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2:30 PM.Has joy ever been such a crucial visible part of art as it is in the work of crochet extraordinaires Lissy and Rudi Robinson-Cole?

The married couple are on a mission to bring light, warmth and Te Ao… Read more Audio

2:05 PM.Maurice and I is an unexpectedly moving, delightful, at times harrowing look at the enduring partnership between architects Sir Miles Warren and Maurice Mahoney and the creation and saving of the… Read more Video, Audio

1:25 PM.Each week Culture 101 puts the spotlight on a different region in Aotearoa. This week we’re in the port town of Lyttelton near Ōtautahi Christchurch.  Read more Audio

1:07 PM.So fearless is composer Eve De Castro Robinson that not only did she recently give a seminar entitled ‘Being Fearless’ but, now in her 60s, she recently tried doing stand-up comedy for the first… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.Independent, trailblazing alternative pop artist Theia has released a new musical anthem. Staunchly proud of being a wahine Māori artist, her whakapapa (Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Tīpā) and her language… Read more Video, Audio

12:30 PM.Kirsty Webeck is one of Australia’s busiest comedians. But her path into comedy was anything but conventional. Read more Audio

12:10 PM.With style and cinematic verve, if there was ever an Aotearoa artist to be dubbed disco queen it would be Lisa Reihana. Disco because her latest commissioned work on the rooftop of the National… Read more Audio

3:05 PM.Arts news for 15 September 2024. Audio

2:30 PM.He's reached that stage of getting called a legend of the underground and certainly, Bill Direen is one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most singular, long serving and distinctive poets and musicians. His… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.An area of Aotearoa New Zealand arts getting major global reach right now is music and sound for film. 

Culture 101 brought together three composers and musicians making inroads in this field to talk… Read more Video, Audio

1:25 PM.A gateway to Te Wai Pounamu and the Marlborough Sounds, Picton has the capacity to surprise travellers with the range of cultural experiences on offer. 

It’s the destination for this week’s Culture… Read more Audio

1:07 PM.What is the secret to designing a great kitchen? Many of us may think we have the answers, but reality can throw up plenty of challenges.   Read more Audio

12:45 PM.550 migrants or their advocates laid complaints last month. It comes as less than 2000 overseas workers arrive. Meanwhile Immigration New Zealand reports they have revoked the accreditation of 500… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.A new show by dance group Company B is giving emerging choreographers a creative platform, and mentoring and training 10 young dancers. Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Maori-Samoan RnB artist Jordyn Rapana - also known as Jordyn with a Why is on a roll. Read more Audio

2:35 PM.You may have heard the phrase ‘triple threat’ in the arts, but Petmal Petelo is perhaps a quadruple threat. A dancer, actor, stage manager and assistant director she’s been steadily rising in the… Read more Audio

2:05 PM.The Ōtepoti arts scene has long had a gloriously independent fertile, multi-generational, cross art form approach. But is that culture - once famously dubbed the Dunedin Sound - under threat? 

Many… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Each week, Culture 101 puts the spotlight on a different part of Aotearoa. This week, we’re in Feilding in Manawatū as the town celebrates 150 years.  Read more Audio

1:07 PM.Kōanga Festival in Tāmaki Makaurau is celebrating 10 years with a packed three-and-a-half week programme and more than 12 events. Read more Audio

12:45 PM.The paintings that Whanganui painter Edith Collier created in England 100 years ago remain to this day, utterly fresh. At that time, there was no one in Aotearoa New Zealand painting with such… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.It’s a striking and brutal name for an art collective. The Killing is made up of six friends and former Elam School of Fine Arts students in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. At the time, they say, the choice… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.Mīria George (Te Arawa, Ngāti Awa, Tumutevarovaro, Enuamanu) and Hone Kouka (Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Kahungunu) are both acclaimed, experienced writers and directors in theatre and film in… Read more Audio

3:05 PM.Arts News - Sunday 1 September Audio

2:30 PM.What happens when you fund 10 artists a part time wage - a universal basic income - for an entire year, to help facilitate change within their community across an entire region? 

Over 2022 and… Read more Video, Audio