Lynn Freeman
First steps on the creative industries ladder
With CNZ funding, the Tautai Contemporary Pacific Arts Trust has picked three Pasifika internships for young creatives with big dreams. One of this year's group is museums and cultural heritage… Audio
Recovering New Zealand's wartime fallen
The story of New Zealand's fallen soldiers who remain buried in foreign fields, often unprotected, and the whanau who want to bring their remains home, is told in a new Maori TV documentary. In… Audio
Ruby Griffen and the age of CDs
What's your favourite memory or story about buying or listening to CDs when they first came out? Elam Art School student Ruby Griffin, who's in her 20s, can just about remember the tail end of the… Audio
The indefinable Charlotte Grimshaw
It's always tricky to come up with a specific category for the novels of Charlotte Grimshaw. Mazarine, her latest, has elements of a thriller, a mystery and a love story. In it, writer Frances… Audio
Janice Marriott's contribution to NZ children's literature
When it comes to telling children's stories on the page, on screen and in song, few can rival Janice Marriott. Over a three decade long career, she's been a novelist and screenwriter, audio producer… Audio
Bill Riley's art from waste
Christchurch abstract artist Bill Riley collects rubbish from the beaches where he goes surfing - so much rubbish, that he's weaving it into his latest art exhibition to make a point about ocean… Audio
The Auckland Art Gallery's in suspense
It's an anxious waiting game now for the Auckland Art Gallery while the City Council decides its budget and how much money it's prepared to invest in it. This follows months of heated debate… Audio
It's time to meet the Muppets
On the eve of the three week long Jim Henson Retrospectacle Lynn Freeman talks to two people very closely associated with The Muppets and their original creators. Bonnie Erickson was a member of the… Audio
The Adam New Zealand Play Award winner Shane Bosher
Playmarket presents this award annually for the best new New Zealand play. The Adam New Zealand Play Award, formerly the Playmarket New Play Award, has been offered since 2008. It's aim is to reward… Audio
High Stakes for Children's Publishing
New Zealand's children's publishing industry and writers have been working this week to secure overseas deals at the Bologna Children's Book Fair in Italy. Fledgeling New Zealand publisher OneTree… Audio
Speculative Fiction NZ anthology
Zombies attacking the InterIslander, a child accidentally eating baby mice, space travel, taniwha, demons and dragons. They all feature in a new collection of New Zealand speculative fiction. Audio
Tess Redgrave's new novel about the fight for the right to vote
It's 125 years since New Zealand women won the right to vote. Now Auckland journalist Tess Redgrave takes us back to the origins of the suffrage movement in her debut novel, Gone to Pegasus. Audio
Ahuahu - hundreds of years of human habitation
Off the coast of the Coromandel Peninsula is an island that's gradually revealing information about how early Maori lived, including cultivation, and trading in one of the most valuable resources of… Audio
Holly Best's toy camera offers something truly unique
Christchurch photographer and writer for Art New Zealand, Holly Best describes An imprecise organisation of forms as part family photo album, and part something else entirely. Audio
Auckland University Music - a big change of direction?
Outrage and concern have followed the release of a proposed radical restructure of Auckland University's Department of Music, with five key teaching positions held by respected musicians under threat.
…Straight to tape
Tape Artists Erica Duthie and Struan Ashby create entire murals from tape, working with passers-by on works which have a lot to say, but which are not designed to last beyond 24 hours. Audio
Protecting our valuable libraries
Libraries are under the gun in some parts of the country where councils aren't convinced by the value of investing ratepayers' money into them. Audio
Upbeat for Wednesday 21 March
Opera goes to the moon, we mark Race Relations Day, the APO announces its 2018 interns and today’s Famous Five is simply gorgeous.
Wrapping up WOMAD
At the end of the weekend, only the die-hard WOMAD fans remain at the annual music event in New Plymouth. It's been a frenetic couple of days of performances by musicians from pretty much everywhere… Audio
Children's author Raymond Huber blends science and fiction
It's a love of both science and writing that helped versatile Dunedin writer, Raymond Huber carve a niche for himself in the crowded children's book market, here and overseas. His children's novels… Audio
