Lynn Freeman

When photographer David Cook started taking pictures of his neighbours in a characterful Hamilton East state housing suburb back in the 1990s, nobody realised that gentrification was about to strike… Audio

Aotearoa New Zealand's only disability-led professional performing arts organisation, Touch Compass, is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a live streamed show. Technically the dance company, which… Video, Audio, Gallery

Transgender 19th-century surgeon Doctor James Barry is one of those fascinating characters from the past who you can't believe isn't better known. He was by all accounts an excellent physician, though… Audio

With festivals and arts events dropping like flies at the moment, it's a minor miracle when any New Zealand event makes it to the finish line. But the New Zealand Fringe Festival does minor miracles… Audio

In recent years many musicians have experimented with the sounds of taonga puoro - traditional Maori instruments. Art music ensemble Tamira Puoro - Ruby Solly and Michelle Velvin - are the latest to… Audio

Getting your name on a plaque on the Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Writers' Walk is a huge deal, and also very competitive given how many writers Otepoti has produced. The latest two writers to be… Video, Audio, Gallery

Just imagine being able to walk through the interior of an historic cello, a grand piano, or even a didgeridoo Using special probe lenses and high resolution cameras, Kiwi cellist and photographer… Audio, Gallery

New Zealand Film Commission CEO David Strong has been in the job for nearly six months now, and has presided over both triumphs and setbacks in that time. There's dealing with Covid, of course, trying… Audio

Dunedin citizens were embroiled in a tempestuous public debate over Darwin's Theory of Evolution in the 1880s says Dr Rosi Crane. She speaks with Lynn Freeman about these fractious times. Audio

Sisters Nikki Perry and Kirsty Roby speak with Lynn Freeman about their joint-novel How to Marry Harry. Audio

This week's Laugh Track guest is cabaret and burlesque performer Jojo Bellini speaking with Lynn Freeman. Audio

For almost 40 years, Professor Jay Duckworth has fashioned realistic props - or "properties" for productions such as hit musical Hamilton. He speaks with Lynn Freeman about the creativity and… Audio, Gallery

Frustrated by the lack of information about the many women who made a living on the New Zealand goldfields in the 1800s, Canterbury Museum researcher Julia Bradshaw went in search of them and speaks… Audio

Transforming a biscuit tin into an artwork is the latest challenge issued to Southland artists by Invercargill artist and cafe owner, Sylvie Boutelje-Chasteau. Lynn Freeman speaks with the cafe owner… Audio, Gallery

Screenrights' Rachel Antony speaks with Simon Morris about a new Cultural Fund encouraging would-be film-makers and story-tellers who maybe wouldn't normally be the first ones in the queue. Audio

Since the 1970s ceramicist Peter Lange has pushed the boat out with his art form, these days he's working using individual bricks as canvasses. The images reflect his trademark sense of fun and irony… Audio, Gallery

Scheduling any festival in the time of a pandemic is going to be a nightmare. Rijula Das is the new Verb Readers and Writers Festival Programmer for 2022, and it's one of the big literary events in… Audio