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Two projects have combined forces to bring artists back into the centre of Christchurch. Art Beat is a three month music, performance, exhibition and graffiti art initiative at Re:START in Cashel… Audio

PNG's Speaker of parliament defends his plans to remove artefacts from the parliament building amid a public outcry and claims that he is destroying the country's cultural heritage. Audio

Despite it being the most popular degree, the Bachelor of Arts is still seen by some as a 'nothing' degree. Audio

Round up of the year in the arts. Audio

Senior Curator at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, discussing the exhibition Freedom Farmers : New Zealand Artists Growing Ideas. Audio

Shading in the heroes and villains of an animated realm is graphic novelist Dylan Horrocks... From Earth's End:The Best of New Zealand Comics, by Adrian Kinnaird. Audio

Unitec in Auckland is shedding staff from its design and visual arts department and bringing in professionals to work with students. We hear from those behind the move and those opposed to it. Audio

Ethnomusicologist Dr Kirsten Zemke on the musical genre defined by four key stylistic elements - rapping, DJing/scratching, sampling, and beatboxing. Tonight, the recent wave of young female rappers. Audio

A new Yvonne Todd moving image work called Denim Seagull; NZ artists growing colourful ideas and farming freedom; and art with a social conscience - begging vs. censorship. Audio

The American Samoa governor to stop state workers from preparing Christmas skits during work hours, after public complaints. Audio

Senior Curator at the Auckland Art Gallery discusses: John Panting: Spatial Constructions; Peter Robinson: Cuts and Junctures; and State of the Art: Reproductive Prints from the Renaissance to Now. Audio

World Bank opens a new facility to help warn Vanuatu about the threat of natural disasters. Audio

A Samoan business fair in South Auckland had officials talking of how the New Zealand-Samoa business relationship can improve. Audio

Curator of Contemporary Art at Auckland Art Gallery previews current exhibition of NZ artists: Freedom Farmers. Audio

Founder and director of Christchurch's Arts on Tour previews 2014 season. Audio

Cliff Whiting, Te Wha-nau-a-Apanui, ONZ, is an artist, heritage advocate and teacher. His 50-year career includes restoring and building marae, meeting house decoration, and bringing modern techniques… Audio

The diversity of Pasifika contributions to the arts in New Zealand and internationally were celebrated in Wellington last night. Audio

Swaying to the contemporary arts and culture from around the Pacific is Samoan/Pakeha playwright and independent theatre producer Leilani Unasa... a track of theatre in South Auckland over the last 2… Audio

The death of art philosopher Arthur C Danto and the revelation of a stash of Nazi-looted art in Germany. Audio

An art installation about the anarchist who tried to blow up the Wanganui Computer in 1982 is provoking debate in a small rural Taranaki community. Audio

A push in the Cook Islands for more recognition of the creative arts. Audio

Can social media solve the problems of love? Justin Gregory meets Melissa Fergusson from Charlatan Clinic, a theatre company whose new show wants to find out. Audio

Getting the one drop on riddim, rocksteady, ska and roots and culture with deejay and toaster Miles Buckingham - this time 'Clive gets long pants'. Audio

The Life and Art of Lynley Dodd by Finlay MacDonald. Published by Penguin. Reviewed by Sonja de Freiz. Audio

The art world is agog after a treasure trove of art stolen by the Nazis was found in a shabby flat in Munich. Audio