Lynn Freeman

An Auckland artist is using his paintbrush to comment on the city council's determination to intensify housing. Mark Wooller is particularly concerned at the disappearance of the traditional… Audio, Gallery

Up to 400 choral singers from the lower North Island are combining their voices to mark the 10th anniversary of the Wellington Community Choir. It's been such a hit others have started up in other… Audio

Few New Zealand novelists tackle contemporary political satire, but once again Auckland writer Charlotte Grimshaw takes it on. Charlotte's latest novel Starlight Peninsula, introduces us to Eloise… Audio

Having gathered a stack of awards for her poetry and a book of hers translated into French, German and Spanish, Helen Vivienne Fletcher has now set her sights on writing for the stage. Her poetry has… Audio

The tougher new Health and Safety at Work legislation coming into force soon means performing arts spaces and companies will have to watch their step. Dance companies and teachers have been talking to… Audio

Sasha Huber is travelling the world, unnaming things named after nineteenth century Swiss-born naturalist and glaciologist Louis Agassiz. Her latest unnaming ceremony has been held in New Zealand, at… Audio

Kailey Carruthers reviews Pixar film Inside Out, romantic comedy Man Up, and Brian Wilson from The Beach Boys biopic Love and Mercy. Video, Audio

"What did you do in the War Gran?" That's a question researcher Professor Kay Morris Matthews from the Eastern Institute of Technology wants more people to ask. She's tracked down the stories of 64… Audio

Public art works tend to be polarizing - loved or loathed, embraced as a welcome addition to a community or resented because of the cost or the look of the work. Should the public have a say in… Audio

What next for Turkey after June 7th elections? Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development party won 41 percent of vote, meaning it needs a coalition partner to form a government. Birol A… Audio

Census figures show 40 thousand 18 to 24 year olds care for or look after elderly or disabled family members. Auckland University Researcher, Lauren Donnan has interviewed a range of young carers, who… Audio, Gallery

French-Canadian painter Micheline Robinson is exhibiting paintings inspired by the New Zealand landscape. Essence of a Landscape is available to view at Arts in Oxford from June 10th until July 1st. Audio

Fijian-born Kiwi Nalini Singh has struck gold and hit the New York Times bestsellers list with her dark, futuristic series about psy-changelings called Arrows. Audio

Porirua north of Wellington is the home of one of our leading art venues. Pataka Gallery. Museum curator Alice Masters takes us through how they are celebrating the city's 50th birthday. Audio

This years joint winners of this year's Playmarket B4 25 competition Cassandra Tse and Nathan Joe for their works Long Ago, Long Ago and Hippolytus Veiled. Audio

Before colour televisions there were colourful coloured home movies and now Greenstone TV want to tell the story of New Zealand summers from the 50s, 60s and 70s in a new series called Decades in… Audio, Gallery

Kiwi artist Ali Bramwell has covered a street cleaner's trolley with aluminium and hidden a Theremin inside it, as her contribution to an international exhibition that's running alongside the 56th… Audio

Phil Dadson and the Nine Dragon Heads collective at the Venice Biennale South Korea's Nine Dragon Heads collective is marking its 20th anniversary by appearing at the Venice Biennale. This year's… Audio

19th century New Zealand painter; Gottfried Lindauer's hometown in the Czech Republic has started taking an interest in him. Plzen in the Czech Republic had all but forgotten Lindauer who immigrated… Audio

The opening week of the 56th Venice Biennale - known as the Vernissage, meaning a preview, has come to an end. The art world insiders have had their chance for a free look at art from 53 countries… Audio