Working to save a few fragile huts from the Antarctic "heroic era", left behind by explorers like Scott and Shackleton has been one of the most satisfying projects undertaken by architects Chris Cochran and Pip Cheshire. Chris and Pip will be talking more about extreme conservation at City Gallery Wellington on April 15 as part of the New Zealand Institute of Architects' City Talks series.

Upcoming New Zealand TV drama The Bad Seed is ground-breaking in more ways than one. Lynn Freeman asked Dean O'Gorman and Madeleine Sami about the challenges of The Bad Seed which starts on Sunday April 14, then plays for four more consecutive nights on TV One.

Artist and curator Nathan Pohio won a Walters Prize nominee in 2016, and represented Aotearoa at Documenta 14 in Athens Greece and Kassel Germany 2017. A work of his from 1999 is included in the exhibition Maori Moving Image: An Open Archive at The Dowse Art Museum in Lower Hutt.

New York choreographer Dwight Rhoden's Bach to Bowie is a ballet set to David Bowie tracks. His international dancers are heading to New Zealand with their show which is will be on at the Civic in Auckland in May.

Ireland's Eva Rothschild is currently working on an exhibition - Kosmos - that she and her nation hope will impress the thousands of art critics and art lovers. Lynn Freeman asks Eva Rothschild about her upcoming Venice Biennale opportunity. Kosmos opens at Wellington City Gallery on Saturday.

In May, author of the book Harsu & the Werestoat Barbara Else is taking a workshop on Writing For Children as part of the Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival. Lynn Freeman asked Barbara about her approach to writing for a discriminating young audience.

This online resource is a treasure trove for researchers, artists and writers.Lynn Freeman meets DigitalNZ's Fiona Fieldsend, who tells her it aims to be a one-stop shop.

Auckland Art Gallery's Painting Conservator Ingrid Ford and Paper Conservator Camilla Baskcomb know all about it. Conservation work remains painstaking, despite new techniques and technologies. Lynn Freeman spoke with them both, first asking Camilla what the difference is between conservation and full restoration.

Peter has just published almost 70 of his Cook works in a book he calls The Weight of the Captain's Wrist. Lynn Freeman asked Peter Ireland what got him so interested in James Cook.

Lynn Freeman talks with Clare Mabey who, with her partner Andrew Laking is behind Wellington's Litcrawl, and Claire Finlayson, who heads the upcoming Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival opening in May.