Arts on Sunday for Monday 26 December 2011

12:40 PM.Justin Gregory takes the plunge and goes to rehearsals for the first New Zealand water ballet to be staged in several decades. Audio

2:05 PM.Stan Wolfgramm talks about taking the fashion extravaganza Style Pasifika to the next level. Audio

1:35 PM.Simon talks to Michelle about new film 'My Wedding and Other Secrets' which opens nationwide this week. Audio

1:45 PM.Grandson of Robert Falcon Scott, composer Julian Evans visited Antarctica over summer and is working to recreate a magic lantern presentation which along with the ice flutes projects, will mark… Read more Audio

1:49 PM.Georgina White, who's been working on the exhibition Mr Jones' Wives, War Brides of New Zealand Serviceman. It opens on Friday at the Auckland War Memorial Museum. Audio

1:34 PM.The city of Florence was made by its artisans. Their work adorns almost every corner, and their enterprise made it famous throughout the world. But this rich heritage, dating back to the Middle Ages… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.This week's Arts Report with Lynn Freeman features an interview with photojournalist Maggie Gould who has an exhibition looking back at 20 years of award winning portraits of the famous and talented. Audio

1:45 PM.Pacific Sisters was an art collective that played a big part in the Pacific renaissance of the 1990s, we reunite three of the original members - Feeona Wall, Rosanna Raymond and Ani O'Neill. Audio

1:30 PM.In its history The Dowse Art Museum has seen periods of change and experienced its fair share of controversy, all of which has helped to shape the state of contemporary art in New Zealand as we now… Read more Audio

12:40 PM.Lyell Cresswell, Ross Harris, Anthony Ritchie and Chris Gendall are about to premiere new works with the NZSO in a showcase called Enchanted Islands. Audio

1:35 PM.The first short film made by the New Zealand government has been dusted off. The title 'Country Lads' might evoke sheep-shearing and rural dances, but in fact, it's documenting a significant piece of… Read more Audio

2:25 PM.Trawling around op shops looking for that rare and perfect treasure is all about developing an 'eye'. Audio

12:38 PM.Lynn Freeman talks to playwright and screenwriter John Logan of Gladiator and The Last Samurai fame. His play about American artist Mark Rothko is about to be seen over here. Audio

1:47 PM.Improvisation, vocal warm-ups, reading and writing scripts - just some of the skills one would expect to learn in a drama class. But developing a video game? This is part of a concept which teaches… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Sonia Sly comes face to face with a two hundred year old Pacific Princess undergoing a full-body examination. Audio

3:10 PM.The last couple of years have seen a wide range of New Zealand films, as well as a wide range of success at the box office. The New Zealand Film Commission has issued a new 'Statement of Intent', and… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Director Sophie Fiennes of the Fiennes film dynasty, on paying homage to German artist Anselm Kiefer. He has created a city in the future where people have no place, and Sophie's called her movie… Read more Audio

2:50 PM.Cheryl Hollinger wants to get more girls playing brass. She's one of only two women in the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's brass section. Audio

2:25 PM.Sonia Sly goes searching for clues amongst historic textiles at Te Papa and speaks to British textiles expert Annabel Westman. Audio

1:30 PM.Arts Voice Chrischurch is planning to create a 'river of arts' as part of Christchurch's post-earthquake rebuild. Audio

1:50 PM.How many more rare films might be lurking in the vaults after this week's discovery a very early Hitchcock film? Simon Morris talks with Frank Stark from the NZ Film Archives. Audio

1:35 PM.Twenty-four years ago Leon Narby shot the landmark film Illustrious Energy in Central Otago, the story of Chinese goldminers who encountered prejudice and violence at the hands of other miners during… Read more Audio

2:48 PM.Visiting Australian actor and improviser Russell Fletcher pays tribute to the comedy genius Danny Kaye. Audio

1:54 PM.New York-based artist Mary Mattingly who's heading to New Zealand as a guest speaker at Hamilton's SPARK Festival. Mary is preoccupied with water and her art revolves around ways humans could survive… Read more Audio

1:30 PM.Rugby photographer David Marches who has spent six seasons photographing players just as they come off the field, victorious or defeated. Audio

1:44 PM.Writing under an assumed name has been popular with authors over the years who, for whatever reason, haven't wanted to be identified. Audio

1:30 PM.Auckland based TV presenter and artist Angela Tiatia uses her video camera to explore a failed multi million dollar resort development in Raratonga. Audio

3:10 PM.Sonia Sly looks at the function of a frame in the restoration process of the 1780s painting Poedua, better known by its nickname, "The Pacific Mona Lisa". Audio

2:20 PM.Sonia Sly goes into the field and speaks with G&L Antiques' Grant Smith and restorer William Cottrell about the craft and artistry involved in successfully putting life back into antique furniture. Audio

1:30 PM.The Chinese have been an established community in New Zealand for more than a century, but it's only now that we're beginning to see more Asian faces within mainstream media and within the arts… Read more Audio

2:50 PM.Justin Gregory visits Playmarket's Brown Ink sessions where playright Maureen Fepulea'i has had a staged reading of her as yet unproduced play. Audio

1:47 PM.The SPADA conference is a highly anticipated event for those involved in the film industry, and this year producer English filmmaker Neil Peplow (Shooting Fish, Waking Ned and Bright Young Things) is… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.There are a number of avenues available for those with a book in mind whether publishing in hard-copy or going digital. Maggie Tarver from The New Zealand Society of Authors shares her insights; and… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.The working party proposing a dedicated centre for Maori and Pasifika arts, centre and scientific research, is about to start trying to sell the idea to Auckland authorties. Audio

12:52 PM.Wellington's Bats Theatre's knight in shining armour turns out to be Sir Peter Jackson. He and Lady Fran have pitched in to buy the theatre which was up for sale and out of reach of the Bats Trust… Read more Audio

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

1:06 PM.Simon Morris talks to one of Pixar's crack storyboard artists and directors, Enrico Casarosa. Audio