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12:30 PM.A new collection of Bill Manhire poems is undoubtedly an event. Even if our first Poet Laureate includes a very backhanded compliment on the cover: "Being the leading poet in New Zealand is like being… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Film lovers - not just here but around the world - were shocked and saddened by the news of the death of Bill Gosden yesterday. Bill was the long-time director of the New Zealand International Film… Read more Audio

4:35 PM.Jonathan Lemalu, along with the rest of our kiwi opera stars based in Europe, has been hard hit due to Covid 19. But they're thinking of new and innovative ways to keep their career momentum going as… Read more Audio

2:40 PM.London's King's Head Theatre has a special place in England's live drama scene. When it opened in the early Seventies it was described as the first pub theatre since Shakespeare's day, and it went on… Read more Audio

2:25 PM.Author, poet and playwright Fiona Farrell has been publishing poetry in New Zealand since 1987 when her first collection Cutting Out arrived on New Zealand shelves. She's also known for her scree of… Read more Audio

1:33 PM.This summer is going to look very different for regional tourism around New Zealand. Gone are the throngs of international tourists in campervans and buses. But with no one going overseas either… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.Cinemas are doing their best to try and get people out of their houses and back into movie theatres. But how do you do that when the big ticket films from overseas aren't arriving the way they once… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.The performing arts in New Zealand are roaring back to life under level 1. Comedy, theatre and of course music are leading the charge, including the highly-regarded Wellington Jazz Festival which… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Simon Morris speaks to the winners of the Ngaio Marsh crime writing awards which are to be announced on Saturday the 31st of October at the Word Christchurch Festival. Becky Manawatu won the award for… Read more Audio

2:48 PM.Diane Wesh has helmed a series of interviews with African-Caribbean creatives based here and set up a new digital directory identifying Black-owned businesses around the world using New Zealand IT… Read more Audio

2:25 PM.Ali Soltanian Fard Jahromiis a game developer and film maker who's getting international attention, including for his 3D video game Invasion Resistance 2 that's getting great reviews on Steam - the… Read more Audio

1:50 PM.Hot off the Press - Black Lives Matter and the Coronavirus both make an appearance in the latest poetry collection from Tusiata Avia - who's also celebrating being named a 2020 Arts Foundation… Read more Audio

1:40 PM.An artist who's helping to keep traditional Niuean bark cloth painting, hiapo, alive is one of the recipients of this year's Creative New Zealand Arts Pasifika Awards. Cora-Allan Wickliffe who's of… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:30 PM.Foley - creating sound effects for stage and screen - is one of the skills under threat from the digital age, where you can find most sounds you want with a quick search online.  Read more Audio

12:33 PM.A sculpture made out of steel girders salvaged from the wrecked World Trade Center and the series of imperceptively moving structures that stand outside the Christchurch Art Gallery, are two of Graham… Read more Audio, Gallery

12:17 PM.For 20 years now, locals and visitors to the Kapiti coast north of Wellington have been invited into artists' studios as part of the region's annual Art Trail. Several hundred artists and craftspeople… Read more Audio, Gallery

3:05 PM.There's a whole new generation of folk musicians, some who just love the traditional music while others who're talking folk into all kinds of new directions. Both camps will meet up to perform at the… Read more Audio

2:26 PM.The prejudice faced by Dunedin's early Lebanese settlers and the skills they brought to their new home are highlighted in a new book Threads of Gold. Author Jude Thomas spoke to descendants of those… Read more Audio

1:33 PM.While most Kiwis are now free to mix and mingle at live events around the country, many with disabilities and high health needs are still too vulnerable to join them. So an in-home multi-sensory… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:06 PM.While films are tentatively beginning to shoot again around the world, the pipeline of international film continues to deliver for cinema go-ers. Rob Kelly joins Lynn to discuss a light hearted French… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.A fascination with historical natural history objects carefully stored in drawers, jars and cabinets in the vaults of Te Papa has led photographer Jane Ussher on a journey of discovery. Her book… Read more Audio, Gallery

12:30 PM.While some parts of the world are unused to lockdowns, that isn't the case around the globe. Many cultures hare used to pandemic restrictions and political restrictions of movement and access… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.When 18 year old Anthony Walker was killed in an unprovoked racist attack in Liverpool it was big news. It was no doubt in part because of how he was murdered, with an ice axe and that his killers… Read more Video, Audio

5:12 PM.It's the biggest hit New Zealand movie you've probably not heard of unless you've been looking in the right direction. It's called Alien Addiction and it's Number One on the New Zealand I-Tunes chart… Read more Video, Audio, Gallery