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2:38 PM.Writer Kerry Harrison delves into her memories of taking part in the 1981 anti-Springbok tour protests for her latest novel, Hold the Line. In the book, she introduces legal student Beth who joins in… Read more Audio

2:26 PM.A waiata and an accompanying photograph for every day of last year's nationwide lockdown was the challenge Te Anau based photographer Tony Bridge set himself. Raahui A Walk in the Shadowlands is the… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:50 PM.Painter Colin McCahon was so enchanted by the poetry of West Coaster Peter Hooper that he used his poems in several artworks. . 20 years after his death, Peter's published and previously unpublished… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:31 PM.Looking out from Within - a series of portraits of Londoners looking out from their windows during the UK's protracted lockdown - is about to go on show at the Auckland Festival of Photography. Just… Read more Audio, Gallery

12:46 PM.Among the notable arts winners from this week's budget announcement is the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. It's getting an extra $3.2 million to tide it over the next two years. The orchestra is also… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.A 'first of its kind' anthology of new writing by three generations of women writers from Vanuatu offers us a remarkable insight into their lives, their joys, their hopes and their frustrations… Read more Audio

12:16 PM.Wellington is famous for its rock and roll mavericks - people who rocked for a while then moved to other fields. Legendary drummer, the late Bruno Lawrence quit Blerta and the Crocodiles to become one… Read more Audio

5:31 PM.Charlie and Karcia Taane are just 12 and 9 respectively, but they are about to go on stage with their famous Dad, performer and superstar producer Tiki Taane. That sounds pretty intimidating, but… Read more Audio

2:51 PM.The countdown has started for the APRA Children's Song of the Year. Established in 2008, it celebrates songwriters and composers who write for New Zealand children. Past winners have included Anika… Read more Audio

2:41 PM.The new short story collection by writer and librarian Leanne Radojkovich, hailman, includes some cautionary tales for people facing moral dilemmas. Read more Audio

2:26 PM.Migration and the ghosts they bring with them from their old homes to their new one - that's the theme of the new poetry collection from Siobhan Harvey. Read more Audio

1:48 PM.Moonlit shots of deserted country roads and derelict buildings are among the images Wellington photographer Cody Ellingham is exhibiting at the upcoming Auckland Festival of Photography. Read more Audio, Gallery

12:41 PM.When specialist textile curators at New Zealand museums examine donated garments, often the most fascinating stories come from the signs of stains, repairs and repurposing that they discover. Read more Audio, Gallery

12:35 PM.Two Māori superheroes - based on the Batman and Robin characters - are placed in different moments in Aotearoa's history in a new series of work by Tauranga-based visual artist Tawhai Rickard of Ngati… Read more Audio, Gallery

12:16 PM.The movie business, famously, is a lottery. Quality alone has never been a guarantee a film would get the green light. Hence Hollywood's famous Black List - drawing movie producers' attention to the… Read more Audio

2:06 PM.This is a panel discussion recorded in Wanaka, at the 2021 Festival of Colour's "Aspiring Conversations" series. Lynn Freeman chairs the session exploring Fake News. She's joined by two experienced… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.Limestone, lime plasters and lime concretes, and how lime's been used in art and architecture - that's what Dunedin artist Tim Barlow is exploring in his new project The Lime Burners. Tim received the… Read more Audio, Gallery

12:34 PM.Photographer Jim Marshall was entrusted with unprecedented access to many of the world's music legends, and he documented many of the greatest events in music history. His best known images include… Read more Audio, Gallery

12:15 PM.This week Lynn Freeman presents Standing Room Only from our Dunedin studio, in time for the Writers and Readers Festival. New Zealand is of course extremely lucky to be able to hold festivals at all… Read more Audio

2:49 PM.History is being made with a new collection of contemporary Maori women's poetry. Alongside the reo and English versions, the poems have been translated into Italian, Translation is a delicate and… Read more Audio

2:40 PM.Human trafficking is the latest crime to be investigated by Hunter Grant, the ex-army reluctant detective created by Swedish-Kiwi writer Tina Clough. Folded is the third outing for Hunter and his… Read more Audio

2:25 PM.Split Enz, Tami Neilson, The Phoenix Foundation and Teeks - all Kiwi acts who've been invited to reimagine their songs with a full orchestra. Now it's the rather unlikely turn of pop superstar Benee… Read more Audio

1:50 PM.We have historic choices to make as a species, reckons Wellington playwright Jo Randerson, who looks a power imbalances and asks why people just can't get along in her new show. Another Mammal was due… Read more Audio

1:33 PM.He wrestled with demons, including depression and alcohol, for most of his life. But writer Maurice Shadbolt still managed to produce several seminal New Zealand novels, as well as some outstanding… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.A play about impermanence, a population under threat and set in India - it sounds like it's just been created in response to the current pandemic crisis. But writer and actor Jacob Rajan wrote the… Read more Audio, Gallery