Lynn Freeman

Irene Gardiner from NZ On Screen looks back at past Commonwealth Games where this country's punched above its weight. Audio

Robert Rapson has made thousands of ceramic ships over the past two decades. Last year he took out the Premiere Portage Ceramic Award for an ambitious installation about the romance of travelling by… Audio

Former ACT leader John Banks has abandoned his fight to keep his record clean and has been convicted in the High Court at Auckland of filing a false electoral return. Audio

Maia Szalavitz is a former drug addict, now addiction and mental health specialist. She visited New Zealand to research her new book on synthetic cannabanoids and New Zealand's Psychoactive Substances… Audio

The cost of running political campaigns; Obamacare. Audio

Dr Ben Snyder is lecturer in Sociology & Social Policy at Victoria University. He shadowed truck drivers, Wall Street traders and unemployed workers in the United States for several months, reveals… Audio

John Key has confirmed National will not accommodate the Conservatives in East Coast Bays. So where does this leave Colin Craig and his Conservative Party, which is currently hovering around 2 percent… Audio

The Minister of Conservation is being accused of trying to interfere politically with Fish and Game by threatening it with consequences if it doesn't stop advocating for better water quality in lakes… Audio

Including Radio drama, formation of Downstage Theatre, Pat Evison in 'Happy Days' at Downstage, formation Central Theatre in Auckland, formation of Mercury Theatre in Auckland with Pat Evison, Davina… Audio

Thomas Atkins and Amelia Berry are representing New Zealand in Glasgow, not in sport, but in opera. They are performing in a Scottish Opera production in Glasgow to accompany the Commonwealth Games -… Audio

The outgoing Artistic Director of the Royal New Zealand Ballet - famed American choreographer Ethan Steifel - looks back on an eventful three years. Audio

A beekeeper and an astrophysicist form an unlikely relationship which is traced through parallel universes in Constellatons, a play written by Nick Payne and directed by Rachel Lenart. It asks some of… Audio

The Christchurch Art Gallery is on track to reopen late next year, almost five years after the most devastating of the city's earthquakes put it out of commission. One of the key players in this… Audio

A new exhibition at Toitu-Otago Settlers Museum looks at the effect of World War One on Dunedin and its people. Curator Sean Brosnahan and Exhibiton Developer Will McKee talk about the research that's… Audio

The winner of the 2014 Lexus Song Quest, Isabella Moore. Audio

Including NZ Players Drama Quartet, Southern Comedy Players, Bruce Mason, 'The Pohutakawa Tree', 'The End of the Golden Weather', James K Baxter, 'Jack Winter's Dream', Globe Theatre in Dunedin with… Audio

Including The New Zealand Players, 'The Tree' by Stella Jones with Ngaio Marsh, Richard Campion, Raymond Boyce, John Gordon, Edith Campion, Elric Hooper, Raymond Hawthorne, Ken Blackburn, George… Audio

Including Maria Dronke, Unity Theatre, 'The Trap' by Kathleen Ross, Community Arts Service, 'Waiting for Godot', Professor James Shelly, Canterbury University Drama Society, Lawrence Olivier and… Audio

Including Alan Wilkie and his Shakespeare company, British Drama League, 'Rabbits', Repertory Theatre with Alan Wilkie, David Carnegie, Howard McNaughton, Glyn Strange, Bruce Mason, Prue Langbein, Eva… Audio

Poet Maria McMillan on science and Tree Space. Audio