RNZ Drama

22/04/2020

As part of the COVID 19 Lockdown Festival 2020 Acushla-Tara Kupe has reviewed 'Te Awarua' by Albert Belz - a production that is very special to us.

Achushla-Tara says it's 'heartbreaking but hopeful' and 'every character allows you to laugh with them then weep for them, all within the same minute.'

Read her review here: https://www.theatreview.org.nz/reviews/review.php?id=12273

And listen to 'Te Awarua' here: https://www.rnz.co.nz/collections/drama-online/te-awarua

Thanks to Theatreview: The New Zealand Performing Arts Review & Directory

New Zealand theatre reviews, dance reviews, performance reviews and comedy reviews. Theatre guide for Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin and regional theatre, NZ shows and the performing arts.

09/04/2020

More than 20 new stories have just arrived in Storytime to help you through your Easter staycation.

Including new stories in te reo Māori and a story about (naturally) a rabbit 🐰

https://storytime.rnz.co.nz/?utm_source=Storytime+RNZ

Storytime: RNZ’s collection of free children’s audio books. All written and produced in New Zealand for little kids, kids and young adults.

24/03/2020

Honestly, listening to Miranda Harcourt read Hairy Maclary is really lifting our spirits.

https://storytime.rnz.co.nz/book/hairy-maclary-from-donaldsons-dairy

23/03/2020

Please spread the word to shop normally!
The supermarkets will remain open.

Supermarkets are begging people to shop normally and stop panic buying ahead of the national lockdown. Follow all the latest devlopments with RNZ's live blog.

20/03/2020

https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/best-of-storytime-rnz

The latest and greatest children's stories and songs from New Zealand. Ngā pūrākau me ngā waiata nā Aotearoa.

04/11/2019

NZ's favourite monster Moe and soul singer HOLLIE SMITH dropped in to perform their song 'Deep Down in Your Soul'.

The song is part of Moe's new podcast 'Moe Makes Music', where he teams up with a different Kiwi musician each episode.

Check it out here: http://bit.ly/2qhxL6L

08/08/2019

A young girl knocks her front teeth out and has porcelain teeth inserted.

Listen out for "Extraction" - by Charlotte Forrester and told by Catherine Zulver - a weaving of personal memory and universals into a contemplative tapestry about teeth, porcelain and geology.

It's the final story in this batch of Page Numbers. Hear it on RNZ's Nine to Noon tomorrow.

07/08/2019

The desert is fascinating, wonderful. But it can be dangerous, and has the power to change perception and people’s behaviour.

Hear Anna Rankin's "Form Into Crystals", on Nine to Noon on RNZ tomorrow, told by Chelsea Bognuda.

06/08/2019

Aotearoa in the far future. A major mining company has fracking rights, not just offshore, but in-shore.
But it’s festival night and a mother and son join the crowds on the waterfront...

You can hear "Harvest" by Cassandra Barnett, told by Tina Cook, tomorrow on Nine to Noon.

05/08/2019

Henry, a middle-aged dad and eternal skateboarder takes a day off to skate in the city and connect with the new generation.

Listen to "A Skate in Town", written and told by Max Olijnyk. Tomorrow on Nine to Noon.

Part of Page Numbers 2019.

02/08/2019

First up in the next batch of Page Numbers is "Heatwave" by Sinead Anne Overbye.

A sweltering summer holiday, the bees are dead or dying and a young woman is torn between her parents’ social fears and her need to find her own way.

Listen out for "Heatwave", told by Francesca Emms, on Monday's Nine to Noon.

29/07/2019

A fresh batch of short stories will be hitting the airwaves.

Tune in to Nine to Noon on RNZ to catch a new tale from Page Numbers 2019 every morning next week!

If you missed any last time you can listen to them here:

https://www.rnz.co.nz/collections/short-stories

A collection of audio about Short Stories.

08/07/2019

Flamin' oath!
The last time we heard Ken Oath it was late last year and he was having what sounded like a heart attack live on air.

We had no idea if we’d hear from him again but, at long last, he’s returned – fully recovered it seems.

Go Ahead Caller - back this Friday!

27/06/2019

We often imagine we hated our time at high school and were glad to leave - but time and distance separates the good from the bad.

"Specimen" is a short story by Madison Hamill, a new graduate of Victoria University of Wellington's International Institute of Modern Letters.
Tune in to Nine to Noon tomorrow morning to hear "Specimen" told by Francesca Emms.

26/06/2019

Writer Charlotte Forrester explores small moments; a pit stop near a bridge to nowhere, sheets on a line, a plastic bag sailing in the air...

Listen out for her story "At the Edge of the World", told by Catherine Zulver, tomorrow morning on Nine to Noon.

25/06/2019

Where is home and where do we belong when we have lived in so many different places?

