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Palm trees, turquoise lagoons, trade winds, music wafting on the breeze - Amelia Nurse takes us along as she discovers the music of the Cook Islands. Audio

Good arts policy should come out of accurate information and strong data. Who better to provide that than the sector itself? Auckland arts advocates the Creative Coalition have mapped what they call… Audio

Exploring the contemporary arts and culture from around the Pacific is writer and curator Ema Tavola. The publication SOUTH Issue 2. Audio

Ten years ago Steve Carr was the first artist invited to exhibit at the then brand new Michael Lett gallery in Auckland. Audio

Senior Curator at the Auckland Art Gallery discussing the controversial Museum of Old and New Art,in Tasmania. Audio

Getting the one drop on riddim, rocksteady, ska and roots and culture with deejay and toaster Miles Buckingham... the beginnings of rocksteady. Note: due to copyright restrictions, all music has been… Audio

Guest arts commentator and director of the Academy of Fine Arts discusses the potential for the arts in Christchurch to occupy new territory this year. Audio

Actor and director Rachel House, sculptor Neil Dawson and singer-songwriter Don McGlashan explore the background to their work as artists with Paul Bushnell. Sailing writer Matt Vance also… Audio

Filmmaker Mark Albiston, poet Greg O'Brien and composer and musician Warren Maxwell talk about what motivates them with Paul Bushnell. Wine writer John Saker also contributes. Audio

Film director Fiona Samuel, performance artist Shigeyuki Kihara and singer-songwriter Ruia Aperahama discuss their very different approaches to creating art with Paul Bushnell. Music critic Nick… Audio

The city of Napier is famous for its art deco buildings built following the 1931 earthquake that devestated the area. Audio

Christchurch-based musician David Thorpe often tours as a multi-instrumentalist and one man band, but his greatest love affair has been with the humble harmonica. Audio

Gail Pittaway's been reading the beautifully illustrated and photographed, behind-the-scenes, tome of The Hobbit movie's artwork by Weta Workshop. HarperCollins are the publisher. Audio

Jivester, editor and publisher Fergus Barrowman just goes giddy at a snazzy bebop beat. Music played: 1. 'Darkling I Listen' from Jasmine Lovell-Smith, 'Fortune Songs' (Paintbox Records 2012); 2. 'All… Audio

Creative New Zealand explains why two well respected online sites devoted to critiquing the arts - theatreview and EyeContact have both lost their funding, while theatreview's founder John Smythe… Audio

An exhibition of art that's no longer 'art', a conclusion to the squabble between the American tax department and the heirs of a New York art dealer, and different approaches to showing collections in… Audio

A fundraising appeal's been launched targeting people who love the gallery. Mayor Annette Main talks about what work needs to be done on the hundred year old gallery. Audio

Mary discusses a new exhibition at the Auckland Art Gallery, Partner Dance: Gifts from the Patrons of the Gallery, which celebrates 25 years of patrons' gifts. Audio

Kate Mead plays good cello and hosts Sound Lounge on Radio New Zealand Concert, raises her bow on both contemporary classical music plus recent releases of old masters... 'carols' in keeping with the… Audio

Last weekend producers' association SPADA held its 20th Annual Conference to discuss where film and television are heading. The recent Kim Dotcom shenanigans have thrown a spotlight on what are… Audio

The work of American Martha Rosler and White Fungus project The Consumers of the Future, both the subject of two small exhibitions at the Adam Art Gallery on until end of January. Audio

It's been estimated that one New Zealander in five has a tattoo of some sort. Audio

Historian Mark Derby and documentary painter Bob Kerr collaborate to remember the 1912 miners' strike in Waihi. Audio

Joystick ninja and editor of Gameplanet Matt Maguire rescues princesses and saves the Earth countless times in many levels of gaming platforms... will piracy mean the end of the gaming industry? Audio

A behind the scenes tour of the renovated National Library, a previously leaky home to New Zealand's precious documents. Taxpayers have put in around $65 million for the refit. What do we get for our… Audio