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Joy Cowley's two new books for two very different readerships
12:33 PM.Launching one book is a big occasion, but much-loved author Joy Cowley is about to unleash two - Greedy Cat's Christmas, and an adult novella called Blind Date. She's launching them both in… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Hannah Marshall takes over Drama at SPP
12:16 PM.When Hannah Marshall was picked for the role of Head of Scripted Development at South Pacific Pictures, the only surprise, frankly, was that it took them so long to give her the job. Her track record… Read more Audio
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Maranga Mai audio drama series
3:17 PM.Radio drama is making a real comeback. Aside from the popularity of podcasts, there are new initiatives like the audio series from wahine Maori and va'ine Pasifika writers' collective Maranga Mai. The… Read more Audio
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Bruce Mason Playwriting Award goes to a team
3:06 PM.History has just been made with the Bruce Mason Playwriting Award. For the first time in its 40-year history, the $10,000 prize goes to a team - two writers who together have written several… Read more Audio
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Frank Edwards - the life of a supporting actor!
2:49 PM.Bit Part Actor is the name of Frank Edward's memoir, but he's selling himself short. Over a career of more than 60 years on stage and screen, he's also had some lead and really memorable roles. But… Read more Video, Audio
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2022 Portage Ceramic Awards
2:35 PM.An imagined series of puzzling artefacts from a time travelling civilisation has taken out this year's top Portage Ceramic Award for their creator, Richard Penn. His collection's called Artefacts… Read more Audio
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Poet Joanna Cho is a people person
2:26 PM.There is a right way of washing dishes and a wrong way - and Kiwis do it the wrong way according to Joanna Cho's debut poetry collection, People Person. The South Korean-born, now Wellington-based… Read more Audio
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Paul Gurney back on the road with a lockdown-inspired album
1:45 PM.Kiwi muso Paul Gurney loves Americana - that unique blend of country, folk, blues and rock'n'roll. In fact, he's not long back from Nashville in the States which hosted a festival devoted to the… Read more Audio
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Proof - a showcase for two decades of NZ printmakers
1:32 PM.It's had more than 20 years championing the work of this country's print makers. Now Print Council Aotearoa New Zealand has published a book featuring a dazzling array of prints by its members. PCANZ… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Children's TV champion Janine Morrell-Gunn
12:45 PM.Remember Spot On, one of our most popular children's TV shows, that played for 15 years from 1973? It was fun, engaging and educational and occasionally daring in its content. Janine Morrell-Gunn… Read more Audio
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Thomas Allely prepares for a Tuba Concerto
12:34 PM.The Christchurch-born principal tuba player with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Allely, is heading home to perform a Tuba Concerto. It's been composed for him by his former high school… Read more Video, Audio
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Fiona Samuel on screenwriting in the age of streaming
12:16 PM.This is undeniably a new Golden Age of television drama - both in quantity and quality. So much drama, so much variety of drama and - most important - so many outlets to play your drama. But how much… Read more Audio
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Playwright Ben Wilson's unique Christmas gift
2:46 PM.A "dysfunctional family epic" is how Ben Wilson's award-winning script Homemade Takeaways is described. The comedy-drama won the 2020 Playmarket Playwrights B4 25 competition and it's finally heading… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Glen Wolfgramm's huge, Tongan-inspired paintings
2:38 PM.17 artworks spanning 25 years of paintings make up artist Glen Wolfgramm's first survey show of his intricate abstract works, all strongly reflecting his Tongan heritage. A'eva tokotaha he Pasifiki… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Best-selling Christchurch crime writer Paul Cleave
2:27 PM.Christchurch writer Paul Cleave has released his latest thriller, The Pain Tourist just as filming is about to start on a TV show based on his first crime novel. Paul worked on the script for the… Read more Audio
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Matamata Dramatic Society, three quarters of a century on
1:47 PM.For 75 years the Matamata Dramatic Society has entertained its community while also training generations of performers and crew. Memories will flow at the upcoming celebration event and fundraiser for… Read more Audio, Gallery
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The Queen's Closet - baroque music rural drama
1:32 PM.The contemporary story of five unlucky-in-love New Zealanders living in the fictitious rural town of Cloverton is being paired with Henry Purcell's 17th century music for a new kind of opera… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Jesse Austin-Stewart creates music for people of all types of hearing
12:48 PM.Sound artist and composer Jesse Austin-Stewart has created an album of music vibration compositions, designed to be felt rather than heard. By holding a PlayStation Dualsense controller, the music can… Read more Video, Audio
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Musician Christine White's multilingual Raven Project
12:34 PM.Learning to speak Farsi as well as collaborating with around 50 musicians on several original tracks has taken up much of the last three years for Christine White. She's called it The Raven Project -… Read more Video, Audio
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Anne-Marie Speed, voice coach to the stars
12:16 PM.When actress Sheridan Smith played Cilla Black in a recent biopic, the critics were knocked out by how much she sounded like the Sixties singer. It wasn't a fluke. When it comes to teaching actors to… Read more Audio
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Painter Judy Millar - bringing it all back home
2:48 PM.Art fairs have become a popular way to get artists' work in front of potential buyers who may not frequent dealer galleries. After a disrupted couple of years, the country's biggest contemporary art… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Roger Hickin revives the reputation of "forgotten man"
2:37 PM.Writer Roderick Finlayson was right in the thick of it during a formative time in New Zealand's literary history. He was a friend and contemporary of other significant writers, including James K… Read more Audio
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Manawatu Sinfonia - one of our great community orchestras
2:26 PM.The Manawatu Sinfonia epitomises the value of a community orchestra - helping to launch professional music careers, promoting the work of local composers and of course, entertaining people living in… Read more Audio
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Carmel Van Der Hoeven has fond memories of old state houses
1:45 PM.A nostalgic series of stylised paintings of state houses is about to go on show, the work of Pirongia-based artist Carmel Van Der Hoeven. Though, what with the thousands that have been sold off… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Kevin Ireland looks back - for the third time
1:31 PM.Writer Kevin Ireland has already written two memoirs - Under the bridge and over the moon, followed by Backwards to forwards. Now in his 90th year, Kevin tried an unpredictable experiment for his… Read more Audio