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Christchurch Art Gallery director Jenny Harper discusses plans for repairs to the gallery and plans for purchases, with Justin Gregory. Audio

Raewyn Hill is based in Townsville in Northern Australia with the DanceNorth company. Audio

A New Zealand made documentary looks into the artistic side to games and the gaming industry. Stephanie Beth's doco Us and the Game Industry has attracted overseas interest and is currently in the New… Audio

Expat writer Matt Shirley on his epic and satirical sci-fi novel Theatre of the Gods (written under the alias of Matt Suddain) and published by Random House. Audio

Don McGlashan talks about mucking around with the classics for the upcoming New Zealand Dance Company production of Rotunda. Audio

Gifted, Patrick Evan's novel that imagined the writing relationship between literary legends Janet Frame and Frank Sargeson, is turned into a stage play. He talks about adapting the novel and why… Audio

Footnote's Made In New Zealand series ends after seven glorious years. Deirdre Tarrant started Footnote and the hugely popular series, and Sarah Foster has been involved in six of the seven Made in… Audio

An exhibition that's looking at pornography from the perspective of a group of artists who want to get people thinking - and talking. Artists Judy Darragh and Lauren Lysaght describe their takes on… Audio

Master film and TV scriptwriter Neil Cross and his business partner Richard Fletcher set up a very businesslike production house, Libertine Pictures, here in New Zealand. Audio

Otago University English honours students remind us of the brilliance of some women writers from a century ago whose fame turned into obscurity. The students have ferretted out previously unknown… Audio

Mee-mee Phipps has released the first of a planned trilogy following the fortunes of a Chinese-Maori family, with Memories in the Bone. Some hard copies are available as Seriously Red Books in New… Audio

Playwrights and filmmakers love seedy motel settings and a new play by April Phillips is no exception. Called simply Motel, it tells four stories set in the same motel room and opens at Auckland's… Audio

Merryn Dunmill is heavily involved in on line education and she's seeing some schools doing amazing things, while others are struggling because their teachers don't feel confident teaching arts… Audio

Ian Athfield on his new honour and he talks about this weekend's forum on how architects and designers can help out following natural disasters. Audio

Chris Gendall gets the biggest commission of his life - creating an opera for the London-based company, Size Zero Opera. It's based on the shooting of Japanese POWs at Feilding during WWII. Audio

Casting is crucial and we talk to one of the best Kiwis in the business, Tina Cleary from The Casting Company. Tina's up for an Emmy for her work on Jane Campion's TV series, Top of the Lake. She and… Audio

Surveillance has been in the spotlight itself recently, especially surveillance of journalists. An overseas guest at the upcoming Auckland Art Fair created a whole exhibition around surveillance for… Audio

Sarah's husband Michael Gleissner discusses Sarah Broom's posthumous collection Gleam, which has been launched along with news of a new Poetry Prize in her honour. Audio

Craig Cliff imagines what life would be like for twins trained to become shop mannequins in early 20th century New Zealand. Audio

Visiting American performance artist William Pope.L - Pope.L to his mates, on tackling huge issues from racism and homelessness, to incest and greedy banks. Audio

They say a physically fit actor is a better actor, and Auckland's Massive Theatre Company are taking that theory to the extreme. In preparation for touring their show The Brave around the country… Audio

How art buying collectives work where artistic taste blends and occasionally clashes with the desire to make a profit. We hear from members of two Auckland collectives, one which sold up last year and… Audio

Newly announced New Zealand arts icon, Dr Cliff Whiting on his more than 50 years working with Maori communities on their marae, on his career in Maori arts and crafts education, and on the… Audio

Concerns that the standard of professional photography in New Zealand. Mike Langford, president of the Institute of Professional Photographers, explains why and what the Institute is doing about it. Audio