Lynn Freeman

Including Mercury Theatre, Downstage Theatre, Watershed Theatre, Auckland Theatre Company, Bats Theatre, Wellington Fringe Festival, New Zealand Festival of the Arts, "The Ballad of Jimmy Costello"… Audio

Including Pacific Island theatre, John Kneubuhl and "Think of a Garden", Pacific Underground, "The Frigate Bird Sings", "Fresh off the Boat", "Sons", "Ranterstantrum", "Bare", "Number 2", "Fire… Audio

Biomedical scientist Dr Steve Hodgkinson has more than 180 scientific publications and patents to his name. Now, he also has a novel called Unearthed, whose hero is a scientist. Unearthed is part… Audio

Comedians Te Radar and Michele A'Court. Audio

The latest in sport with Brendan Telfer. Audio

Jeremy has music from Prince, Adam Cohen, and CW Stoneking. Audio

'The Narrow Road to the Deep North' by Richard Flanagan. Published by Vintage. Winner of the 2014 Man Booker prize. Audio

Jock Phillips is the architect and passion behind Te Ara, the online encyclopedia of New Zealand. The last segment of Te Ara, themed 'Creative and Intellectual Life' , has just been launched featuring… Audio

News from the Asian region with our correspondent Financial Times Beijing Bureau chief, Jamil Anderlini. Audio

Conservationists are putting renewed energy into saving the giraffe, whose population has plummeted by 40 percent in just 16 years... there are just 80 thousand left. This rapid loss has prompted the… Audio

Nyka Alexander is a spokesperson on Ebola for the World Health Organisation, the United Nations health agency. Audio

Young Auckland playwright Daya Czepanski is just 18 and already she's seeing her first play performed on stage, The Cohort Hotel. Several established theatre practitioners believe she's got real… Audio

Long-time fashion and beauty writer, Cecilie Geary, has just committed her five decades of experiences and memories to paper. After starting out as a copywriter, Cecilie wrote for the Auckland Star… Audio

Photographer Guy Frederick introduces us to John Shanks, one of the many long-time Christchurch residents he's photographed and interviewed for his project, The Voice of Age, which opens on the first… Audio

Multi-media artist Simon Denny is representing New Zealand at the Venice Biennale next year. It is very much a work in progress because Simon is fascinated by current trends - notably the internet… Audio

There's a shout out to New Zealanders with stories to share about road trips around the country, to be woven into an interactive drama/documentary series by Emmy award-winning web-series makers David… Audio

The international judge of the country's biggest visual arts award, and the artist he selected to win the 2014 Walters Art Prize. The finalists are Kalisolaite 'Uhilaite, Luke Willis Thompson, Maddie… Audio

Furniture designer David Trubridge on his dream of helping to protect a traditional Pacific raft thofotho from being forgotten. Audio

We find out how Ron Sang manages to combine a busy career as an architect with being a contemporary art collector, award-winning writer and publisher. Audio

A specialist in helping to protect museum and art gallery treasures from natural disasters and illegal art trafficking, Dr Hans-Martin Hinz, has some cautionary tales and lots of good advice for our… Audio