Lynn Freeman
Covid response reveals hidden homelessness. Calls for national strategy
The true extent of Kiwis in insecure housing was exposed during the Covid 19 response leading to calls for a national homelessness strategy and to make housing a legal right. Audio
Economic recovery must tackle tax reform and super - PwC report
The professional services firm PwC says the rebuilding of our economy post Covid 19 must involve tackling some political hot potatoes such as a capital gains tax and changing the national super… Audio
The Jac's third album, The Gathering
The Best Jazz composition of the year for 2020 has gone to a track by Wellington ensemble The Jac, co-inciding with the group's 10th birthday and the release of its third album, A Gathering. The… Audio
Ephemera and Ursa: novelist Tina Shaw
The world has shut down and time is divided into the good old days of Pre-Crash, and now, post crash. Electricity's cut off, there's no broadband and medicine is in very short supply. This is the… Audio
Waiting out the pandemic: screenwriter/director Stella Reid
Stella Reid is a great example of how handy it is to work across theatre and screen, as a writer, performer, director or acting coach. Right now she should be reflecting on the Auckland Theatre… Audio
Does Ava Dream: Grant Sheehan at Pataka
Photographer Grant Sheehan imagines how artificial intelligence might dream, in his new exhibition at Pataka in Porirua Does Ava Dream. Audio, Gallery
Nailing dialects: Perry Piercy
Perry Piercy is the dialect coach for the TVNZ-BBC co-production, The Luminaries. Audio
Saving those precious old tapes - Nga Taonga's race against time
Nga Taonga Sound and Vision CEO Honiana Love explains the enormous task ahead in digitising NZ's rapidly deteriorating audio and visual collections. Audio, Gallery
That Click: Director Luca Severi on the work of Douglas Kirkland
Photographs of Marilyn Monroe and Judy Garland are among the best known images taken by Douglas Kirkland over his long career. Six decades of Douglas' images feature in a new documentary, That Click… Video, Audio
The Vivian Gallery closes its doors
The Vivian art gallery in Matakana has had to close its doors for the last time because of the Covid-19 lockdown. The small Auckland town was always going to be a challenging spot for an art gallery… Audio
Rebecca Tansley funding local film making her own way
She has a cast, a crew, the script and even some specially bred out of season lambs for her next film. And Rebecca Tansley has also raised more than 20-thousand dollars through the Boosted arts… Audio
Marolyn Krasner
A novel written in part to help the author makes sense of the outcome of the 2016 US presidential election. Born in Los Angeles, Marolyn Krasner is now living in Palmerston North. Her novel's called… Audio
Abby Howells: HarleQueen
Actor, writer and comedian Abby Howells had a new play about to hit the stage but lockdown has forced her to work on other projects.She is working with London based NZ producer Naomi Wallwork on a new… Audio
Celebrating 60 years of NZ TV: 'It's very rarely seen footage'
Tomorrow marks the 60th anniversary of the first television broadcast in New Zealand. The first programming included an episode of Robin Hood, an interview with a ballerina and live music. Sounds like… Audio
Silent film-making in the age of lockdown
Wanaka filmmaker Richard Sidey is offering us the chance to reconnect with the world's wilderness areas, in his ambitious documentary spanning seven continents and filmed over 5 years. Elementa is the… Audio
Duty star Martin Compston on being "not bent"
Filming of season 6 of the popular TV drama Line of Duty, following officers involved in investigating police corruption has been disrupted by the corona virus.Jed Mercurio has come up with dangerous… Audio
Waikato artists embracing diversity in a time of crisis
Waikato artists are being asked to help to encourage unity in the region in the face of escalating online bullying and racism during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a few days Creative Waikato will announce… Audio
The week that was with Te Radar and Gemma Gracewood
Our comedians Te Radar and Gemma Gracewood with tales of the mildly agitated Southland heifer and a California woman who has painted her beige home into a rainbow paradise, to the ire of her… Audio
Sports commentator Sam Ackerman - NRL resumes
A resumption of sports events with Rugby League taking to the field. The NRL's moved heaven and earth to get back first and it was the return to professional sport last night with Brisbane Broncos… Audio
New music with Jeremy Taylor
Cruisey indie rock vibes from Christchurch singer-songwriter Ryan Fisherman, a smoochie soul compilation, and an underrated gem from the now septuagenarian Stevie Wonder. Audio
