In a unique partnership between Massey University students and Wellington's Compassion Soup Kitchen, Te Ha Tangata brings to light the stories of those affected by homelessness. It's a landmark project that will culminate in the Human Library on Homelessness.

The big arts news this week has been the gigantic event in Venice - the fabled Biennale. Standing Room Only's Lynn Freeman was there, partly to be bowled over by New Zealand's contribution -- Lisa Reihana's in Pursuit of Venus (infected) -- and partly to be knocked out by the amazing art from the rest of the world.

A new exhibition at the National Library of New Zealand is about to open on May 20th. It's called He Tohu and it boasts three iconic constitutional documents that shape Aotearoa. So, what are they?

One of the most important decisions a filmmaker has to make is "How much music to put in?" In New Zealand, the go-to composers these days are the prolific band The Phoenix Foundation. Their track record speaks for itself - films like Eagle versus Shark, Boy and Hunt for the Wilderpeople for Taika Waititi. Simon Morris speaks with the band's three composers, Sam Scott, Luke Buda, and Conrad Wedde.

A Wellington rapper is bringing 20 years of experience into the classrooms of low decile schools. Fiso Siloata, also known as Flowz, has been up and down the country helping foster emerging talent amongst children. And after four years of teaching rap at Whitireia, he's heading back to his roots in Wellington's Eastern suburbs to help a group of local kids.

The Booktown festival is on right now in Featherston. We'll cross live to the event's creative director Kate Mead.

Time for our monthly dip into our musical history with Audio Culture's Chris Bourke. Chris is looking at our great songwriters.

Vivid Sydney is a huge event showing off the city to the world. And this year one of the event's major attractions, a light-show over the Opera House, will be shown for the first time by a New Zealander, director Ash Bolland. Ash's light installation is called Audio Creatures, described as a "morphing, mesmeric artwork, set to the music of Brazilian electronic producer Amon Tobin".

Last week we spoke to the New Zealand Film Commission CEO Dave Gibson about a new initiative to bring more producers to the fore. A to Z of Producing is a course being run by top Australian producer, Sue Maslin, and I was very interested to find out what sort of person is being attracted to it, and what their plans are for the next wave of New Zealand films.

Set in 1930's Hamilton, the play One Hill of a Fight , tells the story of a borough engineers fight to remove a hill that blocked the center of the city. Simon Morris speaks to the show's producer, Russell Armitage and the writer of One Hill of a Fight, Michael Switzer.