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John Coley emerged from a stimulating bohemian era, recalling 22 Armagh Street in the 1950s as a place where he and his young creative cohorts gathered together to write manifestos and challenge the… Audio

Author and freelance journalist Ann Packer discusses her crafting memories and shares some top tips from her travels across the country on the release of her book: Crafty Girls Road Trip. Audio

Discussing the issues of touring, infrastructure, audience and offshore markets are Cath Cardiff from Creative New Zealand; Hilary Beaton, CEO and Director of Downstage Theatre; and Mark Westerby… Audio

Sunset Boulevard may well be one of the greatest films of all time. Mark Knowles offers his two cents. Audio

Trained actor and doctor Thomas Petschner combined his skills to form Clown Doctors. It's a programme providing comic relief to patients in hospital. The programme has been running in Auckland and… Audio

What if life was a musical and it could help to relieve society from the doom and gloom of the global economic crisis? That's the question posed in a tongue-in-cheek musical created by Nelson-born… Audio

What if life was a musical and it could help to relieve society from the doom and gloom of the global economic crisis? That's the question posed in a tongue-in-cheek musical created by Nelson-born… Audio

Sonia Sly meets with Christian Penny, director of Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School; Tom McCrory, senior movement tutor (Toi Whakaari)and cofounder of Pacific Island theatre Company The Conch; and Bert… Audio

Invercargill-based print maker Katy Buess had always dreamt of volunteering abroad but felt she didn't have any practical skills to offer. But an opportunity eventually came her way. She chats with… Audio

Sonia Sly speaks to author and spiritualist Suzanne Boult about numerology and other methods of divination to find out how we can unlock our potential, and how she came to discover her own. Audio

Italian-American musician, Lorenzo Buhne settled in New Zealand with his wife Kedron Parker after a crazy life on the road with US punk band The Dickies. In a desire to discover more about his new… Audio

For Auckland-based life coach and artist Jo Hutchinson, a realisation that corporate life just wasn't enough was the trigger that changed her life around and led her down new paths. She needed to do… Audio

Sticks and stones may break your bones, but its spiky brass creatures that are likely to hurt you. Sonia Sly meets with Invercargill-based artist Anna Claire to talk about her jewellery. Audio

Productive Bodies is the name of a new performance art work by director Mark Harvey who's exploring the notion that unemployed bodies are just as productive as employed ones. Audio

A krumper, a flipper, and a Samoan jazz/ballet dancer are just some of the members of Lima Dance in Auckland who hit the stage at Mangere Arts Centre last week. Sonia Sly was recently in Auckland and… Audio

Contemporary dance is fairly foreign territory for those from the Pacific Island community, and remains largely outside of the vocabulary of PI youth. But with the help of Lima Dance in Auckland, and… Audio

Sonia Sly meets quirky landscape painter Tony Bishop, part of the thriving creative community in Invercargill. Audio

Sonia Sly visits quirky Invercargill landscape painter Tony Bishop. Audio

Sonia speaks with Gisborne sisters Cate King and Sarah Busby and finds out what it's like to walk in their shoes, both figuratively and literally. Audio

More of what you've had to say today. Audio

We visit Karapiro on the Waikato. Audio

Some more of what you've had to say about the programme today. Audio

Some of what you've had to say about what's on the programme today. Audio

We visit the Wiakato town of Cambridge. Audio

A giant dog and sheep tower over the main street of Tirau, just two of a series of sculptures and buildings made from corrugated iron a common building material in New Zealand. Audio