Lynn Freeman

Australia's Gold Coast is growing and sprawling at an alarming rate. It's hot, it's beaches and landscapes are beautiful, and it's also home to some of the Lucky Country's unluckiest animals. They've… Audio

Time to join Lynn Freeman and Simon Morris for an update from the arts scene. Audio

Francesa Mountford's CV ranges from cabaret punk and carnival gypsy to indie rock and a new CD called 'Nervous Doll Dancing'. She returns home to perform in this year's New Zealand Fringe Festival. Audio

We find out what it takes to organise the country's biggest literary event, with Laura Kroetch and talk to author Paddy Richardson about her latest novel, Hunting Blind. Audio

Historian Jock Phillips reviews the Anne Frank exhibition at Te Papa. Audio

From Glitz and Glamour to a Tarnished Crown - How Miss New Zealand Became Miss Anonymous. Dr Caroline Daley looks back to the days when beauty queens captured the hearts of the nation. Audio

Choreographers Andrew Simmons and Christopher Simmons talk about creating new ballets - how they do it and why opening nights are hell. Audio

Bill Viola is a video-art superstar - after almost 40 years, we finally get to see one of his major works over here. Audio

Lynn Freeman on the latest from the arts scene. Today we are looking at art collecting; and a preview of a play looking back to the maiden tour of the New Zealand cricket team to South Africa in 1953… Audio

On our arts segment today we meet the genius model makers who are currently creating a robotic moa and recreating the giant Haast Eagle, also Lucy Orbell takes a stroll down Wellington's Chews Lane to… Audio

Lynn chats to two of the creatives behind the play 360, which is what you'll be doing in your swivel chair to see all the action in this New Zealand International Arts Festival show. Audio

Greek-Kiwi writer Vana Manasiadis, discusses her new poetry collection, Ithaca Island Bay Leaves. Audio

Find out why New Zealand doesn't have enough bright young things wanting to be literary editors, and plans to do something about it. Audio

Take your cast, turn half of them into prisoners and half of them into guards, then lock them away in a hall for a few days. That's the recipe for a new play called Fractur. Audio

NZ short film, The Six Dollar Fifty Man, had triumphed at the Sundance Film Festival, winning the Jury Prize for International Short Film-making. Lynn Freeman spoke to producers/directors, Louis… Audio

Chris Moore, the Arts Editor for The Press, discusses the University Of Canterbury's planned Conservatorium, destined for the carpark at the Arts Centre. Audio

We time travel back to the day Mt Vesuvious covered Pompeii in ash. Audio

15 year old musician and inventor Anya Noble talks about her discovery about different coloured horse hair and violin bows. Audio

We explore Canterbury's landscapes and people in a new anthology of prose and poetry, Crest to Crest. Audio

Aaron Kreisler and Robyn Notman discuss the anniversary of New Zealands oldest public art gallery, celebrating its 125th year. Audio