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In front of a Wellington audience, composer Ross Harris, film-maker Louis Sutherland and poets Geoff Cochrane and Bill Manhire discuss differences and similarities in their approaches to creativity… Video, Audio

Taarati Taiaroa is a lecturer in visual arts at Manukau Institute of Technology - on the Tautai Pacific Arts network's programme of populating Wikipedia pages. Audio

The Fred Hollows Foundation in New Zealand says the new regional eye care centre in Solomon Islands will fill an important training gap for tertiary eye care in the Pacific. Audio

Public art works tend to be polarizing - loved or loathed, embraced as a welcome addition to a community or resented because of the cost or the look of the work. Should the public have a say in… Audio

Courtney Johnston, Director of The Dowse discusses Shannon Te Ao at City Gallery, Seraphine Pick at The Dowse, and live horses as art in New York. Audio, Gallery

An art heist in Whanganui has left gallery staff upset and police with no leads. Five works by artist, Rick Rudd, were stolen from the i-Site gallery on Taupo Quay, just before the floods on 20 June… Audio, Gallery

Survival expert John Hudson is a former helicopter pilot for the British Royal Air Force, who trains RAF instructors in advanced survival, and wrote the manual they use in training. He's also trained… Audio, Gallery

Shona Hammond Boys has spent five decades passionately advocating for children to express themselves through art. She's an artist, teacher, writer founder and director of the NZ Children's Art Houses… Video, Audio, Gallery

The man who's leading the charge to rebuild Christchurch's historic arts centre, André Lovatt has ambitious plans beyond restoring the bricks and mortar. He's spearheading the 290 million dollar… Audio

Hannah Rothschild is a filmmaker, company director, and writer for Vanity Fair, The Telegraph, The Times, The New York Times, The Spectator, and Vogue. She is the co-founder of the Artists on Film… Audio

Mary Kisler is the Senior Curator, Mackelvie Collection, International Art, at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki. She will discuss what she is discovering in Europe and the UK on the trail of… Audio, Gallery

Amelia Nurse visits ArtsPost Gallery in Hamilton to look at the finalists' entries for the annual Fieldays No. 8 Wire National Art Award. She talks with winning artist Rebecca Rose from Titirangi and… Audio, Gallery

Creative New Zealand's released the results of its three-yearly survey into New Zealanders' attitudes, attendance and participation in the arts in 2014. Nine out of ten Kiwis have either attended or… Audio

Michael Cubey is a painter, and the Executive Director and Head of Creative Workspaces, running the property portfolio at Bow Arts, an artists' studio provider and educational charity that operates a… Audio

An exhibition of album and poster art from the 70s and 80s opens at the Auckland Library this weekend. We speak to graphic designer Terence Hogan who designed covers for Toy Love, Techtones and the… Audio

Courtney Johnston, director of The Dowse, discusses Matariki festival in Wellington, an artist on the 20 pound note, and five years of talking about art on this show. Audio, Gallery

Graham Fagan is one of Scotland's best known and influential artists, and he has recently showed works at the Venice Art Biennale. One of Graham's installations this year brings together four giant TV… Audio

It's taken twenty years but the Auckland suburb of Glen Innes finally has its own venue solely for the arts. Te Oro Glen Innes Music and Arts Centre wants to bring young people together to, in their… Audio

Art fraud is a serious crime and with forgeries flooding the market, it has decimated the multi-million dollar market for Aboriginal. Sydney has hosted a symposium on art crime, including a speech… Audio

Dr Rangihiroa Panoho has 22 years professional experience as a leading New Zealand curator and art historian and his specialist areas are Maori, Pacific, New Zealand and international indigenous art… Audio, Gallery

Wellington based singer-songwriter previews her New Zealand tour on behalf of Arts on Tour. Audio

Is graffiti street art or vandalism? Why does the sight of a block wall covered in bright spray paint incite such strong feelings in many? Auckland University sociologist Dr Ronald Kramer argues that… Audio, Gallery

District Court Judge, and member of Interpol's DNA Monitoring Expert Group, with a special interest in crimes involving artistic masterpieces. He discusses the two thefts of two versions of Edvard… Audio

Art meets fashion in exhibitions in Wellington and Dunedin. Audio

Month of Perfomance Art: Berlin is an artist-run event is in its fifth year and attracts performers from around the world. Recent arrival in Berlin; New Zealand Korean performer Samin Son is… Audio