Lynn Freeman
Targeting people - German photojournalist Herlinde Koelbl
Since the 1980s German photojournalist Herlinde Koelbl has got people talking about difficult issues. From the plight of refugees to the aging body, and how politics change a person's physique. She's… Audio
A Picture Paints Some Medical Words - Dr Sam Murton
GP and senior lecturer at the University of Otago in Wellington Dr Sam Murton produces drawings and videos for patients and puts them up on YouTube to help understanding of medical terms and… Audio
On the road again: Midge Marsden
Talk of New Zealand's 'king' of the blues Midge Marsden retiring after 50 years in the business and playing thousands of concerts around the country is just a little premature. Lynn Freeman talks to… Video, Audio
A Musical Crossroads - Capturing Tha' Feelstyle
An upcoming mini-doco aims to tell the story of Kas Futialo, aka Tha Feelstyle, and the way he brings together traditional Samoan music and Western hip-hop. Video, Audio
Facing Change: photographer Maggie Steber
Maggie Steber is an American multi-award winning photographer who has focused on humanitarian, cultural and social stories in 64 countries. In 2013 Steber was named as one of eleven Women of Vision by… Audio
A very Aussie Elixir of Love!
Donizetti's opera The Elixir of Love had an extreme makeover at the hands of Opera Australia, and now that production - described as "wacky and irreverent" - is coming to New Zealand. NZ Opera is… Audio
American anarchist with a West Coast connection
Anarchist poet Lola Ridge was one of the most famous women poets of her time in early 20th century America. And much of her fighting spirit is credited to the 23 years she spent in New Zealand. She… Audio
Novelist Kate Duignan
In her new novel, 'The New Ships', Wellington writer Kate Duignan takes us from an Amsterdam houseboat in the 1970s to Wellington 30 years later, a time when the Twin Towers terrorist attack put the… Audio
Projects 2018 offers a wide range of art surprises
Projects 2018 is part of the upcoming Auckland Art Fair. Projects 2018 artists, emerging and established - display their work outside the dealer booths at The Cloud. Lynn Freeman talks to this year's… Audio
The true story of supreme story-teller Margaret Mahy
Margaret Mahy was one of our most theatrical writers, enthralling her young audiences with her stories in schools across the country while wearing her trademark rainbow wig. She died six years ago… Audio
Bone carver Owen Mapp
Owen Mapp was New Zealand's first professional contemporary artist specialising in bone carving. When he started out five decades ago, bone carving was very much a poor relation to wood and ponoumu… Audio
A Wellingtonian view of downtown Auckland
Wellington photographer Mary McPherson has spent the past few years documenting Auckland's CBD. She doesn't live there, but she is intrigued by how rapidly it's changing - her large scale images often… Audio
Film-maker Phil Grabsky on David Hockney
Painter David Hockney is regarded as Britain's most popular living artist even if he's spent a huge chunk of his long life in America. The 80 year old is still prolific and still experimenting after… Audio
Upbeat for Monday 14 May
The Ten Tenors answer 10 quick questions, we celebrate Dame Gillian Whitehead’s icon award, we find out who the BBC young musician of the year is and we celebrate great violinists.
Upbeat for Monday 7 May
How a young trumpeter successfully funded his Juilliard education; many British orchestral musicians say they are living on the breadline; we celebrate the brilliance of Bernstein with singer Morgan…
Lisa Dwan: A body of Beckett
Samuel Beckett remains one of the most perplexing writers of all time - his play Waiting for Godot is a prime example of a play that keeps people guessing and academics debating. But it's Beckett's… Audio
Tui award for Best NZ Children's Artist
We talk live to the just awarded winner of the Tui for Best New Zealand Children's Artist, musician and inventor Levity Beet at the New Zealand Children's Music Awards. Audio
Secret languages - Sriwhana Spong
New Zealand/Balinese artist Sriwhana Spong's new exhibition in New Plymouth explores a unique language used by a medieval female German mystic and abbess, Hildegard von Bingen. Audio, Gallery
Zinesters in Hamilton
Zinesters from across the country are heading to Hamilton on 12 May for the city's 5th annual Zinefest. Audio, Gallery
Massive year for Indian Ink
A world premiere, a national tour of another show, and shooting starting on a film version of acclaimed play Krishnan's Dairy - it's a massive year for one of the country's most successful theatre… Audio, Gallery
