Wellington, you’re not too fugly… #averagepicsofnz

Anyone else hearing Because I’m Cool (aka Randriaharimalala’s Karmacola!) from Wong Kar-wai’s Fallen Angels, when looking at these?

Here’s my fun Cabo Verde story, as a hooman from Aotearoa… not football related tho heh heh. www.theguardian.com/music/2016/m...

So very much my happy place tonight!

Stoked for this. Apple make some good choices huh! www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/w...

Huge congratulations to everyone at the Wellington Film Society Brian De Palma Phantom of the Paradise for NOT having a single phone on during the screening. No Wellington Wearher emergency alerts! Splendid. Also… Big waves coming huh!

One crib, three writing residencies in beautiful Kaka Point in The Catlins, Otago. Applications for the The Tuwhare Residency Programme close Sunday, 28 June 2026. honetuwhare.org.nz/tuwhare-resi... #writers #writing

Such a Monday vibe… 😂

OMG. Chemtrails! 😂

Spielberg+Williams has been a specific beauty I’m so grateful to have been on the ride for. It’s so late Hollywood

✨The Shortlist 2026!✨ DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL, Matt Dinniman  THE DREAM HOTEL, Laila Lalami LUMINOUS, Silva Park THERE IS NO ANTIMEMETICS DIVISION, qntm WHEN THERE ARE WOLVES AGAIN, E.J. Swift THE SALT ORACLE, Lorraine Wilson This year’s winner will be announced on Weds 12 August.

As ever loving Wellingtons best night on #RadioActiveFM and double plus good knowing #DannyBoy is in the studio with #Coda for the start of the evening! Gosh they’ve been part of some delightful evenings! Lovely.

I talked to Kane Parsons about his incredible journey from turning a 4chan meme into a viral horror webseries at 16 years old and then the deeply unnerving feature film ‘Backrooms’—which is shattering A24’s record for opening weekend box office:

Office views for astronauts during a spacewalk 248 miles above Earth 👨‍🚀

We were talking about Navigator this morning and there were a few folks who’d not heard Nick Bollinger’s entry in season 2 of the Essential NZ Albums podcast. So I thought I should share that! www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/esse...

TBH I’m listening to The Session on #RadioActiveFM and just keeping an occasional eye on the #AMA’s glad I did - grinned from ear to ear at the always decent human Tami Neilson’s speech. Damn straight. www.instagram.com/reel/DY4CoqL...

Alien is 47 today. It's like a big brother to me 🤩 A brother I met a little too soon, admittedly.

We've just heard the terribly sad news that Dame Jools Topp passed away on May 23rd after a long battle with breast cancer; she and her twin sister Lynda had just celebrated their 68th birthdays. Farewell to one of Aotearoa's bravest Untouchable Girls. www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/the...

Rest well Dame Jools Topp. You were awesome. And kind. And strong. May I strongly recommend Leanne Pooley’s fantastic doco #UntouchableGirls from 2009 (even if you’ve seen it before). Impossible not to love these remarkable kiwis. www.nzonscreen.com/videos/the-t...

OK. Listened to this intently and not only does it evoke Oscar and Eli’s drama so well it’s absolutely hitting the cues I needed for what is a period piece. I’m going to have to try and hunt down cheap flight now. This book blew my mind. The original film made me grin (albeit with a ‘huh’!)

Ans Westra’s work has always fascinated me. Wellington streetscapes in particular are a glimpse into the past of the city I adore. There’s absolutely crucial cultural documentation that still sparks conversation to this day - and utter beauty too. www.wcl.govt.nz/news/the-wor...

Super cool NZ On Screen is live, would be super nice I could tag #NZonScreen on Bluesky tho… hint hint… How NZ On Screen is making homegrown content more accessible! www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

Fun to see the first films for this years #NZIFF announced. Hoping for a fuller festival this year. And honestly who wouldn’t love a film titled Ghost in the Cell! www.nziff.co.nz/2026/nziff-2...

