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The annual New Zealand Jewellery Design Awards can really put jewellers on the map. Sonia Sly met three of the four finalist in the 'Fine Jewellery' category. Audio

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

There's a level of pretention and stuffiness that tends to surround the art world. But for those who collect art there's nothing stuffy about it and reasons to collect often come from a grassroots… Audio

Gemma Bowker-Wright is the winner of the always hotly contested Katherine Mansfield Short Story competition. Audio

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… Audio

After two thwarted attempts, it's third time lucky for the Scape outdoor art project in Christchurch. We speak to participating artists Ash Keating and Darryn George. Audio

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

We assess the Royal New Zealand Ballet Company's big overseas tour, asking one of Britain's legendarily tough dance critics what he thought as well as the Company's General Manager. Audio

A Christchurch dance company creates a work revolving around the feeling of having the earth constantly moving under your feet. Audio

Our featured book is an updated version of an anthology of New Zealand folk songs, gathered together by folk aficionado, Neil Colqohoun in 'Song of a Young Country'. Audio

Jodi Bieber snapped the best press photo in the world last year - a portrait of a mutilated young Afghani woman whose nose was cut off to punish her for running away from her husband. Audio

Mark Amery gives us his assessment of Auckland's Art Fair. He looks at both sides to this huge event - the art and the sales. Audio

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

Dr Anne Phillips reviews the Oceania exhibition on at Te Papa and Wellington City Gallery, one of the 'big four' arts events picked to showcase our culture during the Rugby World Cup. Audio

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… Audio

A discussion with Shona McCullagh and Tanya Kopytko around moves to set up a national dance company in New Zealand. Audio

Elisabeth Easther reviews I Love You Bro, the latest production from Auckland's Silo theatre. Audio

A chat to one of the art world's publishing heroes, Knight Landesman, who's behind the magazine Art Forum. He's heading to New Zealand to speak at the Auckland Art Fair. Audio

Dame Fiona Kidman explores our deepest emotions in her short story collection, The Trouble with Fire. Audio

We find out how artistic director Andy McKim saved one of Canada's oldest theatres from bankruptcy and closure. Audio

Ann Hunt reviews a new watery and sudsy spin on the old circus routines - Soap. Audio

Two new plays exploring the dark side to our increasingly virtual lives. Audio

Sonia Sly meets curator Christina Barton of the Adam Art Gallery to discuss the themes and unexpected artworks found in the homes of private collectors. Audio

Fiona Pardington on the book of images from her touring show of life casts made from the heads of Maori, Pacific and Europeans during the 1830s. Audio

The big movie news is a documentary feature about our most famous standup comedian, Billy T James. But how do you generate interest in a less high-profile movie? Audio