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Actors Paul McLaughlin, Gavin Rutherford and Renee Sheridan on location at the Princes Gate Hotel, plus hotel owner Brett Marvelly. Audio

Reviews of the Auckland Arts Festival productions of the Vietnamese Water Puppets, the opera Xerxes, and Black Grace's dance show Who Are You? Audio

Co-director Gary Keegan from the Broken Talkers on the poignant and heartwarming songcycle performed by a chorus of gay men. Audio

Courtney looks at some current exhibitions, including Crown Lynn at City Gallery Wellington and Taryn Simon at the Govett-Brewster in New Plymouth, as well as a preview of the exhibitions in the… Audio

The Christchurch Art Gallery is now the centre of the city's Civil Defence operation and reporter Lorna Perry finds out how the headquarters operates. Audio

Hundreds of tourists have spent the night in makeshift accommodation in Wellington after fleeing earthquake hit Christchurch. The tourists were flown to the capital by the Royal New Zealand Airforce… Audio

Art was mayor of the City by the Bay during its own massive 7.1 magnitude quake of 1989 and recounts some lessons learnt from that experience. Audio

Our reporter Gael Woods is at the Art Centre in Christchurch. Audio

Mackelvie Curator of International Art at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki discussing work by artists Emily Valentine, Denis O'Connor and Fiona Pardington amongst others. Audio

Warren Maxwell and Victoria Girling-Butcher are New Zealand musicians involved in a project turning the words of Witi Ihimaira into lyrics and music. Audio

Courtney Johnston discusses armchair art and archaeology, courtesy of Google. Audio

Leo Bensemann: A Fantastic Art Venture, is the name of the exhibition on at Christchurch City Gallery, and Peter Simpson has called his book, Fantasia: The World of Leo, and it's published by Auckland… Audio

Sonia Yee finds out why Francesca Geach is taking opera underground, with her company Operagasmic as it gets ready to perform Cosi Fan Tutte this week at alternative Wellington bar 'Mighty-Mighty.' Audio

Lots of princesses must be rescued, and the world must be repeatedly saved! Matt Maguire is a video game afficionado, and over the next few months he will be explaining to us the culture, the art, the… Audio

A new state of the art emergency department opens at Waikato Hospital this morning. Audio

Jennie Hasler-Jacob's is something of a local celebrity in her hometown of Balclutha. She's an award winning hair artist - driven by a passion for creating the outrageous and fantastical. Audio

Kate Mead, cellist and host of Sound Lounge on Radio New Zealand Concert, raises her bow on both contemporary and classical music, plus recent releases on old Masters. Audio

The Government's report on cultural philanthropy that came out just before Christmas, and a new private museum in Tasmania. Audio

Jennie Hasler-Jacob's 'hair art' sets her apart from the pack. She uses a range of techniques from melting and crocheting hair to create her fantastical, award winning, avant-garde designs. Sonia Yee… Audio

The Sundance Film Festival is the premiere US showcase for American and international independent film - and this time last year, Taika Waititi's feature film BOY had sell out houses. Tom Brookes of…

Former Talking Heads frontman, David Byrne has a new movie out about music and dance. It's a documentry about the singer's last tour with Brian Eno, directed by Hillman Curtis.

The controversial demolition of three historic houses in the Auckland suburb of St Heliers is set to go ahead after Council attempts to reach an agreement with the developer failed. Audio

Time to check out what's happening in the arts around the country. Audio

We're joined by Sarah Hopkinson from the Cundy-Hopkinson Gallery in Auckland. Audio

Time for a look into the world of art and culture. We're joined by Virginia Were, the editor of the magazine, Arts News. Audio