Lynn Freeman
A Work of Heart
It's part of a project to raise the profile of nursing, New Zealand nurses have expressed their pride, their grief, their observations and their frustrations with the health system, in a collection of… Audio
Elizabethan Society was Riddled with Informers and Spies
Dr. Bill Angus, a lecturer at Massey University's School of English and Media Studies has been exploring the role of spies and informers in the scripts and society of the Bard and his contemporaries… Audio
On your marks...Lights, Camera, Action
Ant Timpson's always pretty busy. If he's not programming the Incredibly Strange section of the New Zealand International Film Festival, or producing some fairly Strange films himself like the Greasy… Audio
The Restoration of Christchurch Arts Centre
Since 2013, photographer Johannes van Kan has been putting on a hard hat and hi-vis jacket to photograph the restoration of the historic Christchurch Arts Centre. Audio, Gallery
Lydia Wevers bids a fond farewell to the Stout Research Centre
After 17 years championing New Zealand studies and culture, Professor Lydia Wevers has just stood down as director of Victoria University's Stout Research Centre in Wellington. Audio
Traditional Threads, Contemporary Colour
Peruvian master weaver Máximo Laura is one of his country's living treasures and his giant works have been shown throughout the world. Using five thousand year old weaving techniques, his designs… Audio
Words and Politics
Philip Temple and Emma Neale have edited Manifesto after receiving around 500 poems from established through to emerging poets. The collection is in four parts: Politics, Rights, Environment and… Audio
Objectspace
The country's only gallery committed to craft, design and architecture has a new home, an Auckland warehouse redesigned and kitted out in a 630-thousand dollar makeover. All will be revealed later… Audio, Gallery
Changing the Subject on TV Movies
We're in the middle of a new season of locally-made Sunday Theatres on TVNZ One - all, as they say, plucked from the nation's headlines. Why Does Love told the story of pop band the Dance Exponents… Audio
Wikimuseums
It's an unusual title, but Susan Tolich can now call herself New Zealand's first official Wikimedian-in-Residence. She's doing a Master's of Museum and Heritage Studies at Victoria University but has… Audio
Remembering Mrs. Elizabeth Pinfold
The extraordinary life of Elizabeth Pinfold, awarded the Queen Elizabeth Medal for her work helping Belgian refugees during the First World War, has been remembered at a ceremony at Kaori Cemetary by… Audio
Telling True Stories at the New Zealand IFF
We make good documentaries in New Zealand, and nowhere is that more obvious than at the International Film Festival. This year is a gala one, with over a dozen top Kiwi documentary features on… Audio, Gallery
PANZ Design Awards
We do judge books by their covers - so what's grabbing our attention these days? This year's PANZ book design awards are good way to find out what's hot, and what's not, in bookstores and libraries… Audio
Tim Corballis - Our Future is in the Air
Wellington author Tim Corballis imagines a very different 1975 to how we remember it in his new novel Our Future is in the Air. Glimpses into the future, events like 9/11, sees jet air travel and time… Audio
Patricia Barker Joins RNZB
Patricia Barker is the latest overseas appointment to the job of Artisitic Director at the Royal New Zealand Ballet company. Before moving into leadership roles she was a dancer for 27 years with… Audio
Technology feature of Art teachers conference
The country's art teachers are about to swap notes on digital media - what's working, and not working for them and their students in our classrooms. Their 2017 conference is being held in Whanganui… Audio
Teen Film Maker in NZIFF Programme
Qianna Titore is making history as the youngest filmmaker to have her work accepted into the New Zealand International film festival programme. She was just 16 when she wrote and directed her short… Audio, Gallery
Everybody's included at the Court Theatre
Christchurch's Court Theatre's been acknowledged for making its productions accessible to as many people as possible. 2017 Arts Access Creative New Zealand "Arts For All" Award. It just won the… Audio
Homesick blues: new writings about where we live
22 New Zealand writers talk about the idea of home in a new collection of essays brought together by Thom Conroy. It's called Home: New Writing. Few of these pieces are nostalgic or sentimental in… Audio
Finn Teppett: obsessions, identity and boy bands
Wellington playwright Finn Teppett has won a stack of awards here and overseas, co-created the popular satire White Man Behind A Desk Live! show, and has a couple of films on the go. This week his… Audio
