Lynn Freeman

Fifth century Barbarian King Attila the Hun's ruthless expansion of the Hunnic Empire is the stuff of legend and of many books, films and academic essays. New Zealand writer JA Grierson has released… Audio

Imagine in the not too distant future, a New Zealand where Artificial Intelligence is in charge of all aspects of your life, and if you're not officially registered you'll be incarcerated. This is the… Audio

Artist, arts producer and activist Jo Walsh has just returned home to Aotearoa from the UK after almost 20 years encouraging and supporting other expat artists from around the Pacific. One of her… Audio

The silent film era is one of the big inspirations for Royal New Zealand Ballet Choreographer in Residence Loughlan Prior who's putting his own spin on the Hansel and Gretel fable for the company… Audio, Gallery

Items that were traded with, stolen from or gifted by Maori who came into contact with James Cook and his crew on the Endeavour's voyages to Aotearoa New Zealand were hugely valuable - culturally but… Audio, Gallery

After telling the stories of writer Dame Ngaio Marsh, artist Frances Hodgkins and entertainers Hudson and Halls, biographer Joanne Drayton is turning her attention to the history of The New Zealand… Audio

Suzanne Cowan sees dancers with disabilities as pioneers reshaping how dance is perceived through challenging contemporary dance audiences. She's a dance artist who uses a wheelchair having… Audio, Gallery

On Standing Room Only, your arts and culture fix this Sunday 12.30pm-4pm we start with dancer Suzanne Cowan's new autobiographical work Manifesto of a Good Cripple and how disability can be turned…

Today we check out two great collections of radical jazz/ street soul spanning the American civil rights era- tenor sax pioneer Yusef Lateef blows up a storm, then poet Sarah Webster Fabio brings the… Audio

Nepali freelance journalist Rojita Adhikari brings issues of life and death in her country to a global audience. She writes about the thousands of Nepalese women go to the Middle East to earn money… Audio, Gallery

Across New Zealand this year there have been 1928 confirmed cases of measles notified, 1554 of the people affected are in Auckland, many residents of southern suburbs which are home to a large… Audio

Shaun Barnett, writer, photographer and outdoorsman shares his favourite day walks around the country. He's just published a revised edition of Day Walks in New Zealand - with 20 new walks, spanning… Audio, Gallery

Victoria University students Chamonix Stuart & Hannah Tilsley have designed a system to help prevent drownings in rip currents. It's a floating buoy which can detect a rip current, and change colour… Video, Audio

The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is attempting to call a snap election as he tries to get the country out of the European Union. He's told British MP's he'll give them more time to debate his… Audio

Folk music is all about stories, and the best ones reach back into the past and offer unexpected insights. One of the highlights of this year's Wellington Folk Festival this Labour Weekend is an… Audio

There's a playfulness to the way that Dunedin poet and essayist Lynley Edmeades writes that both celebrates and undermines language. She has a PhD in avant-garde poetics and has just published her… Audio

The risk of over-sharing - it's something creatives who share aspects of their personal lives with audiences really have to think about. Let Me Be Frank is the title of novellist and cartoonist Sarah… Audio