Culture
Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Featuring new music from Varda, Blood Orange and Skepta & Fred Again... Audio
The influence and legacy of Giorgio Armani
Murray Crane of Crane Brothers has been designing New Zealand menswear for more than 25 years, with Armani a constant presence throughout his career. Audio
IVY & Mila Vandelle
We speak with Dunedin band IVY about all things being insanely cool indie rockers. We're lucky to have Mila Vandelle visit for one of her first ever interviews after her debut release. Audio
92wrld & Salem Mahia
We have chats with both 92wrld and Salem Mahia and have some team debates around the Polish CEO who in the viral clip online took a tennis players gifted hat out of the hands of a child Audio
The point of life, with puppets
Puppeteer Chye-Ling Huang joins Emile Donovan to preview her existential puppet show Let It Die showing at Auckland's Basement Theatre this week. Audio
The phenomenal impact of Outlander
If there's any country that understands and appreciates what film or television can do for tourism, it's us, here in New Zealand. Over the past decade, Scotland has been experiencing something… Audio
Jennifer Ludlum returns to stage as fierce matriarch
Jennifer Ludlum is on stage again and this time, as a ferocious, complicated and dramatic matriarch in Silo's Mother Play. Written by American Pulitzer-winning playwright, Paula Vogel, it first… Audio
Government releases long-awaited creative and culture strategy
The government has released a creative and culture strategy to boost the industry by 2030. Audio
In windy Welly, creativity reigns
Despite the scandals and leaky pipes, Wellingtonians want the rest of the nation to know that their city is still unbeatable.
For the love of Wellington
Despite the scandals and leaky pipes, Wellingtonians want the rest of the nation to know that their city is still unbeatable Audio
Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Featuring new music from Dick Move, Earl Sweatshirt, and Anna von Hausswolff. Audio
The Big Sing finale in Dunedin
RNZ's own Bryan Crump is the MC for tomorrow night's Gala Concert and joins Mark Leishman. Audio
Could old-school tools change how we garden?
Beth Pearsall wants to revive the ancient skill of scything. She loves swishing the sharp-bladed tool through her own garden and holds workshops to teach others about the scythe and its uses. Audio
Pasifika uni students represent Aotearoa at world's largest canoe race
Two University of Auckland Pasifika engineering students left for Hawai'i on Wednesday to compete in the Queen Lili'uokalani Canoe Race.
Ah Tua & MAYJUN
In this episode we celebrate New Zealand Fashion Week chatting to the team behind the Pacific Fusion Fashion Show Friend of the show Hales come in to chat his project with a couple of mates called… Audio
World News Wrap for 28 August 2025
Let's catch up with what's been going on around the world with RNZ's Alice Wilkins. Audio
We’ve been 'trolling' since the beginning
David Rudrum is an English lecturer at the University of Huddersfield and the author of Trolling Before the Internet: An Offline History of Insult, Provocation, and Public Humiliation in the Literary… Audio
From the NZ Wool Growers Board to the runways of Delhi
Pranay Baidya came to New Zealand for his education and now runs his own fashion label in Delhi, India. He's back in NZ for a series of trunk shows and joins Emile Donovan. Audio
When should you use an em dash?
Managing editor of Te Herenga Waka University Press Ashleigh Young joins Emile Donovan to discuss the merits of the em dash and its friends: the comma, the semicolon, the ellipsis, and the period. Audio
Autaia and Dani Kionasina
We recap 2025's Pacific Music Awards and play you back our chat with one of the nights big winners Janay tells us about her time down south and we chat to some awesome creatives Audio
