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Some of the world’s great paintings provide clues to the food served up on 17^th century tables, and how taste and diets have changed. Dr Benjamin Breen has written about the food in Renaissance… Audio

The Auckland Arts Festival comes to a close this Sunday, and has provided a feast of visual, musical and theatrical arts. Justin Gregory reviews the highly anticipated Love Me as I Am – a celebration… Audio

Pasifika Festival organisers this year are wanting to focus on re-connecting with village co-ordinators and the Pacific communities as well as gauging what festival-goers love about the festival. Audio

Sport and Arts groups say their sectors are at risk of being forgotten under the proposed Auckland Plan. They say the draft fails to recognise the contribution these sectors make to the life of the… Audio

Pacific arts community members have called out perceived institutional racism at New Zealand's government arts funding body at a conference in the country's capital. Audio

Anoushka Shankar took the audience on a powerful three-part journey through her latest album ‘Land Of Gold’ during her show at Auckland Arts Festival last night, and earned a standing ovation for her…

Te Papa’s biggest revamp in two decades has the national museum devote a third more space to art. The new Toi Art gallery spans two levels of the museum and includes works from the permanent… Audio, Gallery

Work from prominent New Zealand artists, pieces from the National Art Collection and more contemporary work will be on display at the long-awaited art gallery. Video, Audio

Te Papa's new art gallery Toi Art is being officially opened today and opens to the public tomorrow. The new art gallery will display works from the likes of Goldie, Lindauer, Ralph Hotere, Rita Angus… Audio

More than 150 contemporary and heritage Pacific artists are gathering in Wellington this week to measure the pulse of Pacific Arts and Culture in New Zealand. Audio

The New Zealand Festival is in full swing. Standing Room Only’s Lynn Freeman reflects on NZ Festival performances in Wellington this week, and turns the page to the Readers and Writers Festival. Audio

Bronwyn Holloway-Smith has been on the trail of New Zealand artist E. Mervyn Taylor's lost or imperilled modernist murals. Both detective and restorer, based at Massey University's College of Creative… Audio

Phil Dadson and his sound art group From Scratch make sounds using custom-made instruments; some involving PVC pipes, jandals. The group have a new show and exhibition at the Auckland Arts Festival… Video, Audio

On Friday Night, thousands of people gathered on Wellington's waterfront for the opening of the NZ Festival of the Arts.  Audio, Gallery

Award winning Indian-Samoan artist Tiffany Singh installs two massive and ground-breaking art works for the launch of Te Papa's new Toi Art Gallery. She uses the arts as a vehicle for health and… Audio, Gallery

More than 40,000 visitors from around the world are expected to descend on the region, as the event celebrates its 30th anniversary. Video, Audio

In 1968 twelve Pacific countries founded the University of the South Pacific which has grown to become the premier provider of tertiary education in Oceania. Audio