Lynn Freeman

Ann Hunt gives us her impressions of Hullapolloi, the latest touring show from the dance company Footnote. Audio

Faith, resurrection, redemption, life, death, love, loss and reincarnation are all themes examined in a new series of light works by Auckland artist Niki Hastings-McFall. Audio

Heath Lees reviews the first professional production New Zealand has seen of Handel's Xerxes. Audio

Organisations warn of fraudsters posing as relief workers and soliciting funds. Audio

A special programme marking the 50th anniversary of Dunedin's much loved and still busy Globe Theatre, which started out life as the comfortable suburban home of Rosalie and Patric Carey. Audio

Warren Maxwell and Victoria Girling-Butcher are New Zealand musicians involved in a project turning the words of Witi Ihimaira into lyrics and music. Audio

This festival has been a part of Waitangi Day in Porirua since 1992. This year Band Wai is part of this year's line up. Audio

Julia Millen's investigation into 100 years of this country's Library Association which aimed to put the existing libraries in order. Audio

A catch up with the big shift out of the art deco Hawkes Bay Art Gallery and Museum ahead of its multi million dollar redevelopment. Audio

Lynn chats to the CEO of the NZSO Peter Walls on the orchestra's future, with the government refusing to up its funding and concern also for some of the regional orchestras. Audio

Photographer Laurence Aberhart talking about his visit to the once prosperous, now abandoned home of film, Kodak. Audio

Napier has scored a musical coup by getting the rights to host the City Showcase, which is based on one of the biggest music events held in London. Starting today, more than 40 local, national and… Audio

Napier is the first city in the world outside London allowed to host one of the UK's biggest music events - City Showcase. We talk to the organiser of what will become an annual festival, Jacqui… Audio

Irene Pink reviews Passage, a multimedia performance looking into issues of forced migration, truth and reconciliation. Audio

Nelson based novelist Peter Butler creates a fictional small town based on his observations of living on the fringe. Audio

Carl Nixon's latest novel takes on some hefty issues, from body theft to youth suicide to the recession. Audio

Lynn explores Hastings' Wildflower Sculpture Exhibition, an open air showcase of the work of Central North Island artists, held in the gardens of the Russell family. She talks to several of the 40+… Audio

Lynn chats with fantasy writer Helen Lowe, whose second fantasy novel The Air Of Night has been picked up by publishers in the UK, the US snd Australia. Audio

Athol McCredie has created a lavish tribute to Kiwi Magnum photographer Brian Brake. Audio

We bid farewell to the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra ahead of its biggest ever overseas tour and we find out what the highlight will be. Audio