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12:46 PM.Right now the Government Royal Commission of Inquiry into the terrible abuse of children in state care is trying to restore the faith of the surviving victims. This week one of them is sharing his… Read more Audio

12:36 PM.In the Seventies, when the Italians were making their versions of American Westerns - like The Good the Bad and the Ugly and A Fistful of Dollars - India was doing a similar thing. The Bollywood… Read more Audio, Gallery

2:50 PM.Digging narrow trenches for eight hours a day on Banks Peninsula, then burying three lovingly carved wooden sculptures, wrapped in traditional baskets,and leaving them there, is the idea behind… Read more Audio, Gallery

2:35 PM.Drongo. Its Australiasian slang you don't hear much these days. A drongo: an idiot, a no-hoper. The name apparently derives from an Australian racehorse in the 1920's who showed much promise but never… Read more Audio

2:25 PM.Maori are used to having their experience captured by others. Think of the photographs of Ans Westra and Marti Friedlander. But Chevron Hassett is a young Maori artist taking the camera into his own… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:50 PM.Four students at St Oran's College in Lower Hutt who have devised a short play about prostitution law reform, have been invited to perform the work by the New Zealand Prostitutes' Collective at an… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.What are the career options for talented young dancers these days? Two such talents Joshua Faleatua and Tyler Carney are in the midst of finding out. The pair for the last three years have been… Read more Audio, Gallery

12:45 PM.Gay love stories used to have certain familiar story arcs. They might be set in the past, crusading for law changes. Or they may involve a death due to AIDS. But for a new generation those stories are… Read more Audio, Gallery

12:35 PM.In the world of choral music its a big deal. Next July will see thousands of choral music performers and producers from around the world land in Auckland for the 12th World Symposium of Choral Music.

12:00 PM.This week's arts and culture show on RNZ : this week 12.30pm to 4pm on Standing Room Only, our musical theme is all things choral as next year will see thousands of choral music performers and… Read more

2:44 PM.Designing album covers used to be straight forward. After all, the size of vinyl albums was pretty standard back in the Seventies and Eighties. These days album cover designs have to work in a far… Read more Audio

2:33 PM.I'm not a religious person but God sent an angel. One of his least qualified, though. Fluent only in Lemme get back to you. The angel sounded like me, early twenties, unpaid interning. Proficient in… Read more Audio

2:24 PM.An instrument that records sunshine using a glass orb and cardboard - and made out recycled material including bits of an old boat - is at the heart of a new installation called Burn Time. It's based… Read more Audio

1:47 PM.Ian Cross has died aged 93. He is remembered for his significant contributions to New Zealand journalism as editor of The Listener, Chairman of the Broadcasting Corporation, and for his first novel… Read more Audio

1:32 PM.The finalists for the Huawei Mate30 Pro New Zealand Television Awards have been announced - 115 nominations compete in 37 categories. But the way we view TV is now so spread out - streaming, on… Read more Audio

12:36 PM.This year residents at three Wellington retirement villages have been piloting a new improv theatre programme. Voice Arts pitched the idea of the Third Act classes to Ryman Healthcare. The group works… Read more Audio

2:49 PM.Fifth century Barbarian King Attila the Hun's ruthless expansion of the Hunnic Empire is the stuff of legend and of many books, films and academic essays. New Zealand writer JA Grierson has released… Read more Audio

2:40 PM.Imagine in the not too distant future, a New Zealand where Artificial Intelligence is in charge of all aspects of your life, and if you're not officially registered you'll be incarcerated. This is the… Read more Audio

2:25 PM.Artist, arts producer and activist Jo Walsh has just returned home to Aotearoa from the UK after almost 20 years encouraging and supporting other expat artists from around the Pacific. One of her… Read more Audio

1:50 PM.The silent film era is one of the big inspirations for Royal New Zealand Ballet Choreographer in Residence Loughlan Prior who's putting his own spin on the Hansel and Gretel fable for the company… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:33 PM.Items that were traded with, stolen from or gifted by Maori who came into contact with James Cook and his crew on the Endeavour's voyages to Aotearoa New Zealand were hugely valuable - culturally but… Read more Audio, Gallery

12:45 PM.After telling the stories of writer Dame Ngaio Marsh, artist Frances Hodgkins and entertainers Hudson and Halls, biographer Joanne Drayton is turning her attention to the history of The New Zealand… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Suzanne Cowan sees dancers with disabilities as pioneers reshaping how dance is perceived through challenging contemporary dance audiences. She's a dance artist who uses a wheelchair having… Read more Audio, Gallery

12:00 PM.On Standing Room Only, your arts and culture fix this Sunday 12.30pm-4pm we start with dancer Suzanne Cowan's new autobiographical work Manifesto of a Good Cripple and how disability can be turned… Read more

2:45 PM.Folk music is all about stories, and the best ones reach back into the past and offer unexpected insights. One of the highlights of this year's Wellington Folk Festival this Labour Weekend is an… Read more Audio