Culture 101 for Sunday 31 August 2025

3:42 PM.I went down something of an Instagram rabbithole this week. For some people it's watching cooking or pots being made. For me it's been bookbinding. So meditative, many craft elements are combined. Read more Audio

3:18 PM.Nearly a thousand choir singers converged on Ōtepoti Dunedin over the last few days as the Big Sing competition finished.  Read more Audio

3:06 PM.The Arts news for 31 August. Audio

2:07 PM.If there's any country that understands and appreciates what film or television can do for tourism, it's us, here in New Zealand. Over the past decade, Scotland has been experiencing something… Read more Audio

1:30 PM.St Heliers is celebrating its first Art Festival which started this weekend and will run until the 14th of September. Audio

1:07 PM.UK television game shows like The Chase and Tipping Point still see many New Zealanders gripped to their screens to watch contestants from all walks of life try out their knowledge against chasers and… Read more Audio

12:44 PM.Jennifer Ludlum is on stage again and this time, as a ferocious, complicated and dramatic matriarch in Silo's Mother Play. Written by American Pulitzer-winning playwright, Paula Vogel, it first… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.The government has released a creative and culture strategy to boost the industry by 2030. Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Ngāhuia Te Awekōtuku is an art historian, curator and writer who has been a trailblazer in the public representation of culture in Aotearoa New Zealand over seven decades.  Read more Audio