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Arts on Sunday reporter Justin Gregory gives a run-down on the week just past and on what to expect on the final work of the festival this weekend. Audio

In her new novel 'Anticipation' Tanya Moir asks why so many of us are obsessed with genealogy. Published by Vintage. Audio

New Zealand's representative at the recent Women of the World Poetry Slam in the United States... in fact Ali Jacs was the only 'foreigner' taking part in this performance poetry event. She shares her… Audio

Justin Gregory checks out The Rosebank Project, a site specific work created for the Auckland Arts Festival. Audio

Journalist, book reviewer and ghostwriter Margie Thomson has now put her hand to writing novels - and won a new literary prize for her first manuscript. The Masters of Creative Writing graduate… Audio

A story that will get you looking at mannequins in a whole new light. One of the main producers of high-end mannequins for the past 75 years, Purfex, has closed down its Avondale factory and moving to… Audio

We meet the creatives behind a new hothouse for Pacifica theatre - Polynesian Laboratory or P Lab - just what are founders Shadon Meredith and Fasitua Amosa cooking up? Audio

Waikato University is a stone's throw from Hobbiton, making it the natural home of an international online research project into what people really think about the first of Sir Peter Jackson's Hobbit… Audio

Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers are expected to visit a touring exhibition about whales from Te Papa. The exhibition tour was only supposed to last for five years but is proving so popular in… Audio

Arts on Sunday reporter Justin Gregory talks about the successful West End and Broadway production - One Man, Two Guvnors - which opened last night at the ASB Theatre in Auckland. Audio

Gary Schofield has been painting for the US military for the past 20 years. Audio

James Tibbles' 'Coffee with Mr Bach' is on next Sunday at Auckland Town Hall's Concert Chamber as part of the Auckland Arts Festival. Audio

C K Stead has published his 15th poetry collection, and the first in five years. Audio

Richard Medrington's show 'The Man Who Planted Trees' will be performed in Wellington as part of the Capital E National Arts Festival for Children. Audio

It's been called the street of a thousand stories, and next weekend Auckland's Dominion Road gets to tell some. Audio

After a lot of detective work, Maori TV tracked down the descendants of some of the many Maori who were painted in great detail but with some artistic license, by artist Gottfried Lindauer who started… Audio

Dunedin sculptor and lecturer Scott Eady is cutting it fine to make a series of sculptures for the Venice Biennale - he's only just got the news and it starts in June! Audio

Producer Steven O'Meagher talks about what a star like Sam Neill brings to a TV cop show. Audio

We remember artist Ralph Hotere who now rests in his home marae in Northland, through the memories of one of his long time friends and artists Chris Booth. Audio

A new play by Auckland theatre group the Tongan Creatives Collective is causing a stir - before it has even opened. Justin Gregory reports on the wonderfully unlikely idea of Tongan Morris Men. Audio

John Newton's latest collection is called 'Family Songbook', published by VUP. Audio

Lisa Densem, who is home at the moment creating a new work for the Footnote Dance Company. We find out what she's exploring in this new dance and get an update on the Berlin art scene, it's now home… Audio

Writers with the international pulling power of JK Rowling are few and far between, so UK publishing house Little, Brown had a lot to celebrate last year when it took over her contract. Helming the… Audio