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John Stevenson started out working on the Muppet Show, now he has made a name for himself as a storyboarder, director and consultant on some of the biggest animated feature films including Shrek, Toy… Audio

We follow up on last week's criticism of New Zealand's approach to being the Frankfurt Book Fair country of honour. Kevin Chapman (left) from the NZ Publishers' Association responds to Kyle Mewburn's… Audio

Creative New Zealand whistles up taxpayers' money into helping arts organisations find private funding, investing just over a million dollars in the Creative Giving pilot programme over three years… Audio

Joey Vaessen - the young contemporary New Zealand art lover who's behind a pop-up art gallery idea to make the most of Auckland's empty spaces. Audio

Today's featured writer is Mike Nicolaidi, journalist, arts administrator and now novelist. Audio

An internship with an American film company helps local director and Wellington film maker Catherine Bisley know what she doesn't want to do. Audio

Kate Ward Smythe reviews the Auckland Theatre Company's new production, Black Confetti, by award winning playwright Eli Kent. Audio

Christchurch writer Fiona Farrell offers revealing stories in her book of interviews called The Quake Year. Audio

American Fullbright Fellow Brinkley Warren has started an art project working with Wellington's homeless community. Audio

After months of gushing talk about New Zealand being the Frankfurt Book Fair's country of honour, there are questions being raised over how we're representing ourselves. Audio

Siege was a brilliant drama covering the notorious Jan Molenaar stand-off with the Napier police. Simon Morris spoke to Siege producer Philly De Lacey. Audio

Elizabeth O'Connor reviews a new show from the country's longest running experimental theatre company, Christchurch's Free Theatre. Its latest boundary-pushing play is called I Sing The Body Electric.

We head to Kerikeri to find out how, every two years, this small community manages to host an international competition for aspiring young pianists. The competition not only gives New Zealand pianists… Audio

Gisborne-based Ben Galbraith doesn't quite paint by numbers but by what he reads on the tube. That's because he's colour blind. Not that this ever stopped him from picking up the colours that he can't… Audio

Simon Morris talks to Jenny Gilbertsson, who is still pinching herself over the extraordinary world-wide success of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Her new film is called Last Will. Audio

Hamilton reviewer Gail Pittaway shares with us her impressions of Oliver! the musical, starring Rocky Horror's Richard O'Brien as - who else? - Fagin. Audio

Miria George's latest play is called Sunset Road, it's premiered in Wellington and our reviewer Uther Dean was in the opening night audience. Audio

Two internationally successful young New Zealand opera singers sing the praises of the Dame Malvina Major Foundation which helped them and many others make it big. Hear the full story from Kristen… Audio

Rohan Wealleans made a name for himself in the art scene here by layering paint and carving things out of the big cake-like wedges he created. Now he's restored a giant polystyrene head from an old TV… Audio

We find out if a craft sector talk fest over the past few days at Auckland's Objectspace has come up with concrete ideas to improve the lot of our designers and makers. Glass artist Elizabeth McClure… Audio

Dianna Fuemana and Damen Kamali are two of the 120-strong delegation of artists who are heading to Soloman Islands on Monday, to represent New Zealand at the 11th Festival of Pacific Arts. Creative NZ… Audio

The Transit of Venus has come and gone but there're a few things post-transit that you can see at the exhibition Te Ara Kopu: Transit of Venus on at Tairawhiti Museum,Victor Walker explains the five… Audio

Photographer Murray Cammick reviews some of his personal highlights of the current Auckland Festival of Photography. Audio

Experimental musician David Watson sees possibilities in the Great Highland Bagpipes that others might have missed. His band, Glacial, with jazz drummer Tony Buck and Sonic Youth guitarist Lee… Audio