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Whau Pasifika outraged at Auckland Council for arts cuts deliberation. Audio

AI art generating software now allows anyone to make their own artwork in seconds, simply using text prompts.

But that's left many in the creative industry asking if Artificial Intelligence is a tool… Audio

A Pasifika art gallery in Christchurch has attracted nearly eight thousand Pacific people to walk through its doors since it opened in July 2022. 
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Following a decade-long professional rugby career in France, Mikaera Te Whata didn't join the media, open a sports store or head back to the family farm.

Instead, a love of French cuisine inspired… Audio

Luke Cornish spent years making his latest documentary, Keep Stepping, which follows two young women on their journey to prepare for Destructive Steps - Australia's largest street dance competition… Audio

Gigantic colourful sculptures tower in an artist's landscaped garden wonderland on Banks Peninsula. Built in 1881, a grand historic house in Akaroa welcomes visitors to wander its colourful terraces… Audio, Gallery

It's a beautiful mystery. Two stunning photos of a local man mailed to a Dunedin art gallery with a handwritten note and a polite request - "Please give one of the photos to the man in picture and… Video, Audio

Falepipi He Mafola Niuean Handcraft Group (Falepipi He Mafola) will celebrate their 30 years with an exhibition at Ma¯ngere Arts Centre - Nga Tohu O Uenuku over eight weeks. Susana Lei'ataua took some… Audio

Elizabeth Kerr talks with Bryan Crump about her online music review blog, Five Lines. Audio

It's Mother's day on Sunday, which for many is a lovely day to celebrate and for others a day that brings up grief. Artist and photographer Deborah Smith has been running art workshops for bereaved… Audio

Gabrielle Zevin is the best selling author of ten novels - the latest of which is about video games, art, friendship, love, identity and overcoming. Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow tells the story… Audio

Author and art writer Megan Dunn joins Kim to talk about two current shows with very different approaches to displaying public art collections. Audio, Gallery

Now we're crossing to Craig Ashworth - our Local Democracy Reporter in Taranaki where councillors in New Plymouth have been warned that a push for more Maori art risks treading on artistic freedom. Audio

Louisa Lim is no stranger to controversy - her first book The People's Republic of Amnesia - Tiananmen Revisited resulted in her being unable to visit mainland China for years. When the Hong Kong… Audio

So'omalo Iteni Schwalger had never been to an exhibition curated by Pasifika people... He left switch, code, reverse deeply impressed.

You love their work, but are seriously disturbed by what you've learnt about the person - can you separate an artist's work from their personal life? It's a question explored by New York Times writer… Audio

The Covid years were tough ones for the arts sector - and now it's facing extra challenges amid a cost of living crisis. A new funding platform - the first and only one dedicated to the arts and… Audio

Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Susie to talk about how the planned referendum on establishing a permanent indigenous body to advise Parliament and enshrine it in the Constitution has… Audio

The over 70 countries are gearing up to compete at the 26th World Championships of Performing Arts in LA this year. It's often been cited as the Official "Talent Olympics" and is broadcast on TV in… Audio

Cyclone Gabrielle was almost the final nail in the coffin for Whangarei's $33 million Hundertwasser Art Centre - which has barely been open a year - but a ratepayer bailout has saved the facility… Audio

Cuts to the arts sector would have a significant impact on independent creators in Auckland - that's according to the director of an annual Maori theatre festival. This is a proposed 36 million dollar… Audio

An international collaboration between Dutch and New Zealand artists sees the opening of a new exhibition, 'Smells like Roses - Rozengeur' at Foxton's Mapuna Kabinet Art Gallery. We're joined by… Audio

Music from two Arts- Art Farmer's take on 'Straight No Chaser' and Art Pepper's version of 'Brazil'. Plus NZ jazz from Charmaine Ford and Vaughn Roberts, and the SFJazz Collective plays Michael… Audio