For the past seven years archeologists have been sifting through two and a half tonnes of artefacts uncovered during the excavation of a site in Whanganui. And there's still more to learn. Otago University archeology PhD student Naomi Woods has been involved in the Whanganui project since 2013 and has pieced together the story of a family who lived on the site, which now hosts a shopping mall. Naomi's research extends beyond the bric-a-brac to searching out newspaper and stories and council documents to flesh out the stories of the people who lived here. Lynn Freeman finds out what attracted her to archeology.

In the current age of Internet celebrity, when Full Disclosure seems to be the default position of everyone, it's interesting looking back to the early years of Hollywood.   Part of the allure of stars like Greta Garbo, Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis and Marilyn Monroe, was that we seemed to know so little about them.   And none were bigger than Hitchcock's favourite star, Cary Grant. Simon Morris picks up the story with Mark Kidel, director of the new documentary Becoming Cary Grant.

Around the country hundreds of thousands of toanga are stored in vaults and warehouses. Our museums, art galleries and libraries simply don't have enough room to have every treasure on display at all times. Nelson artist Josephine Cachemaille has been fossicking through the storage area of the city's Suter Art Gallery, to create an exhibition featuring some of her favourite finds and work she's created to complement them. To Josephine, inanimate objects have a secret life. Lynn Freeman talks hidden treasures with her.

Intrepid travel is a tourist slogan you hear a lot these days... but a new exhibition in Dunedin reminds us what 'intrepid' truly means. Intrepid Journeys: Traveling with the Hakluyt Society tells the stories of hundreds of adventurers, those who failed and who succeeded in their quests to venture into uncharted and dangerous territory over hundreds of years. The University of Otago's Special Collections Librarian, Dr. Donald Kerr tells Lynn Freeman more.

American conductor James Feddeck has a reputation for stepping onto the podium at the very last moment. He's heading our way soon to conduct the NZSO's Schumann & Barber tour.

Troubled teenager Rebecca is lonely after her family moves from Dunedin to Auckland...that's until she meets Corey. Writer Eileen Merriman's stories have been published in national and international journals and one of them formed the basis for her Young Adults novel, Pieces of You. An award winning short story writer and full time consultant haematoligist at North Shore Hospital, she talks to Lynn Freeman about her first novel.

The Pacific Dance Festival is now in its second year bringing workshops, conferences and community events - and showcasing some of New Zealand's most exciting contemporary Pacific dance choreographers. Andrew Robertson spoke to photographer and choreographer Pati Solomona Tyrell to find out more.

Right now the Auckland Art Gallery is promising an encounter with "the human form in all its complexity". The Body Laid Bare is a major exhibition of nude masterpieces from the collection of the Tate Gallery in London. It's on in Auckland until the middle of next month and is a stupendous collection. But all complexities? No. So the gallery and the British Council have commissioned five Pasifika artists to create video responses to the collection. The first video, by artist Rosanna Raymond, is online and has already been viewed more than 30,000 times. Justin Gregory asks Rosanna, who is in New York on a Fellowship, if she was expecting such a big reaction.

Dancers Kelly Nash and Nancy Wijohn have worked for some of our best choreographers but now they've taken the leap and made their own show. Lick My Past opens this week at the Kia Mau Festival in Wellington. It celebrates relationships between women and reflects the couple's need to not take themselves too seriously. Especially given that, in their words, their careers are now 'a matter of choice." Justin Gregory asks them if this meant they are retiring. Kelly puts him right. The Standing Room Only team done the hard work for you and picked some of the highlights of the Kai Mau Festival.

Auckland's Red Leap Theatre have built a formidable reputation for excellent physical theatre - and for devising their stories in the rehearsal room. Their new show, Kororareka - the Ballad of Maggie Flynn, promises to be just as physical. But to tell this tale of adventure and danger in 19th century Northland, they've added a new element - a script, written by Paolo Rotondo: Justin Gregory went to Red Leap's rehearsal space in West Auckland to ask director Julie Nolan why the change to the written word.