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A master multi-tasker, Nigel Gaynor has to keep one eye on the dancers and the other on his musicians. Audio

Waiheke Island's headland Sculpture on the Gulf outdoor exhibition is now ten years old. And they're celebrating by turning the whole thing upside down and putting the beginning where the end used to… Audio

Christchurch City Council is putting up $70,000 for artists and others with big ideas for the heritage site. Trent Hiles from the Harbour Arts Collective explains why that money wouldn't be better… Audio

From August till February, in her spare time, Arts on Sunday presenter Lynn Freeman is part of a hardy bunch of kaka monitors at the Zealandia sanctuary in Wellington. Audio

Furniture designer Katy Wallace and her partner, visual artist Paulus McKinnon, moved from the hectic commercial art scene in Auckland to settle in Gisborne. Sonia Sly finds out if they're living the… Audio

When he's not producing Spectrum documentaries for Radio New Zealand, Jack Perkins is writing poetry. Contact Jack via email on jperkins@paradise.net.nz for copies of his book, Out of Time. Audio

In an inner city Wellington studio a young woman brings her memories of childhood to life through anime art. Her work is definitively Manga - elfish female warrior characters with huge eyes, athletic… Audio

Hear the three top entries from the inaugural National Flash Fiction Day - stories told in just 300 words. Audio

A proposed new TV mini series about Joan of Arc from Richard Taylor's and Martin Baynton's company Pukeko Pictures. Audio

An exhibition of damaged Christchurch icons is expected to draw in some 70,000 people a year when it opens in February at the Restart Mall on Cashel Street. Lynn talked to director Antony Wright. Audio

Join us on a walk and talk through Wellington's historic and much loved BATS theatre, which is about to undergo a lengthy multi-million dollar facelift. Audio

Australia is hosting Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art region right now. New Zealand cardboard artist Richard Maloy is just back from the opening where he is one of the four main stars of the… Audio

Jo Randerson brings us 'Tales from the Netherworld' and a name to remember, Kerry Donovan-Brown, who's won the 2012 Adam foundation Prize for Creative Writing. Audio

Christchurch-based musician David Thorpe often tours as a multi-instrumentalist and one man band, but his greatest love affair has been with the humble harmonica. Audio

Gabrielle McKone has recorded what she's seen on her wanderings every day since August 2007 and put some of her favourites into a book she's called 'Catch My Eye'. Audio

Hou Hanru, the San Francisco-based curator of the 2013 Auckland Triennial is so impressed with some of our artists that he's going to share them with the world. Audio

One of Shakespeare's greatest champions here in New Zealand, Dawn Sanders, is honoured for her dedication to the Bard and his plays. Audio

Creative New Zealand explains why two well respected online sites devoted to critiquing the arts - theatreview and EyeContact have both lost their funding, while theatreview's founder John Smythe… Audio

David McAllistair is the head judge of the Genée Ballet Competition which has been held for the first time in New Zealand. Audio

The Asia Pacific Triennial in Queensland is one of the largest visual arts events in the region. It opened yesterday, and among the New Zealanders whose work can be seen there is photographer Greg… Audio

this hill, all it's about is lifting it to a higher level by Vaughan Gunson. Audio

Rosemary Wildblood's novel Pentimento. Audio

Otago University's Hocken Library is starting to outgrow the new site it moved to over a decade ago. It's home to many thousands of historic, literary and artistic treasures, and the collection… Audio