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2:25 PM.Having a great collection of artifacts is certainly important to our regional museums. But it's not enough on its own. If you can't explain to enough visitors what makes that collection remarkable… Read more Audio

2:25 PM.After a messy break up writer Janice wants to find a new home for her beloved fridge before she takes up an arts fellowship in Antarctica. Janice may be on the brink of success, but her chaotic… Read more Audio

1:48 PM.Wellington photographer Julian Ward has been traipsing Wellington's city streets for several decades now, camera in hand, documenting how the Capital has changed, and how in many ways, it's stayed the… Read more Audio

1:32 PM.Contemporary politics is a rare subject for New Zealand plays - until now maybe. Auckland playwright Sam Brooks is about to unleash his second political drama in less than a year. A few months ago the… Read more Audio

12:48 PM.Almost 40 years ago, artist John Walsh painted 60 portraits for an 18 metre-long mural featuring the portraits of Uawa Tolaga Bay people. But they rejected it, and the massive work's been in storage -… Read more Audio

12:34 PM.Predator Free New Zealand has enlisted the intricate painting skills of natural history illustrator Erin Forsyth. Erin is designing a poster they hope will get Kiwis to back a plan to eradicate pests… Read more Audio

2:49 PM.The work of two of New Zealand's forgotten artistic heroes - father and son Leonard C. and Leonard V. Mitchell - are remembered in a new book and art exhibition. Leonard Senior created some of our… Read more Audio

2:36 PM.Andrew Gunn's Scottish forebears lived though the notorious "Highland clearances" before his grandfather was one of thousands of children illegally deported to Australia from Scotland. Rich pickings… Read more Audio

2:25 PM.The Maori women's art collective who created the massive tarpaulin artwork that's dominating the Oceania exhibition at London's Royal Academy, are about to work on a very different piece for next… Read more Audio

1:47 PM.The current National Poetry Slam champion, Christchurch poet Daisy Lavea-Timo - who performs as Daisy Speaks - is about to relinquish her hard won crown. Daisy is the first Christchurch champion and… Read more Audio

1:33 PM.Director Anna Cottrell has been a fixture in the documentary scene here - particularly the TV doco one - for as long as any of us can remember. Her TV films are sharp, observant, intelligent and… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.Pushing the boundaries is expat multimedia artist Angela Tiatia's stock in trade - she's often condemned by Samoan people offended by her work. Born in New Zealand, Angela also has Samoan and… Read more Audio

12:34 PM.Without art collectors where would artists be? Fostering new generations of collectors is a vital part of the economy of the visual arts in New Zealand. But if collectors drive the art world, what… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Ex-pat Photographer Robin Hammond focuses his camera on people who live on the margins - the mentally ill, the LGBTI community, refugees and other victims of war. His multi-award winning images are… Read more Audio

2:51 PM.Magical realism isn't a common genre taken on by New Zealand writers, but it's a natural fit for Belinda Aycrigg who's just published her first novel Ocean of Milk. Read more Audio

2:40 PM.For half a century Michael Harlow has added to New Zealand's literary canon as a poet and librettist and also as a publisher and mentor. Read more Audio

2:25 PM.Filmmaker and writer Wanuri Kahiu's film Rafiki was this year the first Kenyan feature film to screen at Cannes, yet this Romeo and Juliet style story of a lesbian teen romance set in the homophobic… Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

1:50 PM.Dunedin's The Loom Room is another product of the wool revolution. Christine Keller set up the studio several years ago and takes workshops for people interested in learning how to weave. Read more Audio, Gallery

1:33 PM.A new digital journal has just been launched celebrating all things wool - its history and contribution to the New Zealand economy, the move back to crafts like knitting and weaving after they went… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:00 PM.Doug Dillaman and Sarah Watt consider Halloween, Westwood and the latest take on A Star is Born. Read more Video, Audio

12:45 PM.Animator Matasila Freshwater's first experience of directing a live-action film was on the water and in a language she cannot speak – on the upcoming film VAI. She and Becs Arahanga are two of the… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a child prodigy who played for royalty, composed some of the most exquisite music ever heard, and died young. Read more Audio, Gallery

12:15 PM.What could be more wonderful? Six weeks in Venice, surrounded by some of the world's best art, flights paid for, an apartment paid, gaining invaluable experience and connections as an attendant at… Read more Audio, Gallery