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Described by Sam Brooks in The Spinoff as the largest catwalk show in the world, an art exhibition blown up to epic proportions, and the closest New Zealand gets to Broadway, the spectacular World of… Audio

After 35 years working in public galleries and as an art historian, for Christina Barton’s last show as director of Wellington’s Adam Art Gallery, tidying up has become part of the art. Audio

Steamed Hams shows artists using humour and popular digital storytelling devices to explore how our worldview is being filtered through everything from TikTok to AI art.  Video, Audio

A pop-up theatre has launched in Auckland which allows guests to see themselves as the star of the show, with the help of articicual intelligence. Participants at Hypercinema have photos taken of… Audio

A local queen of hip-hop, soul and R&B, Ladi6 (MNZM) has released several critically acclaimed albums spanning multiple genres. Now she has received this year's Arts Foundation Laureates 'Theresa… Audio

Since he could barely reach the joysticks in his local parlour in Ngongotaha, Lake Rotorua, Preston McNeil (Te Arawa, Tainui) has loved spacies. Audio

Mystery surrounds the appearance of a stylised skull carved into the sandstone cliffs at Waipipi Beach near Waverley in South Taranaki. The creation is reminiscent of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith… Audio

Pita Turei is an actor, curator, sculptor, comedian and staunch cultural and Iwi advocate. More than anything, Turei tells Culture 101’s Mark Amery, he’s dedicated to walking with people to reveal the… Audio

There's a whole lot of shaking going on at two of the capital's entertainment venues, or at least there could be unless both strengthen their structures.

Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre and the… Audio

Art writer and author Megan Dunn is taking us to church. A surprising amount of art can be found on the walls and windows of Aotearoa's places of worship. Milan Mrkusich, Doreen Blumhardt, Nigel Brown… Audio, Gallery

Janay Harding. "Hollowpoint." Bellator MMA. Gold Coast. Featherweight. 6-7-0. Ranked as the #7 female featherweight in the world. Janay finds her purpose through the sport of MMA. Video

Aaron Tau. “Tauzemup.” XFCAustralia. The Combat Academy. Auckland. Bantamweight. 7-0-0. Ranked as the #5 pro men's bantamweight in Australia & New Zealand. Aaron fights to heal generational trauma. Video

Navajo Stirling. City Kickboxing. Auckland. Light heavyweight. Two-time King of the Ring champion. 1-0-0 in pro MMA. Navajo has learnt to stand in the face of fear and tackle it head-on. Video

Kieran Joblin. “Stonecutter.” City Kickboxing. Auckland. 23-13-0. Holds the Shuriken and World Kickboxing Federation Oceania Lightweight MMA belts. Kieran stands a little taller in his journey. Video

Jay-Jay Wilson. “The Māori Kid.” Alliance Jiu-Jitsu. Bellator MMA. San Diego, California. Lightweight. 9-0-0. Jay-Jay finds a healthy outlet for childhood anger and the monster within. Video

Hakaraia Wilson. Bellator MMA. San Diego, California. Welterweight. 0-2-0. Ranked as the #51 pro men's welterweight in Australia & New Zealand. Hakaraia uses his whakapapa as his superpower. Video

Meet the Māori fighters of MMA: Janay Harding, Aaron Tau, Navajo Stirling, Kieran Joblin, Hakaraia Wilson, and Jay-Jay Wilson. Video

Staying with sport, today RNZ launches The Art of War - a series that gets to the root of just how deeply the sport of MMA impacts the lives of six fighters of Māori descent Janay Harding, Aaron Tau… Audio

The largest collection of First People's art to be presented in Aotearoa opens at Toi o Tamaki, Auckland Art Gallery. Two of the artists, Christopher Pease, a descendant of the Minang/Noongar people… Audio

Cate and Mike King of Pauariki Honey lost a quarter of their hives after Cyclone Gabrielle hit Tairāwhiti in February. They also faced a poor season of manuka flowering. But the raw beauty of the… Audio

An arts programme that's been seeing great results through its work with recovering drug and alcohol addicts is concerned for its future when its funding runs out. Audio

Boulia in Queensland, Australia is a remote outback town with just 300 people. But recently, its population swelled to about 3-thousand - for what's called the Melbourne Cup of camel races Camel… Audio

London design company Hipgnosis were the creators of some of the most famous imagery in 20th century rock music - from the prism of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon to the all-star prison breakout… Video, Audio

French filmmaker Nicolas Philibert is known for his intimate and patiently observed documentaries capturing the beauty of everyday humanity. He's most well known for 2002's Etre et Avoir which… Audio