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Erin Harrington reviews Pacific Post, which has just premiered at the Court Theatre in Christchurch. Audio

Hank Snell is a NZ-based Canadian filmmaker who works with disadvantaged youth with disabilities to give them a voice and creative outlet. He'll be running filmmaking courses at the upcoming InterAct… Audio

Gil Docking wrote the first edition of '100 Years of New Zealand Painting', now art historian and critic Ed Hanfling has covered the following 20 years. Audio

Tony Tia and Scott Gardiner are two artists who will be participating in Auckland's Artweek from this Friday. Audio

Star of stage and screen and recently honoured as a 2012 New Zealand Arts Laureate. Audio

In what it describes as a New Zealand first, Palmerston North's city council have developed a website, Creative Giants, which details 50 creative souls born in the region, from musician Billy TK, to… Audio

We ask Maori screenwriter and novelist Briar Grace Smith, what is a nice playwright doing writing a splatter-movie like Fresh Meat? Audio

Homegrown TV drama is expensive - and every hit show means three or four programmes that can't get made. And what happens to TV drama when an ambitious new series like TV3's Hope and Wire takes $5… Audio

Actor Stephen Papps on creating a two person solo show. He and Lizzie Tollmache talk about the existentialist black comedy Third Person - Tense! which is about to premiere at Auckland's Basement… Audio

Octogenarian artist Piera McArthur imagines the trials and tribulations facing Bishop Pompallier, the flamboyant founder of the Catholic church in New Zealand. Audio

The art of early tourism and its place in this country's art history with art historian Warren Feeney and editor Peter Alsop. Selling the Dream is a Craig Potton publication. Audio

Amelia Nurse checks out how Wellington writers, poets and translators celebrated the opening of the Frankfurt Book Fair. Audio

Award-winning German stop motion animator and puppeteer has brought together the Greytown Arts Festival programme and chipped in a production of his own. Steffen Kreft's play the Kitchen at the End of… Audio

Band members of Electric Wire Hustle talk about making music with their biggest fans - their parents. We're joined by Mara TK who's the son of Billy TK, and father and son percussionists Myele and Sam… Audio

Cameron McMillan had a blistering start to his career dancing for the New Zealand and English Ballet companies, and legendary contemporary dance company Rambert. These days as a freelancer, he's not… Audio

Weeks on the road in foreign countries, out seeing shows every night including the Edinburgh Fringe... But it's pleasure and business for New Zealand International Art Festival director, Shelagh… Audio

A theatrical world premiere in Paparoa for its 150th celebrations, with an adaptation of Jane Mander's novel Allen Adair. We talk to the playwright, George Skelton (right) and to the director, Peter… Audio

Dunedin artists Simon Kaan and Ron Bull are just back from New Mexico where they've been working on a project blending food and art, Kai Hau Kai. Audio

Former member of Otara Millionaires Club and Radio Backstab, Herman Loto Sakaria, aka Ermehn, is often referred to as the Godfather of South Auckland hip hop. During his solo career he could be seen… Audio

Former member of Otara Millionaires Club and Radio Backstab, Herman Loto Sakaria, aka Ermehn, is often referred to as the Godfather of South Auckland hip hop. During his solo career he could be seen… Audio

Spooky Men's Chorale are starting a nationwide tour at the Otago Festival of the Arts. They're serious singers who parody singing styles and what it means to be a bloke. Audio

Ella West drops by to talk about her contribution to the Otago Festival of the Arts, The Middlemarch Singles Ball. It was a big hit in the Otago township where it's set. Audio

Tairoa Royal and Taane Mete's Maori dance company Okareka is about to tour their current show, Nga Hau E Wha. When that's over they're straight into workshopping two new productions, one of which has… Audio

Climbing out of an urn where he's been stuck rehearsing Samuel Beckett's play Play, is one of Dunedin's best known and loved actors, Simon O'Connor. Audio