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Opening with the encounter between Hongi Hika and King George IV in London in 1820, Dame Anne Salmond traces the themes of rangatiratanga and sovereignty from then through the Declaration of… Audio

Film reviewer for Afternoons on Radio NZ, Sarah McMullan, turns her attention to the small screen for the picks of the year. Audio

RNZ's host of The Sampler, Nick Bollinger, joins Wallace to reflect on the awesomeness of Lorde and the underwhelming return of Prince. Audio

British Director Mike Leigh is an auteur of modern cinema. His latest movie, Mr. Turner, is out to rave reviews and has won international awards. It's a look at the life of British painter J. M. W… Audio

An aspiring actor from New York City, and a graduate from the famed Tisch school of the arts, Katrina Day, has shone the light into the otherwise little known world of casting calls - and in cases… Audio

Brian Turner returns with a memoir called My Life as a Foreign Country. It places the reader on the streets of Mosul or in the suburbs of the USA trying to cope with war's effects. Audio

Mixing art and nature - that's what the artists Kemi Whitwell & Niko Leyden are doing. It's a public art project called miniature hikes - a series of seven tiny colourful huts hidden in the bush, on… Audio

Jeremy Rose takes a look back at what must be the most dramatic and destructive protest against state surveillance in the history of New Zealand. Audio

Vibrant posters have been appearing on street corners in main cities around the country as part of a national campaign to promote artists who happen to have a disability. The 'I am an Artist' campaign… Audio

Precious Cargo is an exhibition that takes a traditional Māori tāonga and through its design, another interpretation of it's functionality is explored. Essentially Waka Huia were designed as intricate… Audio

He's an artist who seems to enjoy the macabre in his paintings, and it's won him a big prize. Audio

The pleasures and pitfalls of a low vision lifestyle: You'll seldom see a cane in Mike Steven's hand but he has just one eighth of the vision most people enjoy. Mike is one of almost 170 thousand New… Audio

Ngāti Pōrou Kapahaka exponent Puti Mackey recalls the strength of waiata composition during her time growing up on the East Coast. Nuki Williams, Pare Herewini aka Polly De Lux, Apirana Ngata, Henare… Audio

Every two years the cliffs around Narrow Neck Beach in Auckland are decorated with some of the country's sculptures - everything from 3D art installations to lightworks to traditional stone sculpture.

Sci-fi fans have descended on Auckland this weekend for the annual Armageddon expo. It's been running in Auckland for nearly twenty years and has gone from what was essentially just a comic trading… Audio

If you've ever admired a colourful, fabric brooch on someone's blouse - it might just be a Tamsin Cooper creation. Tamsin Cooper celebrates 10 years of design this year, and in that time her business… Audio

Renee Lyons talks to Walllace about her one-woman show based on the story of Dunedin man Nick Chisholm who, at the age of 27, had a rugby accident, suffered a stroke and was left with a medical… Audio

Sisters in Arms tells the stories of Sofija Jovanovic, who posed as a man to join the Serbian army and fight in the First World War, and Dr Jessie Scott, among New Zealand's first women surgeons, who… Audio

Arts Festival Dunedin Director Nicholas McBryde gives Wallace Chapman the rundown of what's on. Audio

Dunedin is hoping to join Edinburgh as a UNESCO city of literature. An honour bestowed to date on just six cities worldwide. Audio