Sunday Afternoon

New Zealand's unique landscapes and Jurassic-like environments feature in a new TV documentary series on Tyrannosaurs - big, dangerous, meat-eating dinosaurs. The series will also be seen on giant… Read more Audio

In a note at the back of Stephanie Johnson's new book - set firmly in the heart of Covid lockdown 2020 - she predicts there'll be a literary pandemic of books on the subject. But will there really… Read more Audio

Dan Slevin talks to Hawkes Bay author Mary-anne Scott about the new fundraising campaign, Books Back Better, replacing lost and damaged school libraries after Cyclone Gabrielle… Read more Audio

This week, entries are open for one of the most valuable prizes for writers in the country - certainly new, beginning writers. The Sargeson Prize for short story writing was established in 2019 by… Read more Audio

This may be the new face of film festivals. The fifth annual South African Film Festival will get some cinema exposure in Sydney and Melbourne, but it's mainly showing on-line. It's also releasing… Read more Audio

The New Zealand Opera Company is halfway through its Opera in School's tour of Aotearoa. The company's bringing a re-worked version of the opera Sleeping Beauty in the Woods by the Italian Composer… Read more Audio

Never underestimate the power of a cracking good story and the ability to tell them well. This is what's elevates two Oxbridge-educated middle-aged men obsessed with history to modern star status. Tom… Read more Audio

Last night audiences at Court Theatre in Christchurch witnessed the world premiere of a new play about the legendary Kiwi entertainer, Billy T James. Be Like Billy? is written and performed by local… Read more Audio

The Auckland Writers Festival gets underway in May with the festival promising a star-studded program. There will be Pulitzer, Booker and T.S. Eliot prize-winning authors. Auckland will also host… Read more Audio

Simon Morris talks with conductor and musical director of Bach Musica Rita Paczian about the genius of Johann Sebastian Bach. Audio

Wellington is a famously Fringe sort of town, particularly at this time of the year. The range of the Capital's New Zealand Fringe Festival is always wide - this year saw shows called Women Drinking… Read more Audio

NZSO principal harpist, Carolyn Mills, has a new solo album out - An Enchanted Land, celtic music arranged for the concert harp. This week she spoke to Bryan Crump about her latest work. Audio