Lynn Freeman

This online resource is a treasure trove for researchers, artists and writers.Lynn Freeman meets DigitalNZ's Fiona Fieldsend, who tells her it aims to be a one-stop shop. Video, Audio, Gallery

Auckland Art Gallery's Painting Conservator Ingrid Ford and Paper Conservator Camilla Baskcomb know all about it. Conservation work remains painstaking, despite new techniques and technologies. Lynn… Audio, Gallery

Peter has just published almost 70 of his Cook works in a book he calls The Weight of the Captain's Wrist. Lynn Freeman asked Peter Ireland what got him so interested in James Cook. Audio, Gallery

Standing Room Only's Lynn Freeman joined us from Wanaka for her 5th Festival of colour. Audio

The Mental Health and Addictions Inquiry report recently called for fresh approaches to community wellbeing. A new nationwide network involving arts organizations argues that creativity must be one of… Audio

It's an afternoon of prizes and book launches in Auckland today at the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal and National Awards Day. The big winners have - literally - just been announced, and Lynn Freeman… Audio

A bleak futuristic world of injustice is the setting for Tina Shaw's new Young Adult novel Ursa. The thriller is launched at the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal and National Awards Day in Auckland… Audio

Astronomical amounts are being spent on earthquake-strengthening and upgrading museums and other arts institutions around the country. Whanganui's revamped Regional Museum reopened to the public two… Audio, Gallery

Valuable and everyday objects representing 100 years of collecting are being showcased as part of Puke Ariki Museum's new exhibition Whare Kahurangi. It's almost a century since the Taranaki Museum… Audio, Gallery

This weekend sees the awarding of the prestigious Adam New Zealand Play Awards. Lynn Freeman announces the results, and talks to the winner live in the Wellington. (The results are embargoed until… Audio

A large private collection of photographs taken during the 1981 Springbok tour - many of them never or seldom seen before - remind us of a pivotal moment in New Zealand's history. Well known… Audio, Gallery

Gender equality in sport, body image and the role of social media are among the topics New Zealand's high school students have been asked for their views on, to build into a play called Permission to… Audio, Gallery

Can the arts heal us when we are broken? That's one of the questions being put to a panel of doctors who're also writers and artists - a panel created long before the events of March 15th in… Audio, Gallery

Getting children hooked on opera is the idea behind NZ Opera's touring school productions. Audio

Hard-working, conscientious and fastidious - the popular stereotypes about Asian New Zealanders are about to be exploded in the debut novel from Wellington writer Sharon Lam. Audio

Duo Ktoo are packing their guitars, bass, ukuleles, banjos, mandolins, guitars, harmonicas into their station wagon and heading to the South Island West Coast on tour. Audio

The Ministry for Culture and Heritage is spending more than 106 thousand dollars on several projects that include a new bilingual edition of a 19th century biography of Te Rauparaha, and Nick… Audio

Otago University's 2019 Burns Fellow Emily Duncan is working on a memoir as well as premiering and directing her play Le sujet Parle as part of the Dunedin Fringe Festival. Audio

WOMAD 2019 is one of a handful of large scale events that opted not to cancel in the wake of the Christchurch Mosque shootings. It is after all a festival about inclusiveness and celebrating… Audio

Creative New Zealand is shaking up its arts grants programme, raising the limits but also making changes to its popular Quick Response funding rounds. Audio