Lynn Freeman

Volunteers have now bedded in around 20,000 plants along the Opotiki Dunes Trail as part of an ambitious environmental restoration programme.

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As part of our series on lifesavers, Lynn Freeman talks to Auckland rescue helicopter senior pilot James Tayler. Audio

In the first survey of shark life along the Otago coastline since the 1990s, people in and on the water this summer are being asked to keep an eye out for the many species that venture there. Audio, Gallery

In the third in his Dan Calder crime novels. Ian Austin has the ex-detective take on a cold case that turns him into the prime suspect. Audio

Wellington's Matiu Somes Island was an internment camp for enemy aliens during both the First and Second World Wars. It's the setting for a new novel by Dunedin author Paddy Richardson. Audio

Maori and Native Americans share a reverence for their sacred eagles, and this connection is being explored in a new work co-choreographed by New Zealand dance legend, Taiaroa Royal. Audio, Gallery

She exploded onto - first, the New Zealand then the British - poetry scenes after her first collection won the 2017 Ockham New Zealand Book Award. She numbers British Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy as… Audio

An insight into the chaotic teenage brain is the promise from Christchurch's Court Youth Company's young actors, ahead of their end-of-year production, Brainstorm.

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Every day for the first four months of her baby's life, Amy Brown kept a journal of poems about the emotions and milestones mother and baby experienced. Now she's out them together in a book called… Audio

France's Empress Josephine,  wife of Napoleon, had a very colourful life.  She also created a garden filled with plants and animals she gathered from across the globe, the subject of a novel by… Audio

Te Auaha's Handshake project was started in 2011 by makers Peter Deckers and his wife Hilda Gascard, aiming to nurture New Zealand jewellers, and build links with international galleries and… Audio

A unique arts initiative for marginalized West Auckland youth is about to exhibit the work of the Class of 2019. The Kakano Youth Arts Collective's founder and Creative Director, Mandy Patmore… Audio, Gallery

Irish singer songwriter and outspoken advocate Pauline Scanlon is a driving force behind a movement to address gender equality in folk and traditional music.  She's one of the headline acts at the… Audio

Part classic detective work, part loving restoration...  Akaroa Museum's  Daniel Smith went in search of an historic work by Banks Peninsula farmer and carver John Menzies.  Audio, Gallery

Long gone are the days when bronze statues of famous people were the face of public art in our cities. For the past 20 years dozens of public artworks have changed the face of Christchurch and… Audio, Gallery

When pregnant 17-year-old Phyllis Symons's body was found buried in the construction site of Wellington's Mount Victoria Tunnel in 1931 her death and the subsequent trial of her boyfriend for murder… Audio

An artist who spent months on a residency investigating the Govett Brewster Art Gallery's policy on buying and selling work for its art collection, has curated an exhibition to celebrate the gallery's… Audio, Gallery

Three years after his death, a new book offers for the first time a comprehensive look at the life, work and legacy of painter Melvin Day - also known as Pat. Encompassing seven prolific decades of… Audio, Gallery