Lynn Freeman

Arts critics Lynn Freeman and Justin Gregory discuss the content so far of our two major festivals - the New Zealand Festival in Wellington, and the Auckland Arts Festival. Audio

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Doomed conmen, jazz great Wynton Marsalis, and a play about a turbulent year in the life of four Argentinian filmmakers, are all part of the eclectic mix that is the New Zealand… Audio

Wynton Marsalis and his Lincoln Centre Orchestra have arrived in Wellington ahead of their keenly anticipated performances in the New Zealand Festival Programme. It is in fact Wynton Marsalis's third… Audio

The New Zealand Festival's reaching its halfway mark and kiwi musicians are taking centre stage, from flying Nun bands the Chills and the Verlaines, to the Phoenix Foundation, Dame Kiwi te Kanawa and… Audio

Standing Room Only's Lynn Freeman joins the show to talk about the New Zealand Festival. Audio

For the first time the Wellington based New Zealand Festival and the Auckland Arts Festivals are running head to head. They are not only sharing some shows, but also sharing the costs of commissioning… Audio

Standing Room Only host Lynn Freeman has been reviewing the Festival for RNZ National. Audio

More than 80 percent of films made before 1929 have been lost - damaged beyond repair, thrown out or reused. In an effort to save what remains, film maker Martin Scorsese set up the Film Foundation in… Audio

The Ministry for Culture and Heritage is openly inviting arts organisations to look further afield for its funding, rather than simply relying on the tax-payer. They suggest looking for funding from… Audio

The New Zealand Festival marks its 30th anniversary tonight with a performance by the Royal New Zealand Ballet, and a dead dog in a suitcase. Audio

Tourists and Fijian locals arrive at Auckland Airport post cyclone; five years on, how is Christchurch faring post quake; rebel Auckland councillors and community groups look to overturn unitary plan… Audio

Outdoorsman and adventurer Kennedy Warne discusses tech in the outdoors and marine protection legislative reform. Audio

Greece has a culinary tradition that is more than four thousand years old and has had a culinary influence all over the world. It's a history that will be celebrated this weekend at the Greek Food… Audio

Politics with Matthew Hooton and Stephen Mills, including discussion on Labour's recent teriary education announcement and the popularity boost, or lack thereof, that resulted. Audio

Reviewed by Gail Pittaway, published by Serenissima Publications Audio

Four years ago Taaniko Nordstrom took some photos on her iPad of herself dressed up in a mixture of traditional Māori and colonial clothing. It turned out to be the genesis of Soldiers Rd Portraits, a… Audio, Gallery

Our Europe correspondent, Seamus Kearney, discusses the latest issues in the region including the possible exit of the UK from the European Union. Audio

Could feminism improve judicial decision-making ? What if law experts were to write the "missing" feminist judgment in key NZ cases? The Feminist Judgments Project Aotearoa offers a glimpse of what it… Audio

Massey University Associate Professor in Disaster Mental Health Sarb Johal has been advising and providing clinical support to counsellors working on Christchurch since the worst earthquake five years… Audio