Lynn Freeman

Mexican-born poet Rogelio Guedea has been instrumental in making New Zealand poetry accessible to Hispanic audiences internationally. He's translated the work of more than 60 Kiwi poets into Spanish… Audio

Peace Stick is a novel that started with a chat to a former East German schoolgirl about life behind the Iron Curtain during the Cuban Missile Crisis 60 years ago Author Stephen Johnson shares how he… Audio

Director Keelan Walker on his new short film Bringing Mere Home, the Maori filmmaker talks about his shift from documentaries and into drama. Audio

Director Keelan Walker on his new short film Bringing Mere Home, the Maori filmmaker talks about his shift from documentaries and into drama. Video, Audio

How will Auckland Theatre Company's latest production, North by Northwest duplicate Alfred Hitchcock's cinematic vision that incompassed a chase across four presidents' heads on Mount Rushmore, an… Video, Audio

Composer Ross Harris has been working on a special commission for the Ka¯piti Concert Orchestra that brings together his many musical skills. Harris who has written operas, symphonies, chamber music… Audio

Lynn Freeman speaks with renowned theatre director Adrian Jackson MBE about his work with 'Precariat Whanau', a term encompassing families and individuals who live in barely adequate insecure housing… Audio

It reads like a western and it's based on the Maungatapu Murders of 1866, when the notorious Burgess Gang killed five men in a crime that shocked the young colony. In his novel The Physician's Gun… Audio, Gallery

Ruth Bayley is a history graduate who's woven what she's read in second world war soldiers' diaries and telegrams into her first novel, Barefoot. It's set between Wellington and the battlefields of… Audio

Almost three tonnes of ice will soon be dangling high above Nelson's harbour while suspended dancers struggle to balance on it, as it melts over the course of a day. The city's Festival-goers will be… Audio, Gallery

Tired of being left off touring schedules by musicians, Whanganui is taking matters into its own hands. Over Labour Weekend it's launching a new festival, Lost Art Summer in the Square, with a line up… Video, Audio

Wellington based, Filipino-born bassist and composer Seth Boy often combines the musical influences of his home country and of jazz greats like Duke Ellington, and John Coltrane in his work. Seth has… Video, Audio

Winning this year's $50,000 Dame Malvina Major Award is allowing Christchurch tenor Oliver Sewell to live the dream and forge an international career. Oliver's currently in Europe after recently… Audio

Tatting, a form of lace making, was on an international 'seriously endangered craft' list until just a couple of years ago. Its rejuvenation is credited to the worldwide Covid lockdowns, when people… Audio, Gallery

The Black Ferns will be looking to get down to business against Wales this weekend at the Rugby World Cup following the hoopla of the opening of the tournament. Dana talks to Lynn about how women's… Audio

Dance Exponents stellar debut album gets a vinyl reissue ahead of their Auckland performance, plus new releases from Dexy's Midnight Runners and Julia Jacklin, and a timeless classic from Nat King… Audio

Gail Pittaway reviews The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li, published by HarperCollins Publishers Audio

Finding a way that allows humans to communicate with whales has become the obsession of wildlife film-maker Tom Mustill. His first encounter with a whale was very nearly his last. In 2015 he was out… Audio

An historic quinquennial congress of the Chinese Communist party will get underway in Beijing this weekend. Ed talks to Lynn about the congress and why is it so important for the future of China and… Audio