Facing precarious times thanks to Covid-19, contemporary art galleries in Christchurch and Auckland have joined forces to work together on exhibitions they can share.

Three in-demand Kiwi composers who've worked on three very different movies- a drama, a horror and a comedy - have made it to the shortlist for this year's APRA Best Original Music In A Film Award.

If ever there was an idea whose time had come it may be a TV movie called Toke. When the country is getting ready to make a decision about marijuana - to legalize it or not - what better time for a comedy drama about the demon weed?

Many museums and art galleries around the country are struggling with funding and visitor numbers. But Gore is pressing ahead with several ambitious projects with the full support of its community. The latest is the East Gore Art Centre, that's giving an historic church and neighbouring hall a new lease on life. The plan is to turn them into a multi-purpose studio, performance space, and Art Education Centre.

A poet who writes about agriculture from different perspectives will be working on her first full-length collection after being selected as Dunedin's next Young Writer in Residence.

Alan Titchall taps into his childhood memories for the setting of his first novel. He grew up in a small hydro village in the early 1960s, on the eve of the Cuban Missile Crisis. In While The Fantail Lives, we see village life through the eyes of 11 year old Bob, who accidentally injures a white piwakaka and is desperate to keep it alive.

A poet who's been to hell and back has written candidly about her experiences in her debut collection, My Honest Poem.

Like other theatres around the country, Auckland Theatre Company has had its plans to put its actors back on stage disrupted after the long Alert Level One stretch came to a sudden end.

Over the years we've charted the rise of Maori, Pacific Island, Asian and Pan-Asian voices on our stages and screens. Now the creative voices of New Zealanders of African and Caribbean descent are increasingly being heard and read. And this is largely through the efforts of one woman - writer, director, dramaturg and journalist Dione Joseph.

The latest survey by NZ On Air about how we consume our entertainment in 2020 is makes sobering reading. Where are the audiences? it asks. And the answer is - increasingly, not on traditional TV any more. Audiences are going digital - which means video on demand and streaming services like Netflix.