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Guy Mallabone is a Canadian specialist in arts philanthropy and frundraising and he's just been in the country giving tips to New Zealand arts leaders. Audio

Playmarket, an agency and script advisory service for New Zealand playwrights, has funded four staged readings of an unproduced play by Papakura playwright Maureen Fepulea'i. Audio

The joys of the smaller screen within the comforts of one's abode with Miles Buckingham. Audio

Why is it that some actors appear on our TV screens over and over again? Perhaps it's because those actors are more aware of their 'brand'. Peter Feeney and Miranda Harcourt share their experience in… Audio

Ethnomusicologist Dr Kirsten Zemke from the University of Auckland on the musical genre that developed as part of Hip Hop culture, and is defined by four key stylistic elements: rapping… Audio

The visual arts line-up for the NZ International Festival of the Arts. Audio

The Chinese have been an established community in New Zealand for more than a century, but it's only now that we're beginning to see more Asian faces within mainstream media and within the arts… Audio

Senior curator at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki talking about her art tour of northern Italy, including the Michael Parekowhai exhibition at the Venice Bienalle, and the architect Carlo… Audio

In the world of antique furniture, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and knowledge is king. Sonia Sly was fascinated to find out how modern-day craftspeople bring relics from the past back to life… Audio

A big top circus from Belgium, a punk accordion player from Finland and the world premiere of a New Zealand opera are among the three hundred shows in next year's International Arts Festival. Audio

"Many critics, no defenders, translators have but two regrets: when we hit, no one remembers, when we miss, no one forgets." (Anonymous). Amelia talks to Jean Anderson, director of the NZ Centre for… Audio

English writer Anthony Burgess once said, "Translation is not a matter of words only: it is a matter of making intelligible a whole culture." Amelia Nurse talks to Jean Anderson, director of the NZ… Audio

English writer George Borrow once said, "Translation is at best an echo." Amelia Nurse looks at four wildly different translations of a single poem by Russian poet Anna Akhmatova, with Jean Anderson… Audio

Writer Kurt Vonnegut once said, "All I require of a translator is that he or she be a more gifted writer than I am in at least two languages, one of them mine." Amelia Nurse visits Jean Anderson… Audio

Arts Voice Christchurch's Dr George Parker speaks to Arts on Sunday about a new direction for the city's arts scene with a venue inspired by the circus. Audio

Music historian and author of 'Blue Smoke: The Lost Dawn of New Zealand Popular Music 1918-1964' Chris Bourke puts the needle on long-forgotten locally produced 45s and looks at cabaret singers that… Audio

The place of art in Occupy Wall Street. Audio

John Brebner and his wife Alison run Homeprint - a company which offers workshops and courses in letterpress printing, binding, papermaking and framing. John - a retired teacher - also collects art… Audio

Matt Maguire talked to Bryan about Steve Jobs' inadvertent contribution to gaming, and the video game crash of the early '80s that almost did the industry in. Audio

Daispoadic 679, a visual arts event involving 7 Fijian artists across 6 venues. Sangeeta Singh writer, Luisa Tora, painter. Audio

Every two years Katikati holds the New Zealand Mural Contest and Arts Festival to celebrate their status as New Zealand's "Mural Town". Audio

Lynn Freeman with a story about the band Fly My Pretties and their collaboration with a street artist called Flox, whose paintings are turned into live animations on stage. Audio

Robbie Ellis from Radio New Zealand Concert raises his baton on both contemporary classical music plus recent releases of old masters... Dave Lisik & Richard Nunns, The London Quartet. Audio

The art of medical diagnosis. Audio

Sonia Sly investigates the art of cake decorating and just like the movies, it's going 3D. Audio