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1:47 PM.Photographer Grant Sheehan imagines how artificial intelligence might dream, in his new exhibition at Pataka in Porirua Does Ava Dream. Read more Audio, Gallery

1:32 PM.Perry Piercy is the dialect coach for the TVNZ-BBC co-production, The Luminaries. Read more Audio

12:47 PM.Nga Taonga Sound and Vision CEO Honiana Love explains the enormous task ahead in digitising NZ's rapidly deteriorating audio and visual collections. Read more Audio, Gallery

12:35 PM.Photographs of Marilyn Monroe and Judy Garland are among the best known images taken by Douglas Kirkland over his long career. Six decades of Douglas' images feature in a new documentary, That Click… Read more Video, Audio

3:50 PM.The Vivian art gallery in Matakana has had to close its doors for the last time because of the Covid-19 lockdown. The small Auckland town was always going to be a challenging spot for an art gallery… Read more Audio

2:49 PM.She has a cast, a crew, the script and even some specially bred out of season lambs for her next film. And Rebecca Tansley has also raised more than 20-thousand dollars through the Boosted arts… Read more Audio

2:40 PM.A novel written in part to help the author makes sense of the outcome of the 2016 US presidential election. Born in Los Angeles, Marolyn Krasner is now living in Palmerston North. Her novel's called… Read more Audio

2:25 PM.Actor, writer and comedian Abby Howells had a new play about to hit the stage but lockdown has forced her to work on other projects.She is working with London based NZ producer Naomi Wallwork on a new… Read more Audio

1:50 PM.Tomorrow marks the 60th anniversary of the first television broadcast in New Zealand. The first programming included an episode of Robin Hood, an interview with a ballerina and live music. Sounds like… Read more Audio

1:30 PM.Wanaka filmmaker Richard Sidey is offering us the chance to reconnect with the world's wilderness areas, in his ambitious documentary spanning seven continents and filmed over 5 years. Elementa is the… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.Filming of season 6 of the popular TV drama Line of Duty, following officers involved in investigating police corruption has been disrupted by the corona virus.Jed Mercurio has come up with dangerous… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Waikato artists are being asked to help to encourage unity in the region in the face of escalating online bullying and racism during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a few days Creative Waikato will announce… Read more Audio

2:35 PM.Dan Buckingham has been coming up with ingenious ways to film vulnerable people with disabilities while adhering to social distancing. While most other film companies were closed during levels 3 and 4… Read more Audio

1:45 PM.New Zealand's national museum, Te Papa Tongarewa, is preparing to reopen this Thursday after a two month closure due to Covid-19. Read more Audio

1:30 PM.A lot of hope is being placed on New Zealand's screen industry to help the country out of its financial mire. It's too soon to know if overseas filmmakers will see Aotearoa as a safe haven in the… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.One of the biggest Covid-19 casualties in the art world is the postponement of the Venice Art Biennale from 2021 until 2022. Italy has been one of the country's hardest hit by the pandemic, forcing it… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.The Royal New Zealand Ballet Company is determined to begin touring the country again in just a few months. What's especially inspiring is that it's been planning for a return to live performance… Read more Audio

2:45 PM.In the coming weeks of self isolation, audio books will be a lifeline for many people, especially those traditional subscribers who're vision impaired. On the line is Theo Gibson who's the CEO and… Read more Audio

1:50 PM.Artists and performers who're struggling emotionally during COVID-19 now have access to a counselling service that up until now has been focused on helping our music industry. MusicHelps is extending… Read more Audio