Culture
Autaia and Dani Kionasina
We recap 2025's Pacific Music Awards and play you back our chat with one of the nights big winners Janay tells us about her time down south and we chat to some awesome creatives Audio
Taranaki business stamps its mark on crazy world of US trading cards
A New Plymouth business is stamping its mark on the crazy world of American sports trading cards and sporting memorabilia. Taranaki Whanganui reporter Robin Martin has more. Audio
World News Wrap
Let's catch up with what's been going on around the world with RNZ's UK correspondent Alice Wilkins. Audio
NZ Fashion Week returns
Auckland is once again playing host to the fashion industry's most influential players as New Zealand Fashion Week returns. Owner Feroz Ali spoke to Charlotte Cook. Audio
Kingsland locals fight liquor licence renewal for bar
Loud music, yelling and substantial fights are among the grievances listed in a petition to block an Auckland bar's liquor licence from being renewed. Finn Blackwell has more. Audio
Regional Wrap: The Record Keeper of Geraldine
In South Canterbury, Geraldine is home to a unique vinyl and coffee outlet called The Record Keeper. It's entirely powered by solar power and a bit of a stage for up and coming musicians Next week… Audio
Seduction, debauchery and madness: Mary Shelley's birth of Frankenstein
Following a notorious night of debauchery, English novelist Mary Shelley becomes the mother of horror. Set in Geneva in Switzerland in 1816, ATC's new thriller, Mary: The Birth of Frankenstein… Audio
Fast Favourites: Writer, academic and plus-size model Kaarina Parker
Writer, academic and plus-size model, Kaarina Parker will be walking in this year's Fashion Week. It coincides with RNZ's new documentary series, Cutting The Curve, which looks at the new era of diet… Audio
Autaia a feast of haka theatre
Students from 12 Auckland, Northland and Waikato schools will each give a performance blending kapa haka, theatre and storytelling.
Skinny's trending, what happened to body positivity?
A new doco series Cutting the Curve explores the backlash against body diversity in fashion and the wider implications this has on society. Audio
This Weekend: Word Salad in Timaru
We're heading down to Timaru, where the Timaru Booksellers are putting on their annual Word Salad open mic poetry night at the Aigantighe Art Gallery to mark National Poetry Day. Audio
This Weekend: Art as Food down in Invercargill
A group of Southland artists have come together, working across all sorts of mediums, to capture the colour, creativity and nostalgia of the classic Kiwi potluck. Audio
Armageddon Expo fans rejoice: this year's line-up is out
It's the 30th anniversary of the convention which celebrates all things pop culture. In a time where events and festival like these are less and less financially viable, how is it that Armageddon has… Audio
The Reread with Chris Tse
On the eve of a new poet laureate being announced, current-reigning laureate Chris Tse joins Mark Leishman for his reread of Raymond Carver's 1981 collection What We Talk About When We Talk About Love… Audio
Myth Takes: Athens
Classics educator and enthusiast Ben Jackson is back for his monthly chat. Tonight, he's taking us through the rise and fall of Athens as the powerhouse of ancient Greece. Audio
Pacific Music Awards Preview
We look forward to the Pacific Music Awards that are going down tonight. TAHI_FM on all social medias will be the place to keep up with all the going-ons! Audio
The Brain Drain Backstory
Corin Dann and Guyon Espiner dig into New Zealand’s decades-long “brain drain” to Australia – why it happens, how politicians have tried (and failed) to stop it, and whether it’s really as bad as it… Audio
From taonga to target: the rollback of te reo Māori
A growing list of changes to policy on Māori language and culture beg the question: is the government pushing Aotearoa towards an identity crisis?
