Culture 101 for Sunday 7 December 2025 Culture 101

Best Books of 2025 with Time Out Bookstore's Jenna Todd

books arts

2:30 PM.Best Books of 2025 with Time Out Bookstore's Jenna Todd. Audio
Sea shanties and singalongs

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2:05 PM.Perlina Lau talks to the creator of a new musical, based on a beloved children's book written by the late Margaret Mahy. Read more Audio
Regional Wrap: Ashburton botanical art exhibition

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1:25 PM.Dunedin-based Artist Jane Marshall Fitzgerald was born in Ashburton and she joins Culture 101. Read more Audio
"Bloody hell" Quintessential Kiwi farmer

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1:12 PM.Bloke of the Apocalypse is a new animated Kiwi series which has hit YouTube. Creator Charlie Faulks speaks to Culture 101. Read more Audio
Arts News

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1:07 PM.Arts news. . Audio
'Genuine and stable': Proving your love to strangers

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12:45 PM.Genuine and Stable is Uhyoung Choi's debut as a playwright and is based on his experiences as a former immigration lawyer. Read more Audio
Contemporary Ana Iti wins $100,000 New York residency

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12:30 PM.The sculptor, video artist, and writer has been chosen as this year's Harriet Friedlander Fellow and joins Culture 101. Read more Audio
Fast Favourites: Sophie Henderson

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12:15 PM.Silo Theatre's Artistic Director joins Culture 101 for Fast Favourites and to preview the programme for the 2026 season. Read more Audio

12:15 - Fast Favourites: Silo Theatre Artistic Director Sophie Henderson

12:30 - Contemporary Ana Iti wins $100,000 New York residency

12:45 - "Genuine and stable": Proving your love to strangers focus of new theatre show

13:07 - Arts News

13:12 - "Bloody hell" Quintessential Kiwi farmer battles zombie apocalypse in new animated web series

13:25 - Regional Wrap: Ashburton botanical art exhibition - Jane Marshall-Fitzgerald

13:35 - At the Movies

14:05 - Sea shanties and singalongs: The Man Whose Mother Was a Pirate becomes a musical -

14:30 - Best Books of 2025 with Time Out Bookstore's Jenna Todd

15:05 - Radio Drama: Attitude by Stuart Hoar

Song: Mr Midnight
Artist: Sunset Tsunami
Played at 12:12pm & 12:58pm

Song: 2AM
Artist: The Beths
Played at 12:27pm

Song: Don't Dream its Over
Artist: Crowded House
Played at 1:12pm

Song: The Book of You
Artist: Belle and Sebastian
Played at 2:32pm

Song: Flower Petals
Artist: The Subdudes
Played at 2:56pm

Song: Honey
Artist: Foley
Played at 3:57pm

Culture 101 for Sunday 7 December 2025