Lynn Freeman
Canadian Steven Loft and First Nations curators
Steven Loft's Jewish mother escaped Nazi Germany as a young girl, and his Mohawk father is from the Iroquois community of Six Nations in Ontario. Audio
Textile queen Susan Holmes
Susan Holmes is one of the most successful textile artists to compete in the World of Wearable Arts competition. Susan still experiments with fabrics and techniques – spraying, potato-stamping and… Audio, Gallery
Melanie Laville-Moore on the comeback of book publishing
This year, authors and publishers contributed almost $400 million to the New Zealand economy. What is behind the comeback in publishing? Lynn Freeman asks Melanie Laville-Moore, president of the… Audio
The New Zealand jazz scene
Author and jazz composer Norman Meehan spoke to about 40 musos about the state of jazz in contemporary New Zealand, whether there's a distinctive New Zealand jazz sound - and what needs to happen if… Audio
Clive Fugill on Māori carving tools
Clive Fugill, Master Carver at the NZ Maori Arts & Crafts Institute in Rotorua, learned his craft in the late '60s. His new book examines the creation and evolution of implements like the toki (adze)… Audio, Gallery
The End of Fashion
The rise of fast fashion, the move towards zero waste garments, and the abandonment of catwalks by designers who instead market their work online, are just some of the seismic shifts happening in the… Audio
Songwriting in seventh form
From 2017 songwriting will be added as a Level 3 NCEA subject. Play It Strange CEO, Mike Chunn, has been part of the campaign to bring in the new NCEA qualification. Audio
Ann Shelton: Dark Matter
For 20 years Ann Shelton has been taking her cameras into places many of us would rather not venture into. Early works and some til now unseen work, through to her latest images are going on show at… Audio
Katherine Mansfield's poetic side
After several discoveries of previously unknown poems by Katherine Mansfield in recent years, all her authenticated poetry has just been published for the first time in one collection. Co-editor… Audio, Gallery
West Coast: Pay Dirt - The Westland Goldfields
Hilary Low’s book Pay Dirt is based on the diary and book The Westland Goldfield by prospector William Smart - the man, she argues, that should be acknowledged as the first person to discover payable… Audio, Gallery
West Coast: Murder on the Maungatapu
In 1966 bushranger turned murderer, Richard Burgess, was hung alongside other members of his notorious and ruthless gang. They'd killed innocent travellers on the Maungatapu Track.
Burgess left… Audio, Gallery
Royal New Zealand Navy's 75th anniversary
This week marks the official 75th anniversary of the Royal New Zealand Navy, when naval vessels from around the world converge on Auckland's Waitamata harbour for a five day party. Lynn Freeman spoke… Audio, Gallery
Dan Kois - Angels in America
Tony Kushner's 1993 Tony winning audacious, two-part, epic play Angels in America is now considered a classic of American theatre. If any play summed up its era - Reagan economics, gay liberation and… Audio
Sue Wootton - Strip
A couple who've unsuccessfully tried for years to have a child finally abandon that dream. Then out of the blue, they have the chance to adopt a baby. As Lynn Freeman discovered, it's a case of 'be… Audio
80 years at 16th Ave
Tauranga boasts the oldest running community theatre group in new Zealand. They plan to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Tauranga's Grand Old Lady, the 16th Ave theatre, in style. Lloyd Davy tells… Audio
Otautau Gallery
Good news for the small Southland township of Otautau: its first art gallery. It's home is the Old Methodist church which needed almost three years of renovations to complete the gallery space. Pamela… Audio, Gallery
Caselberg Trust: The Unexpected Greenness of Trees
It's a big step, launching your own press - but Dunedin's Caselberg Trust is doing just that. The Trust runs the Caselberg artists' residency on the Otago Peninsula at Broad Bay. It has also run an… Audio
The centenary of censorship
To celebrate 100 years since the first film screenings in New Zealand Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision is screening bits that previously didn't get screened. This month the exhibition Censored looks back at… Audio, Gallery
Katherine Dewar's novel Ruby and the Blue Sky
In her political thriller Ruby and the Blue Sky, Katherine Dewar blends the environment with rock n roll. In the near future, an international pop star goes viral when she calls for young people to… Audio
Photographer Meli Berends
A triptych of photographs portraying her successful battle with breast cancer has secured Meli Berends the Student of the Year title at the 2016 Epson/NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Awards… Audio
