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Novelist and non-fiction writer Rae McGregor, who imagines life in the New Zealand Navy during World War II in Radar Man. Audio

Pipe organs. You've gotta love them. The Auckland Philharmonia certainly does. This week they programmed six new works by local composers for the refurbished Auckland Town Hall pipe organ and… Audio

Auckland queen of burlesque, aerial performer and one of the stars of the TV series The Almighty Johnsons, Eve Gordon. Her company The Dust Palace produces a devised style of work she calls 'art… Audio

Sound artist and soundtrack composer Rachel Shearer's work can be heard in Auckland's Wynyard Quarter and Albert Park. Audio

Dr Fenella France has helped preserve the Star Spangled Banner, made an important discovery in the draft American Declaration of Independence, and used her skills to help identify 9/11 artefacts. Audio

Chief executive Neil Cox explains how if $200,000 can be raised the historic Isaac Theatre Royal can host big movie events like the Film Festival when it reopens next year. Audio

Ewan Clark returns home from the Royal College of Music with big plans, including a composition inspired by the conquest of Everest. Audio

Dr Warren Feeney from the Academy of Fine Arts and artist Kristen Hollis discuss the significance of The Prize. Audio

Kate discusses her collection "Snow White's Coffin" written during a year long CNZ residency in Berlin. Audio

The Corban Estate Arts Centre in Henderson is home to a new work by artist Gabby O'Connor that re-creates the Ross Ice Shelf. Called Some Time, this large-scale sculpture depicts the ice shelf at the… Audio

Justin Gregory wonders if photography is currently the most important art form of them all, as he looks ahead to the Auckland Festival of Photography. Audio

Star of Outrageous Fortune and Sione's 2 fame talks about his other career as a playwright, working on his new play GrandFatherSon and about the parallels between sport and art. Audio

Curent trends in the arts world. Audio

A new exhibition at National Library is looking at New Zealand protest music, posters and album covers over the years. Punk aficionado Kerry Ann Lee and singer/songwriter and unionist Don Franks talk… Audio

Tza Drake channels his 15 years spent in restaurant kitchens into a murder mystery called My Kitchen Kills. Audio

'Two Girls in a Boat' is the first collection of stories by Commonwealth Short Story Award winner Emma Martin. Audio

Andy Murnane started out in the music industry working with the chart topping OMC of 'How Bizarre' fame. The Frequency Media Group now manage a successful record label and acts including Aaradhna and… Audio

Barbara Snook shares the results of her research into the way dance is taught in schools, what's working well and how it could be improved. Audio

In her new novel Blood and Beauty, British novelist Sarah Dunant takes on one of the most powerful families in history, Italy's Borgias. How can she make us care about the most famous and ruthless of… Audio

It costs around a million dollars for New Zealand to take part in the Venice Biennale, and while it can open up opportunities for the selected artists, we ask Deputy Commissioner Heather Galbraith -… Audio

In an era of dramatised documentaries and "based on real life" dramas, filmmakers Alyx Duncan and Annie Goldson discuss the pressures of getting it right. The Red House features Alyx Duncan's… Audio

Dr Kay Flavell set up an artists' residency in the Wairarapa more than 10 years ago, and she hopes Kiwis will keep the New Pacific Studio going now she's returning to America. Audio

Bernadette Hall reminds us of the work of New Zealand's first female war poet, Lorna Stavely Anker, by bringing together published and previously unseen works in The Judas Tree. It's published by… Audio

Expat poet Fleur Adcock on her new collection Glass Wings, published by Victoria University Press. Audio

One for Victor Borge fans - we talk to Rainer Hersch who's created a show around the great Dane's comedy, life and times, which saw him become the most highly paid entertainer in his day. Audio