Arts

Tamar Munch reviews a new local show, Get it to Te Papa - The Spinoff's televised quest to get under-appreciated Kiwi treasures into the national museum. She''ll also preview The 2000s, a new series… Audio

Contemporary Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama is known around the world for her large bright polka-dotted canvas works, mirrored immersive spaces and large distinctive scultpures. She turns 90 next year… Video, Audio, Gallery

The long-held dream of a Maori cultural centre for Whangarei is hanging on hopes of a $5 million council grant. Work's underway on stage one - a big carving workshop and waka shelter, east of the Town… Audio

Writer Katherine Mansfield – one of Wellington's favourite daughters – was born 130 years ago this Sunday, and the capital is throwing her a birthday party. This weekend's birthday party – held at… Audio, Gallery

Do we need a copyright collective that protects the rights of visual artists in the same way that musicians' rights are protected by APRA? Caroline Stone who has set up the rights management… Audio

The man, who is in his 20s, has been taken to hospital with moderate injuries after scaling the Water Whirler's pole, which then broke and the metal rod landed on him in the water. Video, Audio

Australian comedian Greg Fleet's best-known for his stand-up and sketch work, but this week he's here to launch his novel The Good Son, and to talk about his dealings with addiction for Atawhai mental… Audio

Auckland's about to experience it's nineteenth Art Ache, which brings together emerging artists and potential buyers, but not in the traditional dealer gallery setting. Design creative and curator… Audio

Hip-hop, Dancehall, Afro-fusion and Ugandan dance - they're all in the repertoire of visiting Ugandan dance artist Antonio Bukhar and he's offering to share his moves with young Auckland dancers. The… Audio, Gallery

The Canterbury earthquakes have provided the opportunity to reconsider the Christchurch CBD - and arts and culture have often led the discussion. No more so than during the bold biennial weekend… Audio, Gallery

In the 1990s, revered abstract painter Gordon Walters befriended a young Christchurch artist, Chris Heaphy. The friendship led to collaboration on some artworks and they even got to the point where… Audio, Gallery

One of the masterminds behind the interactive theatrical genius of Apollo 13: Mission Control designer Brad Knewstubb is one of three recipients of $50,000 of funding announced this week by… Audio

Actor George Henare - an Arts Foundation Laureate as it happens - is finding his 70s one of the busiest decades in his long stage career. He's just picked up the Actors Equity Lifetime Achievement… Audio

What should arts philanthrophy in NZ look like today? Lynn talks to philanthropist and digital marketing consultant Anna Connell and Arts Foundation Director Simon Bowden. Lynn also finds out why the… Audio

In 1998, painters Dick Frizzell and Karl Maughan staged a joint sell-out show at Auckland's Gow Langsford Gallery called Landscapes. Now, 20 years on, for Auckland Art Week, Frizzell and Maughan have… Audio

Musician, singer and songwriter Anika Moa has this week released her sixth studio album, a self-titled work, recorded in New Orleans with producer Brady Blade. Moa has been making music for 20 years… Video, Audio

Boston-born David Shiner started his career as a street mime in Paris. He went on to perform with a succession of well-known companies, joining Cirque du Soleil in 1990, where his antics in the… Audio

Queer performance artist Mika Haka went from being one of the few Māori at Timaru Boys High School to opening for Grace Jones in New York, and now runs a charitable foundation for talented young… Video, Audio