Culture 101 for Sunday 22 June 2025

3:05 PM.A look at the arts scene here & abroad. Audio

2:33 PM.A new digital art curation platform is hoping to be bridge the gap between artists and buyers to create personalised, cohesive and curated collections. Read more Audio

2:10 PM.2025 marks the centenary of Radio New Zealand. Yet broadcasting is one thing, the technology to hear it another. And there was once an entirely different company called RNZ - pioneer radio… Read more Audio

1:26 PM.What's at Colac Bay. Audio

1:10 PM.Younger audiences are in for a visual feast at Silo's new show Taniwha opening in time for the school holidays. Featuring puppetry, live videography, narration and live music, Taniwha will also… Read more Audio

12:48 PM.Tessa Mitchell never knew her grandfather but he has cast a long shadow. Her film I Am a Dark River is about Bob Lowry - that creative and some would say sometimes outrageous grandfather. It's been… Read more Video, Audio

12:35 PM.Romance novels are having a moment. England's first ever romance-only bookshop opened this week in Notting Hill, London. Read more Audio

12:16 PM.Gretchen La Roche is a few weeks into the role of CEO of Creative New Zealand, our national arts funding, development and advocacy organisation.  Read more Audio