Lynn Freeman

Last year's lockdown saw the virtual closure of our film industry for months, and no films meant no film music. But one group of composers turned the lack of outside work to their advantage. They… Video, Audio

Postcards... Instagram and other social media may have overtaken them as the favourite way to show people where you've been, but there's still something terribly evocative about the word. Auckland… Audio, Gallery

Dr Sandy Adsett is one of the most significant and respected Maori artists and art teachers of his generation. Now, finally, he's agreed to a retrospective exhibition embracing his six decades of… Audio, Gallery

Homegrown experts in Krumping, Waacking, Vogue and Hip Hop dance styles are about to be celebrated in a new dedicated event. THE NEST: Street Styles Solo Festival is the first of what the organisers… Audio

April this year saw a mass resignation of the board of Museums Aotearoa, reportedly over its governance and management. There were concerns it might not survive the upheaval, but there's now a new… Audio

Three quarters of a million dollars over the next three years is earmarked to boost Tauranga's arts, culture and heritage sectors as part of the city council's long-term plan. In fact, over 10% of the… Video, Audio

One of the bleakest stories by respected writer Owen Marshall, Coming Home in the Dark, is the basis for a new film of the same name. The story of a family tormented by strangers in Central Otago was… Audio

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, the Australian TV series set in the 1920s and starring Essie Davis as the amateur sleuth with the fab frocks, was so popular there's now a spin-off set in the 1960s… Audio

The comedy business is a competitive one - and in the end the final judge of whether a comedian is any good or not is the audience. But to get to that audience is the trick. And for many comics, you… Audio

A series called New Kid in Town - Tiktok-type videos shot around Nelson's tourism hotspots - is just one of the projects that video artist Christopher Ulutupu has roped in his extended family to… Audio, Gallery

Some male-dominated creative realms are proving harder for women to crack than others - like music production, particularly the DJ and electronic music scenes. So why is that? In an effort to turn it… Audio

A Christchurch art space has helped people who struggle with alcohol and drug addiction issues, with isolation, institutionalisation and homelessness for the past seven years. Now it will be able to… Audio, Gallery

Five years of painstaking work by Nga Taonga Sound and Vision film conservators has revealed previously obscured details in Merata Mita's landmark 1983 film PATU! The documentary focuses on the deeply… Audio, Gallery

The intense bullying of a young boy by schoolmates over his love of My Little Pony motivated expat Kiwi Rob McDonald to write his award winning book The Nancys that took out last year's Ngaio Marsh… Audio

A recording studio in Hokianga has successfully attracted enough funding on the website, Boosted, to get the process of setting up a new sound desk and studio well on the way. Eru Wano, Jo Barrett and… Audio, Gallery

Brass Band to Follow is the name of Bryan Walpert's 4th poetry collection and in it, he's thinking about what it means move into middle age. The busy professor in creative writing at Massey University… Audio

A new plan to get Southlanders more excited about and involved in the arts is about to be unleashed on the region. That's after the Arts Murihiku Charitable Trust succeeded in its application for a… Audio

When she's not in her studio, Christchurch artist Melissa Macleod can be found foraging coastal flower seeds around New Brighton. She takes the seeds home and cultivates them in a greenhouse before… Audio, Gallery

Lucy "Takiora" Lord who worked alongside the militia in the Taranaki Land Wars, helped the government purchase Maori land in her own tribal area and was guide and interpreter for Major Gustavus Von… Audio, Gallery

Loneliness we know is a huge issue for many older people, as are losing self-confidence and mobility. Community drama classes for seniors being held in several Wellington suburbs are encouraging… Audio, Gallery