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Art Ache is for the budding art-lover who wants to connect with New Zealand art, but isn't quite sure where to start. It's a twice-yearly exhibition started some five years ago in Auckland, and is now… Audio, Gallery

A traditional Pacific storytelling event debuts in New Zealand, part of the Pacific Heritage Arts Fono 2017. Audio

Auckland Art Gallery has recently hired its very first head of public engagement - bringing in an expert in the field from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Audio

One of the oldest forms of music is filling Wellington’s City Gallery this week. Throat singer and improviser Jonny Marks bring his almost meditative style of singing alive with Stroma for its… Video, Audio

Wellington chef Kelda Hains talks with Kim Hill about the hotel management assignment that changed her life, the beauty of kedgeree and why she'll never use canned tomatoes. Audio

Eleven Kiwi artists have been celebrated for their creativity this week at the Arts Foundation Awards. This year the awards recognise excellence in film, music, dance, painting, poetry, playwriting… Audio

What makes great art? Just ask Sydney Festival Director Wesley Enoch. He thinks great art should have good craft, an aesthetic and a meaning. He discusses art as activism, getting out of the comfort… Audio

Artists Patrick Hartl & Christian Hundertmark have co-authored an innovative new book that highlights the history of the contemporary urban calligraphy movement - they're on the line from Germany. Audio, Gallery

Lisa Johnston is immersed in the science of permaculture, which includes composting toilets and she reckons they don't have to be smelly at all. Audio, Gallery

One of the highest profile art collections in the country is up for auction. Glenn Schaeffer's an American art collector, philanthropist, writer and hotelier who's had a long love affair with New… Audio

People don't want to eat dessert anymore. Audio

A Tokelauan New Zealand man is fulfilling a promise to his now dead grandmother, to build and sail a vaka to raise funds for the Tokelauan bible translation project. Audio, Gallery

Auckland artist Pascal Atiga-Bridger blends elements of the Union Jack onto flags from pacific Island nations to create new flags that tell a 21st century story. He also manipulates the Union Jack… Audio, Gallery

Each recipient receives $50,000 to be used in any way they choose. Past winners include Taika Waititi, Chris Knox,  Moana Maniapoto, Eleanor Catton and Jane Campion.  Video, Audio

Writer and former Jesuit priest Michael McGirr has been on a quest to find a way to get more sleep. He explores what's going on in our bodies when we sleep and what happens if we don't get enough -… Audio

Te Papa's revamped gallery space is to be called Toi Art, opening in March 2018. A taster for the new exhibition, in the form of a book promising a fresh approach to art appreciation, Ten x Ten: Art… Audio, Gallery

Associate Professor Linda Tyler from the University of Auckland is one of the guest speakers at the Art Crime Symposium in Wellington. She's particularly interested in counterfeit Chinese porcelain in… Audio

American Rock band Everclear playing Auckland's Powerstation on October 1 They're here as part of their 20th anniversary tour celebrating the release of their album So Much for the Afterglow. The band… Audio