6+ hour, 17+ min ago   (506+ words) There were early signs of Terry Stringer’s calling as a sculptor. As a boy in England, he would make human figures out of plasticine. “I have a distinct memory that I had the illusion that if one was a good…...

3+ day, 28+ min ago   (551+ words) 1:09 PM.We're all aboard the Warriors bandwagon here on Afternoons, as the Wahs chase their first premiership in the club's 31-year history. But first, they've got to get past the Dolphins at Go Media… Read more Audio 1:08 Is this the…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (150+ words) Later this month, the musical inspired by Roald Dahl's Matilda will come to Wellington's St James Theatre. Entirely produced by a New Zealand musical theatre company, hundreds of local kids auditioned for 19 parts. Hamish Mouat is the director and choreographer…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (213+ words) Everyone's got something at home that needs repairs, a shirt with a button loose, maybe a bike tyre that's blown. From now until September 27, Repair Festival Aotearoa is hosting more than 50 repair events and workshops across the motu. These are…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (243+ words) A Taranaki couple are defying the digital revolution and retail downturn to open that most tactile of businesses - a bookshop. A Taranaki couple are defying the digital revolution and retail downturn to open that most tactile of businesses - a bookshop....

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (102+ words) RNZ Leopard seal washes ashore on Petone Beach A leopard seal that came ashore on Petone Beach in Wellington over the weekend has drawn crowds of excited spectators. But, despite advice from the Department of Conservation to give it space,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (209+ words) Black Grace has moved into a converted warehouse just behind Karangahape Road, the latest stage in founder Neil Ieremia's decade-long plan to build a permanent centre for Pacific contemporary dance. The new space has a sprung, moveable performance floor, a…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (633+ words) When Airini Beautrais went on a retreat with some fellow writers, the words for Cancer Moon: Poet Life came tumbling out. The epic memoir told in four-line stanzas is part of Airini Beautrais’ new poetry collection Salt Quilt. It’s “a…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (987+ words) After years of reviewing music on RNZ, Jeremy Thomas takes a "perverse pleasure" in spinning some of his own eclectic favourites. As a young musician in '90s Christchurch, Jeremy Taylor, who reviews new music on RNZ’s Nine to Noon, loved hanging…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (195+ words) At the end of September over 200 guinea pigs and their owners will descend on Taupō for the 2026 NZ National Guinea Pig Show. They'll be graded by an international judging panel flying in from England and the Czech Republic. Andy Lawrie,…...