Arts

Last week we spoke to some of the leaders of the film and TV industries - the Film Commission, New Zealand On Air, various top producers. But it's the people on the ground who are doing it hard, post… Audio

Philippa Blair has been painting on and making cloaks out of canvas since the 1970s. The artist returned to New Zealand in 2014 after 20 years based in Los Angeles where she exhibited work and taught… Audio

Wellington writer David Coventry's second novel was inspired by the Eighties post-punk hardcore movement - bands like Husker Du, Dead Kennedies and Black Flag. Audio

Four Maori and Pasifika Festivals are the first to receive up to $100,000 from the new Creative and Cultural Events Incubator fund. The government says the incubator fund provides seed and development… Audio

She's helped create some of the most popular and influential movie soundtracks of recent times - Pulp Fiction, Clueless, Boogie Nights and Baz Luhrman's Romeo and Juliet. Video, Audio

The Government's 4 million dollar boost for the Creatives in Schools programme has been welcomed by artists and schools. Audio

In the future, Cook Islanders will be dancing their way to better health if Troy Tararo-Ruhe has a say in it. The Dunedin PhD student has developed an exercise programme that includes traditional Cook… Audio

Our comedians Te Radar and Joe Daymond with the tale of how one Australian got off a speeding ticket. Audio

Nicola "Nix" Adams left jail two years ago in Australia, returning home to rebuild her life after she lost a child, turned to drugs and her husband left with their other two children. Audio

The first ever Pacific art gallery space has officially opened this week in New Zealand. Audio

Gary Larson of The Far Side Fame has released his first new work in 25 years. Robert Kelly pops in to explain why now for Larson. Audio

Film and TV correspondent Tamar Munch looks at LOIMATA, The Sweetest Tears at the New Zealand International Film Festival, and the new six part docuseries on Neon I'll Be Gone in the Dark, about the… Audio

Ten artists from Fresh One Collective including Pacific artists will be opening an exhibition titled Where You From in Auckland this month. Audio

New Zealand's music scene is starting to open up again, but without international acts, it's a limp back to normal.  Audio

The Burnt Orange Heresy finds a corrupt art critic trying to get an interview with a famously reclusive painter. Stars Claes Bang (The square), Elizabeth Debicki (Widows) and Mick Jagger. Video, Audio