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Best of the Summer Music Fests
Kirsten Johnstone, RNZ Music producer shares her pick of the Summer music festival season line-up, with plenty to recommend.
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2019 Arts Radar: The Friends Edition
New Zealand Festival friends share their cultural picks.
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Jonathan Lemalu: You Wouldn't Expect This of Me, But ...
Grammy Award-winning opera singer Jonathan Lemalu enjoys watching high-flying dunks as much as he enjoys singing sonorous low-lying notes.
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The next gen: Te Auaha graduate shows
In an exclusive preview of two upcoming Te Auaha graduate exhibitions, Aotearoa's emerging artists and designers share insights into their work and creative practice.
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This Reading Life: Kaveh Akbar
By his books we will know Iranian-American poet, Kaveh Akbar.
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Terracotta Warriors and Me
Dr Rebecca Rice, curator of Te Papa's upcoming Terracotta Warriors: Guardians of Immortality exhibition, shares a personal account of the journey to bring some of China's greatest treasures to New Zealand.
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A Study in Drama
In this extract from Creative Victoria, author Rachel Barrowman retraces the creative beginnings of some of Victoria University of Wellington's most well-known students — including Taika Waititi and Bret McKenzie
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Double Saw Final at the Canterbury A&P Show
Queen Mob’s Teahouse poetry editor Erik Kennedy shares the origins of his "Pindaric victory ode" to New Zealand's saw racers, part of his recently published, first full-length collection.
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My Art Inspiration: Jess Johnson
New York-based contemporary artist and 2018 Walters Prize finalist Jess Johnson brings alternative realities to life through drawing, installation, animation, and Virtual Reality. Here she shares the books that inspire her creative practice.
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