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The outgoing director of the 5th Auckland Arts Festival, David Malacari, talks about how it's evolved, and why ticket sales are not the right way to measure a festival's success or otherwise. Audio

We find out about Auckland's ART Venture with two of the project's new intake, Alex Lee and Beth Kayes. Audio

Vintage Swing dancing is experiencing a steady growth in New Zealand, according to dance instructor Peter Shackleton. Sonia Yee hits the dance floor to find out what it's all about. Audio

Laurence Fearnley sets much of her novel 'The Hut Builder' on the side of Mount Cook where a young poet combines his love of words with a passion for mountains. Audio

Lloyd Jones talks about creating a wandering protagonist with no name in 'Hand Me Down World'. Audio

Artist Eve Armstrong puts discarded packaging to good use in her newest installation. Audio

Creative New Zealand has just put out a report looking at ways to get more out of the private sector and a government think tank looking at arts philanthropy issues its report in a few weeks. We hear… Audio

The triumphant NZSO has returned home - with standing ovations and rave reviews following their biggest overseas tour yet. We talk to Principal bass trombonist Graeme Browne. Audio

Napier is the first city in the world outside London allowed to host one of the UK's biggest music events - City Showcase. We talk to the organiser of what will become an annual festival, Jacqui… Audio

Irene Pink reviews Passage, a multimedia performance looking into issues of forced migration, truth and reconciliation. Audio

Nelson based novelist Peter Butler creates a fictional small town based on his observations of living on the fringe. Audio

Carl Nixon's latest novel takes on some hefty issues, from body theft to youth suicide to the recession. Audio

The Sole Project teams some of the country's top visual artists with at-risk young people from South Auckland - Julie Hill finds out what they've come up with. Audio

Actor turned director Jim Moriarty has been using theatre discipline and its skills to help guide at risk youth for more than a decade. Sonia Yee finds out about his latest project. Audio

Simon Morris in conversation with visionary New Zealand filmmaker, Vincent Ward, who's just published a book about his long career. Audio

Lynn explores Hastings' Wildflower Sculpture Exhibition, an open air showcase of the work of Central North Island artists, held in the gardens of the Russell family. She talks to several of the 40+… Audio

Hear about the new exhibition,"Bugs, Beetles and Butterflies"which opened yesterday at the New Dowse Gallery in Lower Hutt. Audio

UK design critic John Walters looks for a balance between critical journalism and pleasing the punters. Audio

Our featured writer today is poet Paula Green, who found a new urgency when she was diagnosed with cancer. Audio

Sonia Yee continues her report on a recent panel discussion on the point - and the future - of art criticism. Audio

Wellington artist Maddie Leach on her latest work which opened in Chicago last month and what the locals made of it. Audio

David Truebridge is a renowned furniture and lighting designer while son Sam has made his name in the world of performance design. Justin got them together for a chat. Audio

Art historian Roger Blackley reviews Te Papa's latest exhibition, European Masters : 19 - 20th century art from the Stadel Museum. Audio

A preview of Auckland's first Art Week, hear what's on, where it's on and what it's trying to achieve. Audio

Justin Gregory chats with Double Bass player Victoria Jones of the NZSO, literally minutes after they came off stage in Vienna. Audio