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4:45 PM.In 1995 a TV series not only established New Zealand as the fantasy location of the world, but it launched the career of its star. The show was Xena Warrior Princess. The star was Lucy Lawless. These… Read more Video, Audio

2:50 PM.The history of handbags over the past century is unpacked in a new exhibition in Upper Hutt via Italy, featuring more than 50 examples from the world famous to the curious and tiny. Carry Me: 100… Read more Audio

2:40 PM.A collection of short stories which span more than a hundred years but are connected by a building, make up Anthony Lapwood's new book Home Theatre. The stories are set in the Repertory Apartments. In… Read more Video, Audio

2:25 PM.It's been a huge year for ingenious instrument inventor and self styled sound mechanic, Neil Feather. The former Baltimore resident, who now calls Auckland home, combines experimentation, curiosity… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:50 PM."What might we find when we stop looking?" That's what Otautahi sound artist Dr Jo Burzynska asks us, in her new multisensory exhibition. She recorded numerous walks throughout the city, guided by… Read more Audio

1:30 PM.In what's believed to be a New Zealand first, musicians have played all 3D-printed instruments in a live concert. The concert was held at Depot Artspace in Devonport, which is hosting an interactive… Read more Audio, Gallery

12:30 PM.Traditions under threat from changing attitudes and new generations who have different expectations, is one of the ideas being investigated in a new play being presented by Auckland's Prayas Theatre… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.For more than 20 years, Dave Simpson has been competing with other photographers to capture those split-second, unique images of music legends performing on stage. Elton John, Alice Cooper and Robbie… Read more Audio, Gallery

2:48 PM.Ilan Wittenberg wants visitors to his new exhibition of photographic portraits not to see subjects in front of a camera, but real people. To do this, he's asked those who sit for him to stare straight… Read more Audio, Gallery

2:37 PM.20 years of playing and 75 works commissioned specially for them over that time - the NZTrio is heading out around the country to celebrate their latest milestone this month. There are three new… Read more Audio

2:25 PM.Finalist lists for pretty much every major New Zealand book award these days usually feature several self-published authors. And contrary to the preconception that these are all newbies who can't get… Read more Audio

1:47 PM.A new exhibition in Auckland aims to bring the visual artists out from behind the camera and canvas and into the spotlight. The people involved have photographed, painted, even collaged other artists… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:31 PM.Composer John Psathas came up with the music for a new double percussion concerto The All-Seeing Sky after reading Dante's Inferno. Big emotions and big ideas are contained in the piece, which he's… Read more Audio, Gallery

12:45 PM.It's been a long wait - around 20 years - but the Wakitipu community is about to get its very own state of the art multidisciplinary arts space. Two former commercial spaces in the Frankton shopping… Read more Audio, Gallery

12:33 PM.If New Zealand had an equivalent of Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette and Loretta Lynn, it would have to be singer, songwriter and survivor Jodi Vaughan. Jodi's back with a new album For the love of country… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.There are awards to encourage new generation creatives, and ones to recognise the work of arts veterans. But what about those hard workers who are in mid-career? Welcome to the FAME Mid-Career Awards… Read more Audio

2:49 PM.He's kept us waiting for more than a decade but writer Robert Sullivan has just published a new poetry collection in which he examines both his Maori and Pakeha lineage. The poems in Tunui Comet are… Read more Audio

2:37 PM.The often difficult relationship between fathers and sons is one of the ideas Tamaki Makarau-based poet Michael Steven thinks about in his latest collection, Night School. In another series of poems… Read more Audio

2:26 PM.A popular party game has been morphed into a live theatre experience that promises to exploit our fear of the unknown. Theatre collective Binge Culture has specialised in interactive productions over… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:47 PM.Lithography, the oldest form of printmaking, is the art-form of choice of Muriwai-based Kylie Rusk. It's physical - very physical - unpredictable and time-consuming. Landscapes and seascapes are what… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:33 PM.Maori playwright Sherilee Kahui wants to shake things up with her new work, Mokomoko. She's asking some hard questions and presenting some hard truths in the play, about a woman suffering from a… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.If you're in New Zealand's screen industry, the answer to the question "Where did you get that hat?" is often milliner Hayley May. Hayley's meticulous hat and glove making skills have been put to the… Read more Audio, Gallery

12:31 PM.When a marriage is seriously in trouble, especially where there are children involved, the stakes are incredibly high. In his latest novel, award winning writer Brannavan Gnannalingam leads the… Read more Audio

12:16 PM.A Russian composer living in New Zealand has written two works directly responding to the current invasion of Ukraine. Tatiana Riabinkina says she is horrified at what's happening in the country under… Read more Audio

6:15 PM.It's one of the most appealing stories from World War One - certainly featuring New Zealand troops - though it's surprisingly not commonly known here. Not compared to Gallipoli, say, or the Battle of… Read more Audio, Gallery