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1:20 PM.The play Everest Untold, by Gareth Davies, tells the little known story of New Zealand mountaineer George Lowe and British Mount Everest Expedition army Colonel Sir John Hunt; the men who in 1953… Read more Audio

1:00 PM.Davinia Caddy from the University of Auckland School of Music looks ahead to next week's concerto competition and graduation gala concert. Three soloists are vying for $15,000 prize money and the… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Photographer Fiona Pardington was named a Knight (Chevalier) in the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Prime Minister on Sunday. The award is for Pardington's research into the collections held… Read more Audio

1:00 PM.The Nelson School of Music's heritage auditorium is closed because of earthquake risk and about to undergo a major redevelopment which will transform the 121 year old building. Nelson musician and… Read more Audio

1:37 PM.Music Director of the Orpheus Choir Brent Stewart spreads his net wider with a performance of Vaughan Williams' epic work A Sea Symphony. Inspired by the poetry of Walt Whitman, this choral symphony… Read more Audio

1:40 PM.The Kapiti Chorale gives the premiere of American composer Robert Hanson's oratorio Hiawatha this weekend. Robert is also a premiere conductor in Chicago and was leader of the Elgin Symphony Orchestra… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Auckland jazz singer and pianist Julie Mason talks about her sixth album Layers of Disguise, her first after many years where illness prevented her from performing. Audio

1:00 PM.Dr. Sherr is a specialist in Holocaust remembrance music, as a composer, producer and lecturer. He's a guest of the New Zealand School of Music to attend the Australasian premiere of his sonata for… Read more Audio

1:40 PM.Irish comedian Tommy Tiernan has a reputation for being controversial due to his ability to make fun of each country's scared cows. What he will pillory on his Out of the Whirlwind New Zealand tour… Read more Audio

1:00 PM.Director Frances Moore brings her company UnstuckOpera to Auckland's Basement Theatre for the first time. She's directing Purcell's Dido and Aeneas recomposed and conducted by Alex Taylor. Singers run… Read more Audio

1:45 PM.Victoria Columbus leads the Contemporary Dance programme at the New Zealand School of Dance. Third year student Tristan Carter is working with her on the students' choreographic season, where the… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.The New Zealand International Comedy Festival is underway this week bringing well known international and local comics to Wellington and Auckland. But they all had to start somewhere. Zoë George… Read more Audio

1:00 PM.It's 20 years since some of the members of Split Enz and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra got together to record ENZSO. The album, which featured classic Split Enz songs arranged by the band's… Read more Audio

1:45 PM.Juliette Sivertsen explores the serious business of clowning and tries to find her inner clown with group The White Face Crew in Auckland. Read more Audio

1:30 PM.Visual artist Sam Dollimore's latest exhibition a/part at Toi Poneke explores the way we look at our own bodies and how our perceptions can become so warped that we don't recognise ourselves. Audio

1:00 PM.New Zealand Dance Week is a national event dedicated to all forms of rhythmical movement. DANZ CEO Anton Carter on the strength of the art form in New Zealand; national events throughout the week, and… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra Welcome Maestro concert is reviewed by Peter Hoar. New Music Director Giordano Bellincampi conducts Ligeti Atmospheres, Mozart Symphony 40 and Strauss Ein Heldenleben. Audio

1:09 PM.Executive Director of The Arts Foundation, Simon Bowden talks about the success of its crowdfunding website Boosted with $2 million raised for New Zealand arts. Audio

1:00 PM.Actor Director Michael Hurst knows his Shakespeare better than most. A few years ago he created No Holds Barred his hilarious take on all his favourite Shakespearean heroes bundled into one solo show… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.The NZ Secondary Schools Students Choir is celebrating thirty years with an Anzac Weekend conference in Wellington. Music Director Andrew Withington and current choir leader Anna Dong highlight the… Read more Audio

1:30 PM.Giordano Bellincampi, the new Music Director of the Auckland Philharmonia lays out his philosophy for the Orchestra. The Italian/ Danish maestro conducts three concerts over the next few weeks which… Read more Audio