All episodes
Sunday, 31 October 2021
- 12:15 Crime writers awards - whodunit in 2021?
- 12:41 NZ Opera's plans for 2022
- 1:33 Ravenscar House - a new repository of riches
- 1:50 Auckland's alternative, on-line Film Festival
- 2:25 Kelcy Taratoa - behind the colourful pictures
- 2:40 Novelist Jenni Francis borrows real-life immigration stories
- 2:49 Whiti Hereaka gives bird-woman Kurangaituku a voice
- 5:36 The changing face of New Zealand libraries
Sunday, 24 October 2021
- 12:15 Streaming levies could be a boon
- 12:30 Can the sound of music be silent?
- 12:45 Nigel Borell - the role of a curator in 2021
- 1:33 Nelson Arts Festival forges ahead online
- 1:50 Why is CNZ crowdfunding Pacific artists?
- 2:25 Bruce Mason Centre celebrates a big birthday
- 2:40 Emma Neale - The Pink Jumpsuit
- 2:50 Edward Hanfling - 250 Years of New Zealand Painting
Sunday, 17 October 2021
- 12:15 The State of live festivals under Delta
- 12:48 Mandy Barker's deceptive pictures of Pitcairn's sea bottom
- 1:33 Yuki Kihara goes to the Venice Biennale
- 1:50 Wild Creations blends three art forms
- 2:25 Christchurch's Heritage Festival remembers old craft work
- 2:40 Bridget van der Zijpp's novel tackles courage and denial
- 2:49 In the footsteps of three iconic 60s artists
Sunday, 10 October 2021
- 12:15 Australian comedy legend Rob Sitch - the man behind The Castle
- 12:45 The stories behind Te Papa's portraits
- 1:31 Fiona Amundsen's installation at the Tokyo Biennale
- 1:46 The NZ Young Writers Festival takes on the conventional
- 2:25 Gigi Fenster's A good winter reaches the book shelves
- 2:37 Chloe Weavers on her plans for Auckland's Silo Theatre
- 2:48 Ataria Sharman draws on Maori culture for a fantasy novel
Sunday, 3 October 2021
- 12:16 New Film Commission CEO David Strong
- 12:44 Photographer Anne Noble has a thing about bees
- 1:46 Petone's Schrödinger's Books is the NZ Bookshop of the Year
- 2:26 Novelist - and haematologist - Eileen Merriman
- 2:37 Poet Tim Grgec and All Tito's Children
- 2:47 Isa Pearl Ritchie and the characters of The Seekers' Garden
Sunday, 22 August 2021
- 12:15 Loading Docs focused on Hope
- 12:30 Putting the farm into the frame
- 12:45 John Callen
- 2:25 Jake Byrom - singing the songs of Buddy Holly
- 2:40 Patricia Donovan - The Madison Gap
- 2:49 Nicola Daley and Dianne Forbes - picture books
Sunday, 15 August 2021
- 12:15 LOTR flies overseas
- 12:30 Designing a killer book cover
- 12:45 A history of riot in Aotearoa
- 1:33 Vasanti Unka - illustrator extraordinaire
- 1:50 A bird's eye view of Otakou
- 2:25 Morgana O'Reilly: Stories About My Body
- 2:40 Rosetta Allan on "crazy love"
- 2:49 Bronwen Newbury: Falling Light
Sunday, 8 August 2021
- 12:15 Ellen Burstyn dons the entertainment triple crown
- 12:30 Pork & Poll Taxes
- 12:45 Polynesian Panthers series looks back to look forward
- 1:35 Arts Laureate Harry Culy
- 2:30 Coffee art hits the capital
- 2:36 New Cli-Fi novel imagines a world on fire
- 2:45 Sapphic Lake swans on stage
- 2:49 Jeanine Clarkin: Te Aho Tapu Hou
Sunday, 1 August 2021
- 12:16 A Turnbull-held painting gets unexpected help
- 12:35 Two major grants to Māori arts organisations
- 1:32 The Kama Sutra offers help to the South Asian community
- 1:46 Artist Emily Parr is inspired by the sea
- 2:26 Trumpeter Isabella Thomas is very much in demand
- 2:37 Poet - and farmer - Janet Newman
- 2:50 Nelson father and daughter film-makers
Sunday, 25 July 2021
- 12:15 Pencil it in!
- 12:36 Poetry Live! 40 years on
- 1:30 Theatre costume designer Elizabeth Whiting
- 1:46 Mikee Carpinter - artist manager and film colourist
- 2:25 The rise of the Bay Of Plenty film scene
- 2:35 Elizabeth Smither's short story collection The Piano Girls
- 2:48 Treasures of Stitch - the Wairarapa Embroiderers' Guild
Sunday, 18 July 2021
- 12:16 Love & Loss - decades of personal memories
- 12:34 Gaysorn Thavat and The Justice of Bunny King dream team
- 12:45 The birth of the NZ Women's Institutes
- 1:31 Marcus McShane comes out from behind the spotlight
- 1:50 Shannon Novak offers opportunities for plurality in art
- 2:25 Two Landfall editors look back - and forward
- 2:37 Serie Barford's poetry addresses strong freelings
- 2:48 Choreographer Mary-Jane O'Reilly goes noir
Sunday, 11 July 2021
- 12:10 Museums Aotearoa - a new direction
- 12:30 Dance Festival - taking it to the street
- 12:43 Sandy Adsett - six decades pioneering contemporary Maori art
- 1:31 Veronica McLaughlin - capturing performance on camera
- 1:45 Plan 9's first album - 35 years in the making!
