A colourful byproduct of a dark chapter in New Zealand's wartime history has been unearthed by researchers in the form of hundreds of artworks made by prisoners of war brought here during World War II.
A new study of internment camps across New Zealand and Australia has taken a closer look at art made by Japanese prisoners.
Art historian Richard Bullen of the University of Canterbury led the project in New Zealand.
He speaks to Corin Dann.
