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Arts on Sunday for Sunday 24 April 2011

  • Mesh Sculpture Hamilton

    12:35 PM.A new public sculpture is announced for the city of Hamilton, made possible by the city's businesses - with no ratepayer funding. Audio

  • Tauranga Jazz Festival

    12:48 PM.To say the annual Tauranga Jazz Festival has been around for a while is putting it mildly. The 49-year-old musical fixture is the third oldest jazz event in the world. We speak to artistic director… Read more Audio

  • Scriptwriter Kathryn Burnett

    1:40 PM.Kathryn Burnett has written for past TV series Street Legal, The Strip and The Cult, and now she's co-written the first play to be directed by Te Radar - 'Mike and Virginia'. Audio

  • Arts on Sunday special: New Zealand's clean green image

    2:06 PM.Highlights from the debate on New Zealand's clean green image held at the Festival of Colour in Wanaka. Rod Oram versus Joe Bennett, chaired by Lynn Freeman Audio

Kate Darrow.12:40 Mesh Sculpture Hamilton

A new public sculpture is announced for the city of Hamilton, made possible by the city's businesses - with no ratepayer funding.

Right: Kate Darrow, chair of the Mesh Artistic Board.

12:50 We introduce you to the winner of this year's Tui Jazz Award announced at the Tauranga Jazz Festival

1:00 At the Movies with Simon Morris

Simon looks at two films dependent on motion-capture - the Disney family movie Mars Needs Moms, and the alien comedy Paul, starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. He also reviews the rather more lo-tech French movie - Mozart's Sister.

1:30 Scriptwriter Kathryn Burnett

Kathryn Burnett has written for past TV series Street Legal, The Strip and The Cult, and now she's co-written the first play to be directed by Te Radar - Mike and Virginia.

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Lisa Chappell in Mike and Virginia.

1:40 The Laugh Track: YouTube sensation, Matt Mulholland

Matt Mulholland.
Matt Mulholland.

2:00 An Arts on Sunday special: New Zealand's clean green image debate

Edited highlights from the debate on New Zealand's clean green image recorded last weekend at the Festival of Colour in Wanaka. Rod Oram versus Joe Bennett (pictured below).

Clean green debate
Photograph by Simon Darby - Wanaka Photography.

3:00 The Sunday Drama

The conclusion of King and Country, a powerful and evocative drama based on the personal accounts of six New Zealanders during World War I.