Composer in far off New Zealand heard programme (5,5)
I believe the answer is:
franz liszt
'composer' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'far off new zealand heard programme' is the wordplay.
'off' indicates anagramming the letters.
'new zealand' becomes 'nz' (abbreviation).
'heard' shows a homophone (sound like).
'programme' becomes 'list' (list can mean a programme or schedule).
'list' is a homophone of 'liszt'.
'far' with letters rearranged gives 'fra'.
'fra'+'nz'+'liszt'='FRANZ LISZT'
'in' acts as a link.
(Another definition for franz liszt that I've seen is " Hungarian composer and pianist".)