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After a trip to China last year, Dutch-New Zealand artist Gerda Leenards has tried to recreate the feeling of gliding along a river, in her art. She explains what drew her to China. Audio

Arts report with Lynn Freeman. This week, looking at a punk documentary - and a gallery refreshed. Audio

We talk to Anne Rodda and Maggie Gresson, members of a new working party set up to make sure the arts get a fair go under the new Auckland super city structure. Audio

We take you through the flash revamped main gallery at the Christchurch Art Gallery, which will house old favourites and hidden treasures in the gallery's collection. Audio

The Tasman District Council has signalled it will reject financial support for a 28 million dollar performing arts centre to be built in neighbouring Nelson. Audio

Today, British TV producer Gareth Wiley and from Auckland, Silo Theatre's Artistic associate Oliver Driver talking about reintroducing the ensemble model. Audio

From auction houses to Trade Me - arts commentator Courtney Johnston looks at the options for buying art. Audio

Lynn Freeman chats with the talented offspring of some of our most celebrated creative minds. We end up at the theatre, and also hear about the power and influence of words on our young. Audio

Art collecting for children and young adults. Audio

Mackelvie Curator of International Art at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, discussing five works by Picasso, Braque, Dalí, Derain and Matisse that have never been exhibited before in New… Audio

Simon Morrison finds out about a new exhibition of books about which someone, somewhere, has said "You can't write that". Also, the story of a dance troupe who are age-ist and perfectly happy about… Audio

It's that time again, when Wellington begins gearing up for the biennial International Festival of the Arts. Audio

Romanian artist based in Berlin, who is currently visiting Auckland and working with prison inmates. Audio

A Canterbury artist says there are no flies on his sculpture of The Environment Minister, Nick Smith which is made entirely out of cow dung. Audio

The arts with Lynn Freeman and this week a rare interview with screenwriter Phillippa Boyens, one third of the creative powerhouse behind Lord of the Rings, King Kong and another potential blockbuster… Audio

She talks with Belgian chanteuse, Micheline Van Hautem who's performing at Tauranga and Nelson arts festivals this month. Audio

The Ministry of Education says its support for the arts, science and PE in primary schools will cease next year. We talk to Terry Crooks, Professor of Education at Otago University and co-director of… Audio

The Ministry of Education says its support for the arts, science and PE in primary schools will cease next year. Audio

Primary schools have been told that art, PE and science are to take a back seat to the three Rs. Audio

Emma Bugden, curator, Artspace - discusses the use of colour in art. Audio

The mysterious appearance of various pieces of playground equipment across Dunedin have been revealed as the work of a guerrilla artist and were not an act of protest, as first suspected. Audio

We're joined by Simon Morris for this week's arts stories. Audio

The third Maori Art Market is being held at two venues in Porirua, Pataka and Te Rauparaha arena. Audio

Lynn Freeman asks what drives people to collect stuff - from hankies and garden tools to encyclopaedias, Fords and much more. Plus, a show of robots in Wellington. Audio

Director of Playmarket, and art writer for the Dominion Post and Listener, discussing the relationship between Maori artists, public galleries, and the Maori and Pakeha-driven art worlds. Audio