"Saturday Market in Gondar" is a brand new story by Alie Benge and you can hear it on RNZ tomorrow morning!

Told by Hannah Banks (of My Accomplice), "Saturday Market in Gondar" is part of Page Numbers 2019.

24/06/2019

Distance and time changes people and alters their perspectives on the past...

Next up in Page Numbers is "The Garden" written by Michelle Rahurahu Scott.

It's told by Cohen Holloway of The Māori Sidesteps and plays on Nine to Noon tomorrow morning, so make sure you're tuned in to RNZ!

23/06/2019

Any good domestic Chinese kitchen has a cleaver. In fact, it's almost all you need to prepare food - but only if you know how to use it...

“Cleaver” is a brand new short story by Rose Lu.

Listen out for "Cleaver", told by Nikita Tu-Bryant, tomorrow morning on Nine to Noon.

20/06/2019

Page Numbers is back!

We've got a bunch of brand new stories by writers from Victoria University of Wellington's International Institute of Modern Letters, and The University of Auckland's MA course.

Listen out for the first five on RNZ's Nine to Noon every day next week.

12/05/2019

Have you seen our new Storytime platform?

08/10/2018

Cool news alert!

“What Are You Supposed to Be?” by Paul Beavis has been selected as a 2018 White Raven.
The annual White Raven catalogue recommends the best books in the field of international children’s and youth literature.

RNZ sure picked a goodie to make into a video book!

What Are You Supposed to Be? - from a collection of audio about Children's Treasure Chest.

14/05/2018

We are so pleased that Joy Cowley has been made a Member of the Order of New Zealand.
Yay for Children's literature! Yay for Kiwi writers! Yay for stories!

To celebrate, here's one of our favourites by Joy Cowley, this is 'Dunger' told by Simon Kevin Leary and Victoria Abbott.
Enjoy!

https://www.radionz.co.nz/collections/storytime-treasure-chest/dunger

Dunger by Joy Cowley - from a collection of audio about Children's Treasure Chest.

10/05/2018

"I wished I had talked with her more... I wished all the things you wish when someone you love is no longer there and you can’t reach out to them, you can’t really do anything.
You lie in the dark alone with your thoughts and you keep it all inside.
Or you get up and you make yourself a cup of instant coffee and sit at your keyboard, and you start writing.
The first words I wrote were: Dear Mum."

https://www.radionz.co.nz/collections/short-stories/dear-mum-by-steve-braunias

Dear Mum by Steve Braunias - from a collection of audio about Short Stories.

18/04/2018

Today on The Reading we heard Marguerite Tait-Jamieson reading 'Volcano' by Mia Gaudin.

It's part of Page Numbers 2018 - where we've teamed up with the IIML at Victoria University of Wellington to bring you the freshest short stories from a very talented bunch of writers.

Have a listen...

https://www.radionz.co.nz/collections/short-stories/page-numbers-2018-new-writing-from-iiml-at-vuw

Page Numbers 2018 - New Writing from IIML at VUW - from a collection of audio about Short Stories.

12/04/2018

Page Numbers is back!

We've got some brand new pieces of original writing from the graduating writers at Victoria University of Wellington's International Institute of Modern Letters.

After its broadcast on RNZ's Nine to Noon, each story will appear in the Page Numbers 2018 collection so you can listen again or share it with friends.

https://www.radionz.co.nz/collections/short-stories

A collection of audio about Short Stories.

27/03/2018

Yesterday was World Theatre Day!

Why not celebrate by listening to 'Encore', the story of NZ Theatre by Standing Room Only's Lynn Freeman?

http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/encore-the-story-of-new-zealand-theatre

The past, present and future of theatre in Aotearoa.

20/03/2018

A witch with no cat? We can't have that!

Joy H Davidson's delightful 'Witch's Cat Wanted, Apply Within' is now in the Treasure Chest.
Read by Francesca Emms

http://www.radionz.co.nz/collections/storytime-treasure-chest

A collection of audio about Children's Treasure Chest.

05/03/2018

Seven sisters make seven kites - and Matariki is born!

"The Seven Kites of Matariki" by Calico McClintock is a magical tale, and a very special addition to the Treaure Chest.
Read by Acushla-Tara Kupe.

Have a listen here:
http://www.radionz.co.nz/collections/storytime-treasure-chest/the-seven-kites-of-matariki-by-calico-mcclintock

The Seven Kites of Matariki by Calico McClintock - from a collection of audio about Children's Treasure Chest.

12/02/2018

Today is World Radio Day!

Wikipedia tells us that WRD ' is about celebrating radio, why we love it and why we need it today more than ever.'

http://www.radionz.co.nz/topics/plays-stories

Plays & Stories:
Dramatic works, comedies, book readings and children's stories from some of NZ’s best writers and actors.