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Unauthorised Tours

Unauthorised Tours

Mark Amery surveys an ever-increasing but easy to miss spread of art engaging the public in new ways - including an unauthorised tour of Te Papa.

Simon Denny recreates The Personal Effects of Kim Dotcom

Simon Denny recreates The Personal Effects of Kim Dotcom

Who owns what? How has the internet changed our relation to the world? These are some of the questions Simon Denny raises.

Performance Ethics Episode 1: What is Ethics?

Performance Ethics Episode 1: What is Ethics?

This first podcast introduces the idea of ethics as a daily practice and philosophical enquiry, exploring what participants think the broad concept of ethics covers.

Exploring performance ethics

Exploring performance ethics

Melissa Laing tells us about her two year mission to explore and document performance arts ethics in NZ.

NOT my day job | Economist Playwright

NOT my day job | Economist Playwright

In the latest NOT my day job series on The Big Idea highlighting creatives with multiple careers we hear from Gareth Davies, economist by day, playwright by night.

Reflecting Back: NZ in Edinburgh

Reflecting Back: NZ in Edinburgh

Reflecting on the last four weeks in Edinburgh, Dione Joseph offers her final thoughts on the festival fever and New Zealand on the international stage.

Big tales for little people

Big tales for little people

Ivy – Saviour of the Dinosaur, on the back of successful local and international seasons, is currently touring. Renee Liang caught up with Ivy’s creator, Jennifer Martin.

Graphic novelist exchange

Graphic novelist exchange

Six graphic novelists will participate in the first residential exchange between Taiwan and New Zealand.

NZ artists winners at Edinburgh

NZ artists winners at Edinburgh

Arts Council Chairman Dick Grant says New Zealand made a strong impact in Scotland this year, with coveted awards, sold-out shows, high media awareness and positive reviews.

Using music as voice

Using music as voice

Ande Schurr interviews Underbelly and The Truman Show composer, Burkhard Dallwitz, ahead of his Score Composing Masterclass at the Big Screen Symposium in Auckland.

Writing in a Year of Snakes

Writing in a Year of Snakes

On the eve of the publication of his first poetry collection, Renee Liang asks Chris Tse about writing, life and being an Asian writer in NZ.

Dishing old political dirt

Dishing old political dirt

We’re all up to date now on dirty politics, but have things really changed that much?