Colin Mc Cahon

A painting by Colin McCahon has sold for a record 1.35 million dollars - the highest price ever paid for a painting at an auction in New Zealand. Our reporter Sally Murphy was there. Audio

Kim Hill talks to academic and author Peter Simpson, who knew and worked with many of the group of poets, writers, playwrights, painters and other artists in Christchurch who collaborated during a… Audio

Almost a hundred paintings by well-known New Zealand artists went under the hammer last night in Auckland, tipped to net more than 2-point-six million dollars. Audio

Senior Curator, Mackelvie Collection, International Art, at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Mary Kisler, discussing the recently reopened Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu. Audio, Gallery

The cover shot on a new biography about Christchurch artist Olivia Spencer Bower shows her holding a cigarette and staring right into the camera lense with a wicked smile. For almost 60 years she… Audio, Gallery

The actor Cliff Curtis, composer Phil Dadson and authors Damien Wilkins and Georgina White discuss the importance of discovery in the process of creating new performances or writing. Justin Gregory is… Audio

A hidden note by one of New Zealand's most prominent artists has just been revealed. The rare note is written on the back of Colin McCahon's 1947 painting Nelson Landscape from Queen's Drive. Audio

If you knew more or less when you were going to die, what would you do? One Auckland man faces up to that prospect… and he talks to David Steemson for Spiritual Outlook. Audio

Joining us to tell us about this hidden treasure is Diane Blomfield. Audio