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Bronze sculptor Megan Ransom considers herself an outsider and insists on doing things her own way, so she's set up an art gallery in the seaside suburb of Island Bay. She aims to promote New Zealand… Audio

In a career spanning four decades, Peter Haythorn-Thwaite has produced successful and award winning designs and taught new generations of Kiwi designers. His design for a light operated mouse and… Audio

The graphic novel is one of the phenomena of modern publishing. In America the field is dominated by superheroes and pulp fiction. In Europe is rather different. So where does New Zealand fit into the… Audio

Ant Timpson was one of the organisers of the Sorta Unofficial New Zealand Film Awards. Audio

A fundraising appeal's been launched targeting people who love the gallery. Mayor Annette Main talks about what work needs to be done on the hundred year old gallery. Audio

Bay of Islands figurative painter and pioneering animation filmmaker, Merry Isaac, talks about her 50 years of artmaking. Audio

Reihana Robinson and her poetic love affair with Rona, the woman banished to the moon in Maori mythology. Audio

Jane Stafford and Mark Williams have produced an anthology covering more than 200 years of New Zealand Literature. We look at who's in and who's out and the response so far to the publication which… Audio

This week UpStage launches a festival of online live performances which can be viewed in real time by anyone around the world. This style of performance known as 'cyberformance' is a medium with… Audio

A tour of Dunedin's experimental subterranean Blue Oyster Gallery which is searching for new digs. Director Jamie Hanton is our tour guide. Audio

Freddy Kempf joins the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra to take on Gershwin, a notoriously tricky composer. Audio

Street theatre advocate Sally Barnett on her efforts to get bigger audiences by encouraging performers out of venues and onto the streets. It's accessible and free but who picks up the tab? Audio

Toa Fraser talks about his documentary on the Royal New Zealand Ballet production of Giselle, and about his hopes for making another feature film before too long. Audio

On the eve of the reopening of the transformed Toitu Otago Settlers Museum, we talk to the director Linda Wigley about the $37 million price tag, what it's bought, and the public's expectations. Audio

Simon Morris remembers the Sixties - 50 years of James Bond, from Goldfinger and Pussy Galore to Skyfall and Dame Judi Dench. And Sixties chick Charlotte Rampling talks about her fascinating career… Audio

Held in Auckland once a month, Creative Mornings provide the opportunity for an audience to watch presentations given by those involved in the Creative Industries; from street art to film, digital fx… Audio

Novelist David McGill (below) joins us live from the launch of his latest work, The Promised Land. Audio

David Steemson joins sculptor Terry Stringer as he works on one of his most ambitious projects yet. Audio

Rodger Fox puts his case for government money to set up a national big band, along the lines of a tried and tested model. Audio

Two young movers and shakers in the arts scene, songwriter Anthonie Tonnon who's with Tono and the Finance company and clothing designer Emily Miller-Sharma, explain what keeps them in New Zealand… Audio

What movie studios are in the market for these days and how the movie making scene has changed, from the move away from film to illegal downloading. Audio

Ambitious profit-share and renovation plans for one of Auckland's smaller theatres, The Basement, are explained by General Manager Charlie McDermott and Venue Manager Sam Snedden. Audio

Why its editors, Harry Ricketts and Jane Westaway, believe it's still important even with all the on line reviews being written these days. New Zealand Books Audio