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Michael Hofmann (left) is one of the leading translators and cultural mediators enabling readers all over the English language world to discover German literature in translation. He's won every… Audio

Wellington-based author Catherine Robertson has been writing at breakneck speed. She's just released her second book The Not So Perfect Life of Mo Lawrence only a year after her debut novel, The Sweet… Audio

Geoffrey Hyland is a busy man. This year already he's directed All's Well that Ends Well for the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, a Spanish dance version of The House of Bernada Alba for… Audio

Auckland's Snake Pit is an art space with an uncertain future. And that's just how they like it. Housed in an empty clothing store in the very centre of the city, this three-level hub is home to… Audio

Raewyn White reviews Shonagh McCullagh's debut work with The New Zealand Dance Company - The Language of Living. Audio

What does it take to become a leading light in the country music scene in New Zealand and what kinds of opportunities could be up for grabs for the winner of the National Country Music Awards? We find… Audio

This year 2012, marks the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Friendship between New Zealand and Samoa which was signed shortly after Samoa gained independence from New Zealand in 1962. A… Audio

New York fine arts photographer Anthony Goicolea (right) is known internationally for his powerful and sinister staged photographic self-portraiture works which explores the realm of coming of age… Audio

An ambitious long term plan to map New Zealand's cultural identity is highlighted in a new Auckland exhibition, The Sum of the Parts. It's so big it takes up three gallery spaces. Lynn talks to… Audio

Journalist Bianca Zander, who can now add novelist to her CV with the publication by Penguin of The Girl Below. Audio

NZ's sound art community has plenty to make noise about right now, with the publication of Erewhon Calling, a history of local experimental music. To celebrate, publishers and sound art advocates… Audio

Peter Williams reviews the start of a nationwide concert tour by one of New Zealand's most successful young sopranos, Madeleine Pierard. It's organised by Chamber Music New Zealand, and several of the… Audio

Cellist Robert Ibell explains scordatura, which involves going to the trouble of re-tuning stringed instruments, and opens up a whole new world for musicians. He brings his cello into the studio for a… Audio

We help North Canterbury's Crossroads Art Gallery in Cheviot celebrate its 10th birthday. Bernadette Ware talks about what visitors to the area are looking for in terms of art these days, and how the… Audio

Peter King is the man behind the make up design for the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. He's won an Oscar and a Bafta for his work on The Lord of the Rings, while other film credits include Nine… Audio

Lynn speaks to three people whose organisations lobbied for a strong arts profile in the new city: Adam Hayward from the Body Festival, Phillip Aldridge from the Court Theatre, and Luke di Somma from… Audio

Simon Denny recently took out an international award at the Basel Art Fair for his work looking at the demise of TVNZ7 - now he's in the running for the Walters Art Prize. Audio

Walters Art Prize nominee Alicia Frankovich who blends visual arts and live performance in her show Floor Resistance. Audio

The recipient of this year's Kathleen Grattan Poetry Award, Emma Neale, on her winning collection, The Truth Garden. Audio

We play an extract from an interview Margaret Mahy gave us in 2005 about writing New Zealand stories for Kiwi kids. Audio

This week some of our local Kiwi talent will be making it onto the international stage as part of The Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Writer and actor Ralph McCubbin Howell has written a twisted children's… Audio

Ann Hunt reviews Waka, a work dance company Black Grace is performing for the first time in New Zealand after taking it overseas. Audio

After 11 years and 14 operas, Dunedin's Really Authentic Gilbert and Sullivan season comes to an end. Audio

An exhibition here in New Zealand of rarely seen work and ephemera of the influential 20th century artist Marcel Duchamp, most famous perhaps for his inverted urinal called The Fountain. The Adam Art… Audio