Lynn Freeman

New Zealand's first UNESCO City of Literature is hosting its debut Urban Dream Brokerage project. This is where empty retail spaces are made available as temporary art installations. The first exhibit… Audio, Gallery

He created some of New Zealand's best known images but few would recognise his name. Marcus King painted The Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, as well as dozens of tourism posters portraying New… Audio, Gallery

Paul Janman and historian Scott Hamilton are going to be walking the Great South Road from the edge of King Country to the middle of Auckland. In all it will be around 200 kilometre and should take 10… Audio

Lynn Freeman talks to the winners of the NZSO TODD Corporation Young Composers Award - Jay Greenberg and Reuben Jelleyman. Audio

Jen Shieff has moved from writing reports for ministers of the Crown to writing a psychological thriller set in the underbelly of 1950s Auckland. In The Gentlemen's Club, Jen introduces us to the… Audio

Gaybys, grumpy bus drivers, ANZAC day hype and assisted dying are all amongst blogs, memoirs and travelogues included in a new anthology: Tell You What 2016: Great New Zealand Nonfiction. Editors… Audio

A treasure trove of personal items belonging to early Antarctic explorers - from equipment and food, to clothing and even toothbrushes are to be committed to canvas by Nelson artist Sean Garwood. He… Audio

The Elam School of Fine Arts is marking 125 years of producing artists who've gone on to great things here and overseas, as well as unleashing its graduates of 2015. Audio, Gallery

In 1942, 37 women died in a fire at Seacliff Mental Hospital just north of Dunedin. Until the Ballantynes fire in Christchurch a few years later, it was New Zealand's worst fire disaster. Playwright… Audio

Did you hear the one about the heading dog who split in half? Or the Phantom Canoe? or the Legend of Tunnel Beach? They're all part of New Zealand's wild and woolly folklore - retold and illustrated… Audio, Gallery

The recent Anim-FX conference in Wellington was a simple statement of the obvious - the Capital's Weta Digital is one of the world leaders in digital animation and visual effects. Irene Gardiner from… Audio

Dunedin-based painter and printmaker Simon Kaan has blended his Maori and Chinese ancestry in meditative paintings and prints for about 15 years now. Simon's been co-ordinating a group show in Dunedin… Audio, Gallery

The Elephant Thief, which is set in the future, is written by Jacob Rajan, who for the first time won't be performing in an Indian Ink production. There are many including Krishnan's Dairy, Kiss the… Audio

Tessa Petersen is the Dunedin based Southern Sinfonia's 11th Concertmaster since it began in 1966. She was also its 9th back in 2006 before heading overseas. Over her career, Tessa has performed as… Audio

Deborah Challinor's five times great grandmother was sent to Parramatta Female Factory in Australia for stealing silk handkerchiefs.That interest in convict history is behind one of Deborah's most… Audio

The words of 14 New Zealand poets have been set to music in a song cycle called Shaky Places. Poet and member of the Capital Choir Rachel McAlpine chose the poems, a mix she says of the powerful and… Audio

Te Papa's curator of photography Athol McCredie hopes that a new book and exhibition of photographs from the museum's extensive collection will not only put some faces to famous names, but also… Audio

The late Bruce Mason was one of the pioneers of the era of professional theatre in this country. He wrote, performed and toured his plays - here and overseas - as well as being a fearless theatre… Audio

Wellington Museum has just unveiled its brand new exhibition space, The Attic, up the top of the waterfront building. Like an attic in a house, it's crammed full of old objects, from stuffed lions to… Audio

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