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1:00 PM.The Year of the Monkey will be welcomed in at a Chinese New Year Festival in Wellington on Sunday. Linda Lim is co-ordinator for the East Meets West Celebration Show. Choreographer Deirdre Tarrant… Read more Audio

1:37 PM.Kate De Goldi's acclaimed children's book The ACB With Honora Lee has been adapted by Jane Waddell. Kate and Jane join Eva to discuss the story's contemporary theme: the eccentric Honora Lee is living… Read more Audio

1:02 PM.British conductor and founding music director of Wellington's Tudor Consort early vocal ensemble previews this weekend's 30th Anniversary concert. Audio

1:01 PM.Jason Henderson is the only performer with three different shows in the Fringe Festival in Wellington. The young singer has spent the summer creating cabaret acts that mirror his personal life and his… Read more Audio

1:30 PM.Director and producer talk about filming the 2015 NZ Opera production of Puccini's opera 'Tosca'. It stars New Zealand tenor Simon O'Neill and Irish soprano Orla Boylan as the lovers and Philip Rhodes… Read more Audio

1:00 PM.Leading New Zealand scenic designer John Verryt has created the sets for many New Zealand theatre productions for the best part of three decades. Now he has the challenge of designing a set that can… Read more Audio

2:25 PM.It's easy enough to buy an instrument off the shelf, but how about making one yourself? Dave Gilberd of Goldbeard Guitars left behind a career as an aircraft engineer to pursue the art of guitar… Read more Audio

1:28 PM.Writer /lead actor and director are taking their play "All Your Wants and Needs Fulfilled Forever" on tour to London. The successful team from Auckland's Playground Collective discuss the challenges… Read more Audio

1:02 PM.English tenor starring in Festival Opera's production of Puccini's La Boheme this month. He reveals how his family circumstances have impacted on his operatic career, and mean he can identify with… Read more Audio

1:30 PM.Hilary Halba discusses playing Sarah Churchill, the daughter of the great British politician Sir Winston Churchill. Sarah Churchill was an actress and dancer known for her vibrant love life as much as… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.General Manager of Footnote New Zealand Dance Richard Aindow previews the company's 2016 programme including an international tour. Audio

1:25 PM.NZSO Education Manager previews the National Youth Orchestra's upcoming concerts in Tauranga and Hamilton. Read more Audio

1:45 PM.New Zealand born artist Jess Johnson talks to Melbourne correspondent Vincent O'Donnell about her exhibition Wurm Haus : a series of geometrical, pastel-toned psychedelic prints that bring to mind… Read more Audio

1:18 PM.New Zealand film Producer Finola Dwyer has been nominated for an Oscar for her film "Brooklyn" based on a Colm Tóibín novel. She talks about the phenomenal success she's had working with British… Read more Audio

1:01 PM.Michael Jamieson has established the NZ Classical Saxophone Summer School to provide an intensive course for advancing saxophonists. Set in stunning Puritawa Estate, in the shadow of Mt Taranaki… Read more Audio

1:45 PM.Auckland composer Chris Artley has just won a competition in the US, the 2015 Cincinnati Camerata Composition Contest. Audio

1:32 PM.Two partners in Spektrum Arkitekter of Denmark are visiting New Zealand to give lectures and share their unique approach to architecture. Audio

1:02 PM.UK banjo player beginning his four week tour of the country, performs live on Upbeat, demonstrating his virtuosic style. Audio

1:30 PM.General manager of the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra, formerly the Southern Sinfonia, talks about the name change and 50th Anniversary celebrations. Audio

1:00 PM.Programme Manager of the New Zealand Festival's Writers Week previews the event's 30th Anniversary. Read more Audio

1:30 PM.The new Music Director of the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra talks about his musical attitudes and the repertoire he feels passionate about. Giordano's first concert in April features music by… Read more Audio

1:02 PM.NZ Saxophonist discusses her musical journey from New Zealand to Mexico and back. Jasmine trained in jazz saxophone and composition in Wellington and has lived in the United States where she worked… Read more Audio

1:30 PM.NZ Composer looks at the legacy of influential French composer Pierre Boulez who died earlier this month at the age of 90. Audio