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Hand-picked productions from England, Brazil, Ireland, France and Aotearoa have kick started The New Zealand International Festival of the Arts in Wellington. Audio

Several New Zealand arts companies are preparing to sell themselves to visiting International Arts Festival directors at the APAM showcase. Audio

Bridie Lonie and Allan Baddock talk about plans for a creative hub and New Zealand's answer to creative cities like Barcelona, Glasgow and Newcastle. Audio

It's not quite bigger than Ben Hur but it's close - with four opera singers, two choirs and the NZSO, a Stravinsky double bill is opening the New Zealand International Arts Festival tonight. Audio

A krumper, a flipper, and a Samoan jazz/ballet dancer are just some of the members of Lima Dance in Auckland who hit the stage at Mangere Arts Centre last week. Sonia Sly was recently in Auckland and… 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

A round-up of new dealer gallery shows, and fear and abstract art. Audio

Dr Peter Shand assesses the exhibition that brings together for the first time the first 20 winners of the country's longest running art award. Audio

Senior curator at the Auckland Art Gallery, discussing the exhibition, Renaissance: 15th and 16th Century Italian Paintings from the Accademia Carrara, Bergamo. Audio

Sonia Sly meets quirky landscape painter Tony Bishop, part of the thriving creative community in Invercargill. Audio

Kate Mead, who 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.Due to copyright… Audio

Joystick ninja Matt Maguire rescues princesses and saves the Earth countless times in many levels of gaming platforms... the many ways to play - gaming hardware. Audio

The announcement of the delayed reopening of Christchurch Art Gallery and the discovery of what's thought to be the earliest copy of the Mona Lisa. Audio

Getting the one drop on riddim, rocksteady, ska and roots and culture with deejay and toaster Miles Buckingham. Audio

More than eighty years ago, a devastating earthquake struck Hawke's Bay, killing 261 people and destroying most of the buildings in central Napier. Audio

Weta Digital is one of the most innovative visual effects studios in the world with Lord of the Rings, King Kong, Avatar and Rise of the Planet of the Apes on its CV. Audio

Joystick ninja Matt Maguire has had to rescue many princesses and save the Earth countless times in his almost three decades of gaming so far... what (a gamer) would like for Christmas, well a… Audio

Pippin Barr is a New Zealander who lectures on and designs video games. He's a keen gamer but also has a scholarly understanding of how these games are changing our lives. One of his acclaimed game… Audio

We cross to Lyttleton to get an update on the hard working arts community, with the indomitable Harbour Arts Collective battling to keep the quake damaged township humming and to secure it an arts… Audio

We catch up with the first year graduates whose progress we've been following with interest - and admiration - throughout 2011. One of them is now living and dancing in Amsterdam. Audio

Introducing the new artistic director of the 2013 festival - it's a homecoming for Shelagh Margadza. Audio

Senior Curator at the Auckland Art Gallery - Toi o Tamaki, discussing the work of the Italian architects Andrea Palladio and Carlo Scarpa, and sculptor Antonio Canova. Audio

Sonia Sly gets a rare chance to talk with some of the 'Special FX' wizards of Weta Digital. Audio

Kate Mead, who 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... Montserrat Figueras… Audio

Courtney remembers New Plymouth artist Don Driver, who died last week, and looks at the new Prospect exhibition at City Gallery in Wellington. Audio