- 2:25 Barnie Duncan - Tap Head
- 2:34 Crime in Ponsonby - novelist Suzanne Frankham
- 2:47 Poet - and GP - Glen Colquhoun
Sunday, 4 July 2021
- 12:16 PATU! restored
- 12:38 Appreciating the Art-East studio
- 1:32 Where are all the women DJs?
- 1:47 Video artist Christopher Ulutupu
- 2:06 The Laugh Track - Rachel Rouge
- 2:26 Geri Hakewill - the new Miss Fisher
- 2:35 Owen Marshall dives into the dark side
- 2:48 A boost for Tauranga's arts sector
Sunday, 27 June 2021
- 12:10 Seniors staying engaged with life through drama
- 12:45 The legend of Maori guide and interpreter, Lucy Takiora Lord
- 1:10 Photographer and sculptor Melissa Macleod
- 1:20 Building Southland's artistic capital
- 2:25 Rob McDonald's second novel, The Nancy Business
- 2:25 Building recording facilities for Hokianga youth
- 2:25 Bryan Walpert's musings on middle age
Sunday, 20 June 2021
- 12:15 Maisie Chilton and the healing power of art
- 12:30 National Concerto Competition - finally!
- 12:45 Composer John Gibson
- 1:10 Writing Aotearoa's early colonial history
- 1:47 Voice teacher Kirstie O'Sullivan
- 2:27 Lucy Mulgan's interactive opera
- 2:40 Flash Fiction author Michelle Elvy
- 2:50 James and Tui - more than five minutes of fame
Sunday, 13 June 2021
- 12:15 Standing Room Only looks back on 20 years of covering the Arts
- 12:35 Arts Culture and Heritage Minister Carmel Sepuloni's big payout
- 1:33 Philip Sharp - from fantasy props-maker to wildlife photographer
- 1:46 Shooting the night sky
- 2:25 Poet Sam Duckor-Jones finds himself inspired by train trips
- 2:44 Nicola Daly says children can handle complex - even confronting - books
Sunday, 6 June 2021
- 12:15 Surrealism lands at Te Papa
- 12:30 Peter Ireland on Frances Hodgkins
- 12:45 Assessing the impact of 'P' in Kaikohe
- 1:33 Scotty Cotter on moving deliberately
- 1:50 Nigel Collins reimagines the requiem
- 2:12 Are the arts essential?
Sunday, 30 May 2021
- 12:21 Poppy: A story ten years in the making
- 12:33 Cian Parker's new play inspired by real-life tragedy
- 12:33 Cian Parker's new play inspired by real-life tragedy
- 12:48 South Auckland choreographer Villa Junior Lemanu
- 12:48 South Auckland choreographer Villa Junior Lemanu
- 1:31 Lucy Marinkovich - dancing with Parkinson's
- 1:50 Callum Passells is taking it to the streets
- 2:27 Saving St David's Memorial Church for music
- 2:35 Andy Southall's Both Feet In Paradise
- 2:50 Athol Parks captures Mosgiel at Alert Level Four
Sunday, 23 May 2021
- 12:16 We disappear - an album over 30 years in the making FINAL
- 12:30 Voices of Vanuatu
- 12:46 The NZSO's big Budget score
- 1:31 Photographing Londoners through windows during the lockdown
- 1:50 The bard of the West Coast, the late Peter Hooper
- 2:26 Photographer Tony Bridge takes a Walk in the Shadowlands
- 2:38 A romantic novel set during the Springbok Tour
- 2:50 The murals of Nelson's ArtWalk
Sunday, 16 May 2021
- 12:16 Film Writers compete to get on a Black List
- 12:35 Tawhai Rickard reinvents Maori superheroes
- 12:41 Dressed - what the well-dressed colonial was wearing
- 1:48 Photographer Cody Ellingham captures the poetry of isolation
- 2:26 Poet Siobhan Harvey is haunted by Ghosts
- 2:41 Leanne Radojkovich's short stories put people under pressure
- 2:51 Counting down to the NZ Children's Music Awards
- 5:31 Tiki Taane's family affair
Sunday, 9 May 2021
- 12:15 Dunedin writers Vanda Symon and Heather McQuillan
- 12:34 Photographer Jim Marshall captured legends at their height
- 12:45 Tim Barlow works in lime
- 2:06 Panel: Fake News - is it a new thing?
Sunday, 2 May 2021
- 12:16 In defense of Sports Writing
- 12:35 Walters Prize Exhibition
- 12:45 Jacob Rajan's new play is coincidentally timely
- 1:33 The conclusion of Philip Temple's biography of Maurice Shadbolt
- 1:50 Are we just Another Mammal?
- 2:25 Pop superstar Benee goes orchestral
- 2:40 Thriller writer Tina Clough
- 2:49 Translating te reo into Italian
Sunday, 25 April 2021
- 12:20 Selling kiwi films in a pandemic market
- 12:30 Restoring a historic typeface
- 12:30 Single Asian Female to premiere in Tamaki Makaurau
- 12:45 A Boy called Piano
- 1:50 The tenth tenor!
- 2:25 The Movement captures algorithms in dance
- 2:40 The Devil's Trumpet sounds
- 2:49 David Eggleton: The Wilder Years
Sunday, 11 April 2021
- 12:15 Retiring NZ Film Commission CEO Annabelle Sheehan
- 1:30 A girl called Lily
- 1:43 Tales from the back of the painting
- 2:25 The Hall - a small story told by a big choir
- 2:40 Catherine Robertson and the Gabriel's Bay trilogy
- 2:50 A Nelson poets society publishes an anthology
- 5:32 Fifty years of the Court Theatre