#CubaStreetTaven represents something very special - people who are saving some of the most special urban fabric of the city I love. Tonight s-ence deliver once again. Always so good to have Matt Drake back in the 04, and it’s impossible not to be happy if you have Jen and Coda on the decks! 😍

Went for a walk along the new shared path on the Te Ara Tupua seawall, protecting the railway and a motorway from our increasingly more energy dense storms. Game changer. Valuable investment and we’ll have to do lots more like this around the motu.

Out next week on Studio Canal 4K blu-ray, Scottish director David Mackenzie directs Jeff Bridges, Chris Pine + Ben Foster in Texas Ranger thriller Hell or High Water. Taylor Sheridan's smart script offers social awareness, energy and genuine compassion. 4 out of 5 film-authority.com/2026/05/14/h...

Can my night get better? Great performance (again!) of Modern God by the utterly kick arse #FootnoteDance at Circa, then Matt Drake is guesting on #RadioActiveFM with the Floor team.

President of the jury at Cannes Film Festival 2026 Park Chan-wook reflects on his time at the festival over the years ⭐️ Follow Festival de Cannes on Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/festival_cannes

Nice work here. I will be never not love this film.

For everyone at #CannesCkassics tonight I hope (I’m sure) the 4K restoration of the wonderful Pan’s Labyrinth will be a stunner. TBH test of the programme this year also looks great! Hope we get Sugata Sanshiro at #nziff this year… and the Chris Marker doco!!!

Happy birthday, David Attenborough! Scientists gifted him a tiny wasp namesake (to add to a menagerie that includes a genus of marine reptiles from the Early Jurassic, a critically endangered echidna, multiple plants, insects and spiders, and a ghost shrimp)

Seems like a great thing to listen to on Sire David Attenborough’s 100th birthday. What an inspirational human - I hope he is having an utterly wonderful day!

This is why it's important authors read a lot, Murakami has no idea this has been done already

So the @tvnz.bsky.social TVNZ+ tvOS app (and sounds like other platforms also) is still utterly foooked isn’t it. How utterly embarrassing for the supposedly big kid broadcaster. The service will stabilize and improve my arse… a week and it’s still crap.

I saw #Exit8 last night at the always excellent Roxy Cinema in Wellington, and can’t really top the @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net here - very satisfying and constructed filmmaking. #2wr Infinite Loop www.rnz.co.nz/life/screens...

INFERNO. 18 TRACKS. 70 MINUTES. 2xLP, CD, DIGITAL. 29 MAY 2026. boardsofcanada.com

Tearepa is such a wonderful fit for this mahi

So the updated #TVNZ+ tvOS app is bloody hopeless innit. How did this pass testing??? So many buffering issues. Unresponsive ‘back’. Gah. Not what I need during a stormy night #firstworldproblems

Medium sized pod of dolphins heading into the harbour past Karaka Bays 9:36am Reported by Alistair Holmes #WhaleWatch #Wellington

The aching love for this pale blue dot…

FYI, this gallery has all the photos NASA is sharing from Artemis II in one place, with descriptions.

Compulsory today I guess… With a special nod to Kelly who used to sing this with me at the Kingslander after a beer or two… #WeLikeTheMoon youtu.be/I9MZNEXrElw?...

A really nice story about how 'Pō Atarau' ended up on the soundtrack of Project Hail Mary. One thing I would add is that the 1976 master tape was preserved and digitised by the Alexander Turnbull Library. That's why it was discoverable. thespinoff.co.nz/pop-culture/...

People are buzzing about hearing ‘Pō Atarau’ by the Turakina Māori Girls' Choir pop up – often unexpectedly – in Project Hail Mary. It was originally released in 1976 on the Viking label, one of the most important and prolific NZ-owned record labels of all-time. As Simon Grigg says, "Viking was...

Normally it’s a cheese scone and perfect coffee at #SwimsuitCoffee - but I have to say this hot cross bun is a very very fine alternative ☕️

A lesson in alt text…

@nzonscreen is such a great resource! Super writers like Dan, our most special content… a platform for the culture and business of these crazy formats we love !

Who would have thought we’d see Max and Liam with the same points at this stage of the #F1 season!