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2:40 PM.Dunedin writer Paddy Richardson is an established crime writer - but her 7th novel you'll find in the "Historical New Zealand fiction section" of your local bookshop, library or online site. Read more Audio

2:25 PM.Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus tells the story of a man who makes a deal with the Devil. He gets unlimited power, money, glory, women - anything he could ever want. But he forgets to check the… Read more Audio

1:48 PM.New Zealand Baritone James Harrison has now well and truly got his foot on the international opera ladder. He's this year's Dame Malvina Major Foundation Fellow/Scholar, he's taken time out from a… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Italian writer Viola di Grado is fascinated by language. A graduate from Turin in Chinese and Japanese, her first novel 30 percent wool, 70 percent acrylic won awards at home for "linguistic invention… Read more Audio

12:50 PM.The Civic is the jewel in Auckland's cinema scene - a throwback to when cinemas weren't just a place to see movies but Motion Picture Palaces. As Auckland Live announces the launch of public tours of… Read more Audio, Gallery

12:30 PM.Maybe we get the musical theatre we deserve. Italy gets grand opera, Germany gets Wagnerian Ring Cycles, Britain and America tap into pop songs and the Great American Songbook. We get Jingles the… Read more Audio

12:16 PM.This years Auckland Festival of Photography features a string of exhibitions based on this year's theme - Identity. What is identity? How does is shape us and our work? ...and why does is seem so… Read more Audio, Gallery

2:50 PM.Vivid Sydney is a huge event showing off the city to the world. And this year one of the event's major attractions, a light-show over the Opera House, will be shown for the first time by a New… Read more Audio

2:40 PM.Time for our monthly dip into our musical history with Audio Culture's Chris Bourke. Chris is looking at our great songwriters. Read more Audio

2:25 PM.The Booktown festival is on right now in Featherston. We'll cross live to the event's creative director Kate Mead. Read more Audio

1:50 PM.A Wellington rapper is bringing 20 years of experience into the classrooms of low decile schools. Fiso Siloata, also known as Flowz, has been up and down the country helping foster emerging talent… Read more Audio

1:30 PM.One of the most important decisions a filmmaker has to make is "How much music to put in?" In New Zealand, the go-to composers these days are the prolific band The Phoenix Foundation. Their track… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.A new exhibition at the National Library of New Zealand is about to open on May 20th. It's called He Tohu and it boasts three iconic constitutional documents that shape Aotearoa. So, what are they? Read more Audio, Gallery

12:35 PM.The big arts news this week has been the gigantic event in Venice - the fabled Biennale. Standing Room Only's Lynn Freeman was there, partly to be bowled over by New Zealand's contribution -- Lisa… Read more Audio, Gallery

12:16 PM.In a unique partnership between Massey University students and Wellington's Compassion Soup Kitchen, Te Ha Tangata brings to light the stories of those affected by homelessness. It's a landmark… Read more Audio

2:40 PM.What motivates people to shoplift - even if they can afford the items they whisk into their pockets or bags? And how do people who've loyally worked somewhere for years, even decades, cope when it is… Read more Audio

2:28 PM.The gift of a massive bronze Maori storehouse from New Zealand to the United Nations is one step closer after being unveiled at Te Puia earlier this week. At almost four metres high and weighing… Read more Audio, Gallery

12:50 PM.Simon Morris talks to Aly Cook from Nelson about the success of her single 'Western Line' in Australia and her new series called Kiwi Country ­ - being broadcast in the UK and the US - which… Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

12:32 PM.In Transit - Telling African Migration Stories. Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Ken Dewey - This is a test. Read more Audio

2:40 PM.Which New Zealand films are the milestones in our comparatively brief history of internationally accliamed films? Read more Audio