Lynn Freeman

A new book argues that art copyists get a bad rap. They're not always forgers out to scam the unwary. In fact, there's an art to copying art that deserves its own place in art history. Former public… Audio, Gallery

What were your favourite sweets growing up? Chewy milk bottles? Jaffas? Gobstoppers and chocolate fish? Sculptor Simon Lewis-Wards has made a name for himself casting large and small glass candies… Audio, Gallery

"Vallery" is a campervan transformed into a contemporary art gallery on wheels. It's just headed out on its maiden voyage. It showcases more than 50 works by 26 artists from the Manawatu, Whanganui… Audio, Gallery

It's been a big wait and an even bigger investment. But this weekend sees the official opening of the final piece of Hastings' cultural precinct, Toitoi - the restored Municipal Building. It's taken… Audio, Gallery

It was destined to be sold off by the Christchurch city council - but a last minute change of heart means the heritage-listed Rolleston House is to be converted into a community arts venue. It's… Audio

A private investigator promised never to return to his home town. But when he belatedly decides to go back, it puts him on a crash course with his former friends and police colleagues. The Wrong Woman… Audio

Sabreen Islam revisits her teenage years when she was severely bullied, and describes her new-found peace of mind in her new self-published collection of poetry, spring clean. Sabreen started writing… Audio

In what's believed to be a first for Aotearoa, a pianist is playing the full Beethoven Piano Concerto cycle over three consecutive days in the same city. Englishman Paul Lewis is undertaking the… Audio

A quarter of a century after its premiere, Oscar Kightley's play Dawn Raids - dealing with the injustice of the 1970's government crackdown on overstayers - is being reimagined. The incident was still… Video, Audio, Gallery

A work called "Red" handed by multimedia artist Emma Hercus won this year's $20,000 National Contemporary Art Awards. The collage on MDF of an abstract masked figure with upraised hands, was chosen… Audio, Gallery

Te Radar and James join Lynn for a look at the highlights in news from the week, including a sign war between a Missouri McDonald's and Dairy Queen, Philippines' workers who'll be fined if they don't… Audio

Sport correspondent Dana Johannsen joins Lynn to talk about pressure for changes at the top of the All Blacks, how Kiwi athletes are faring at the Athletics World Champs in Oregon and how NBA star… Audio

The sixth album from Kiwi/ Canadian treasure Tami Neilson is a kaleidoscope of ideas, guitarist Brett Adams conjures moody soundscapes, and Norwegian trio a-Ha are still making the magic.

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Holly Walker reviews The Life and Art of Lynley Dodd by Finlay Macdonald, published by Penguin Random House NZ Audio

Lucy Cooke is an award-winning zoologist, broadcaster, filmmaker, and author. Her latest book Bitch: A Revolutionary Guide to Sex, Evolution and the Female Animal breaks down "sexist stereotypes" of… Audio

After a two year Covid-19 enforced absence, the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is returning to the grounds of Edinburgh Castle. The new Creative Director is expat Michael Braithwaite who's promising… Audio

A recently formed citizen science project to track down freshly fallen meteorites is deploying specialised night-sky meteor cameras across the motu. Fireballs Aotearoa is a collaboration between the… Video, Audio

New Kiwi-led research has looked at what nurses involved in the process of voluntary assisted dying have experienced, and how it could lead to better support - both procedurally and emotionally… Audio

Film and TV correspondent James Croot joins Lynn to look at Cha Cha Real Smooth (Apple TV+) - a Sundance Award-winning film about a young man who works as a Bar Mitzvah party host, who strikes up a… Audio