Lynn Freeman

January's volcanic eruption in Tonga and subsequent tsunami garnered international intrigue, but a New Zealand volcanologist is the first overseas scientist allowed into the kingdom to piece together… Audio

Animal welfare campaigner Angus Robson is frustrated at what he says is a lack of progress made by the Ministry of Primary Industries to push requirements for shade and shelter into law, to prevent… Audio

An estimated three million refugees have fled the war in Ukraine into neighbouring countries, including over 1.8 million into Poland. The international disaster relief charity Shelterbox has been on… Audio

All children deserve to see themselves in a book, but in Aotearoa this isn't always happening. That's the key point made in the acceptance speech by the country's most recent winner of the Storylines… Audio

A new novel invites us to fast forward four years. State surveillance is everywhere in Aotearoa, and if you dare to search for evidence of government corruption you could end up on the Kill List… Audio

Why is the BBC TV series The Repair Shop - where heirlooms are repaired by experts - so popular? The skill of the craftspeople is certainly breathtaking. But often it's the story behind the objects… Audio, Gallery

Here's a new Instagram comedy series called I got you, designed to be watched on your mobile phone. The story is simple: a young Pasifika woman starts a side hustle giving relationship advice -… Audio, Gallery

Sculptor and social historian Denis O'Connor has created a love letter to his home of five decades, Waiheke Island, in the form of a bright red post office. The Last Post Office houses PO boxes for… Audio, Gallery

Two weeks ago we talked with New Zealand Film Commission CEO David Strong about the challenges - and some rewards - facing the whole industry. But what's it like at the sharp end? One of our most… Audio, Gallery

Artist Yona Lee uses hundreds of metres of stainless-steel pipe - the sort more commonly turned into handrails - for her room-sized gallery installations. Then she adds everyday objects like… Audio, Gallery

The past, present and even speculation about the future all find a place in the latest poetry collection Next by Otepoti Dunedin based writer Alan Roddick. It's the octogenarian's third collection… Audio

Aotearoa's latest literary sleuth, D.I. Nyree Bradshaw is faced by a mystifying and culturally challenging case in Catherine Lea's thriller The Water's Dead. The DI and her team are in a race against… Audio

One of the best things about the last couple of weeks on the Laugh Track is that the guests - mostly about to star in the upcoming Fringe Festival - have generally picked other Fringe performers. It… Audio

From dawn 'til dusk, pedestrians walking along Otepoti Dunedin's central George Street, are about to be serenaded by Recordings of Town Belt native manu or birds. Artist Vicki Lenihan made the… Audio

Cigarette filters, rusty chains, old pipes and other urban detritus have found a new life in the hands of Wellington jewellers and collaborators, Caroline Thomas and Fran Carter. It's a project that… Audio, Gallery

A suspense/thriller set in the States but filmed in Tamaki Makaurau last year is about to get an international audience. Australian director Damien Power hadn't originally intended to film No Exit on… Video, Audio

When photographer David Cook started taking pictures of his neighbours in a characterful Hamilton East state housing suburb back in the 1990s, nobody realised that gentrification was about to strike… Audio

Aotearoa New Zealand's only disability-led professional performing arts organisation, Touch Compass, is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a live streamed show. Technically the dance company, which… Video, Audio, Gallery

Transgender 19th-century surgeon Doctor James Barry is one of those fascinating characters from the past who you can't believe isn't better known. He was by all accounts an excellent physician, though… Audio

With festivals and arts events dropping like flies at the moment, it's a minor miracle when any New Zealand event makes it to the finish line. But the New Zealand Fringe Festival does minor miracles… Audio