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The film Boy broke all box office records when it was released in NZ two years ago. It was funny, it was serious at times - but above all, it was completely and utterly us. So how do you sell such a… Audio

A West Coast theatre company is performing a play about a fictional family who loses someone in the Pike River Mine disaster. Goodnight Irene opens at Dunedin's globe theatre this Thursday as part of… Audio

This multimillion dollar project has got the green light from the council despite the concerns of many ratepayers. We ask one of the councillors who've backed it and a former companion of the… Audio

Playwright Dr Angie Farrow whose theatre and radio plays have been a hit here and overseas, on the 10th anniversary of Palmerston North's Summer Shakespeare, which she set up and has continued to… Audio

Raewyn White's along to review the first ballet chosen for the Royal New Zealand Ballet Company by its new high profile artistic director, Ethan Steifel. Audio

Aleksandra Lane moved to New Zealand from war-torn Serbia as a teenager in the mid 1990s. Her poetry talks about her life there, the realities of war on communities, and adjusting to life in a new and… Audio

Productive Bodies is the name of a new performance art work by director Mark Harvey who's exploring the notion that unemployed bodies are just as productive as employed ones. Audio

We meet Dr Simon Groom, who's accompanied priceless artworks on loan to New Zealand from Scotland's galleries. Audio

Will tightening the infringement laws ultimately help or hinder artists? Artist Bronwyn Holloway-Smith is in no doubt it will be a hinderance. To get people thinking, she's producing and selling 3D… Audio

John Harrison choosese a classic sci-fi movie from the 1950s - The Forbidden Planet. Audio

A campaign's been launched in the Auckland Theatre Company's last ditch effort to secure the money it for its own home on the waterfront, but time may be running out for the project with Council… Audio

The biggest challenge facing an independent film is raising the finance, but a new funding model relies on the trendy new expression "the wisdom of crowds". Simon Morris talks to film producers Lizzie… Audio

A conversation with one of New Zealand's highest profile jewellers, Warwick Freeman. He reflects on the early years when he and his colleagues had a lot less competition because of this country's… Audio

Tanea Heke is charged with making sure New Zealand writers and publishers get the very most out of its year long invitation to share its literature with Germany. Audio

Jonathan Lemalu is about to return to New Zealand to perform in Chinese and te reo Maori. He talks about life on the road, how his voice just keeps getting deeper, and his first role playing a Samoan… Audio

The winner of the 2012 Adam Portraiture Award explains his initial love hate relationship with his self portrait and his work on a series of portraits for The Sitting, a series that will see TVNZ7… Audio

Anna Henare explains how she's opening up the world of the theatre for people with sight difficulties. Audio

Teoti Jardine explains why he's so keen on a particular Cilla McQueen poem. Audio

Several New Zealand arts companies are preparing to sell themselves to visiting International Arts Festival directors at the APAM showcase. Audio

Bridie Lonie and Allan Baddock talk about plans for a creative hub and New Zealand's answer to creative cities like Barcelona, Glasgow and Newcastle. Audio

Audrey Brisson travelled the world as a child with Cirque Du Soleil, was directed by Clint Eastwood in the movie Hereafter, and is now heading to New Zealand to appear in a show based on a Grimms… Audio

Anne Noble has just released a book of photographs taken during three trips to Antarctica. She's also about to open an exhibition, Bitch in Slippers, with fellow Antarctica visitor, author Lloyd… Audio

Contemporary dance is fairly foreign territory for those from the Pacific Island community, and remains largely outside of the vocabulary of PI youth. But with the help of Lima Dance in Auckland, and… Audio

The "white Zulu" describes life for a mixed-race band in 1982 South Africa. Audio