Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchGore: Capital of country music and moonshine with Jenny Mitchell
Gore is quite rightly known as our Capital of country music. But there’s always been much more going on culturally in this East Southland town.
2 years ago
Finding a city's memory in the rubble of Chernobyl
Vast exclusion zones operate around the cities of Pripyat, near the ruined Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, and Plymouth, on the Caribbean i…
2 years ago
Joika: The brutal world of the Bolshoi ballet
The notoriously punishing, elite world of the Moscow Bolshoi Ballet Academy is centre stage in Joika - the first ever film collaboration between New …
2 years ago
Practising Hawaiian culture across the sea: Ahilapalapa Rands
Over 100 years ago artist Ahilapalapa Rands’ great-grandfather, the ukulele virtuoso Ernest Ka’ai wrote the song ‘Across the Sea’, the lyrics speakin…
2 years ago
Fast Favourites: Rhys Mathewson’s 10th rodeo
A professional in the comedy scene for more than a decade now, Rhys Mathewson knew he was going to pursue comedy as a career after taking part in Cla…
2 years ago
Rick Rudd: creating New Zealand's only museum devoted to the ceramic arts
Ten years ago acclaimed potter Rick Rudd sold his house - together with its unique native and sculpture garden - in Castlecliff, Whanganui to establ…
2 years ago
Creating Aotearoa's own Watership Down: Shelley Burne-Field
Aotearoa New Zealand is a land of birds. Yet contemporary fiction providing a bird’s eye view has been slow to arrive. While Catherine Chidgey’s awa…
2 years ago
Regional Wrap: Kaitaia with Dr Opeloge Ah Sam
In this week’s Regional Wrap we look at the culture of Far North town Kaitaia.
2 years ago
Bailey Poching: Here are the Māori comedians - but where are you looking for them?
In an article on Stuff in 2019, comedian Guy Williams posed the question, “Where are all the Māori comedians?” Williams noted that, despite our main …
2 years ago
Amah: AI nanny pushes a mother to her limits
A psychological thriller, part of TVNZ’s Motherhood Anthology Series has been released in time for Mother’s Day. The film’s title Amah holds three di…
2 years ago