Nancy Brunning joins indigenous writing programme
Maori actor, director and writer Nancy Brunning will shortly leave for Canada to participate in The Banff Centre’s Indigenous Writing Programme.
Musings with Lemi Ponifasio
As Dione Joseph wraps-up her coverage of NZ at Edinburgh for The Big Idea, she shares her conversation with MAU choreographer Lemi Ponifasio on art, philosophy and a tapestry of ideas.
ScreenTalk: Roger Donaldson
Roger Donaldson started out as a stills photographer and moved into film with a series of commercials for the Labour Party’s 1972 election campaign.
Wheel of Experience
Mixing theatre with storytelling and music, Wheel of Experience returns to Auckland at the end of a 25-date nationwide tour.
Making Tracks - August 2014
NZ On Air will fund 21 new music projects in its latest Making Tracks funding round.
Songwriting in secondary schools
Songwriting in NZ secondary schools is flourishing as more music teachers embrace this unique craft. Words and Music.
Theatreview Weekly: 04/09/2014
The latest Theatreview Weekly includes reviews of Public Service Announcements: Election Special, Hubbub, Belleville, and Ted Poppy and World War Two.
Heading to the stage
Cath Harkins and Korina Tuahine, members of the Graduate Writing Studio, tell us about its first production, a series of seven plays by six writers, collectively titled 'Out of Our Heads'.
Rasch appointed TVNZ's GM, Maori and Pacific programmes
TVNZ has appointed Raewyn Rasch as GM, Maori and Pacific Programmes.
Reflections of a festival director
Be yourself: Jonathan Mills reflects on the most valuable (and obvious) advice that guided his term as artistic director for the Edinburgh International Festival.
Culture, economics and policy
Reflections on the Edinburgh International Cultural Summit: Lewis Holden and Maree Brown talk culture, economics and policy.
Wallace Art Awards 2014
Roger Mortimer’s work Otago Harbour has received the 2014 Wallace Arts Trust Paramount Award.