Lynn Freeman
A Very Trumpian Streetcar
Lynn Freeman spoke to cast-member Toni Potter, and asked what changing the setting to modern-day brings to the script and its characters. This production of A Streetcar Named Desire opens at… Audio
CK Stead turns to the blogosphere
On National Poetry Day, August 25th, Carl Stead ends his busy and eventful two-year stint as the country's Poet Laureate. The tireless 84 year old has a new limited-edition book of poetry launched by… Audio
Bookshops are still thriving in Melbourne
Leesa Lambert is the Co-owner and Manager of Carlton's The Little Bookroom, rated as one of the city's top indie bookshops. Audio
Generations of Chinese New Zealanders
Several generations of families share their stories and ephemera in an exhibition that looks at how New Zealand Chinese grabbed opportunities and contributed to the Aotearoa of today.Gum Sarn… Audio
A Yorkshire Brokeback Mountain?
God's Own Country has gathered further prizes and accolades, and also inevitable comparisons with Hollywood's groundbreaking movie Brokeback Mountain. Audio
Art Crime
Will Korner from ALR is in New Zealand as a guest of Art Expo Nelson. He talks to Lynn Freeman about the register, the illicit trade of antiquities - and also about the destruction of cultural… Audio
Juliet O'Brien - In The Wars
Stories from conflict zones across time and around the world are shared in a series of monologues in a new play by Paris-Based New Zealander Juliet O'Brien. She's working with Spanish theatre director… Audio
Dr Paula Green - Children's Poetry
Dr Paula Green is a champion of children's poetry - writing poems for them and encouraging them to write their own. Paula has published 10 poetry collections with more to come, she also writes… Audio
Romance Writer Christie Craig
Romance writing might struggle to get respect in literary circles, but it is the biggest selling genre around. New York Times bestselling author Christie Craig whose pen name is C.C. Hunter is a very… Audio
Nell the Artist
References to Colin McCahon's paintings and the Rocky Horror Picture Show can be seen in an exhibition of work by a visiting Sydney artist - Nell - who is a bundle of contradictions. She is a Buddhist… Audio, Gallery
RNZBC's Romeo and Juliet
There's a reason Romeo and Juliet is one of the ultimate love stories - the young star-crossed lovers' story is the stuff of stage, screen, music and of course literature. The Royal New Zealand Ballet… Audio
Actor Elisabeth Moss on her recent TV work
Elisabeth Moss has appeared in two of the most successful TV series of the past 15 years – West Wing and Mad Men. This year, she adds The Handmaid's Tale and the new series of Top of the Lake to the… Audio
Te Waka Huia - The Brynderwyn bus crash
More than half a century after this country's deadliest road accident, a young Auckland theatre company is exploring what happened during and after the Brynderwyn bus crash of 1963. Fifteen people… Audio
Caging Skies
Turning a novel into a script is tricky -there have been some spectacular failures on screen and on stage. But the team behind a stage version of Christine Leunans' Second World War novel Caging Skies… Audio
Discovering Fletcher
The Mutiny on the Bounty, where Christian Fletcher offloaded Captain William Bligh and most of his supporters before ending up on Pitcairn Island, has been immortalised in print and on screen many… Audio
Guy Frederick - Postcards to Antarctica
Photo-journalist Guy Frederick had an unusual request make of scientists and staff at Scott Base; if you could write a postcard to Antarctica, what would you say? Their thoughts are included in an… Audio
New writing from Fiona Farrell
Author Fiona Farrell encapsulates our nation's contemporary history into her novel Decline and Fall on Savage Street - and within that novel, a street and a house. If that's not clever enough, the… Audio
A Lifetime of Inspiration
One person can make a difference. Hutt Valley High School Music teacher Gary Wilby is a case in point. He's been inspiring students in the Hutt Valley since 1977. And today that dedication to his… Audio
Taking a Shot - Guns as Art
We're bombarded with images of handguns - in news reports and in cop shows and films. But what about walking into an art gallery and seeing large format, high definition photographs of guns. Expat… Audio, Gallery
Bert Berns, the mysterious man behind ‘Twist and Shout’
Bert Berns is one of the greatest songwriters you’ve never heard of. Video, Audio
