025
- 12:15 Fast Favourites with Miriama Kamo at Birdlings Flat
- 12:30 Hello to everybody: Aotearoa's friendliest artist Sallie Culy
- 12:43 New digital whodunnit series spotlights epidemic of image-based abuse
- 1:07 The founders of dynamic Kia Mau and Pacific Dance New Zealand Festivals
- 2:07 Musicians fly the flag for Aotearoa at Welsh Festival
- 2:25 Regional Wrap: Titirangi with filmmaker Robin Kewell
- 2:35 Does the underground still exist? A conversation with Samuel Te Kani
- 3:10 Arts news for 8th June 2025
Sunday, 1 June 2025
- 12:12 Fast Favourites with Fred Award winner Angella Dravid
- 12:32 "There's power in the circle" Global folk phenomenon Bulgarian
- 1:12 Doing nothing becomes a competitive sport
- 1:24 Regional Wrap: the arts scene in Takapuna
- 2:17 Samoan opera star returns home for enduring classic La Bohème
- 2:35 Australian first nations performance at Pacific Dance and Kia Mau Festivals
- 3:06 Arts news for 1 June 2025
