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2:06 PM.This week poet Tusiata Avia once again found herself in the news.  Read more Video, Audio

2:05 PM.Young Maori artists are being invited to enter the 2025 Te Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture award. 

Launched in 2020, by the New Zealand Portrait Gallery - Te Pukenga Whakaata, it aims to inspire a new… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.The popular Kāpiti Arts Trail is on over the first two weekends of November, boasting over 300 artists opening up their studios and shared spaces, or exhibiting in 13 galleries from Ōtaki to… Read more Audio

1:07 PM.From the Cuba Street bucket fountain to the fake lake at Te Papa and the famous 1958 James Turkington mural at the Parnell Baths, artist duo Bena Jackson and Max Fleury have an interest in our… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.Anyone who thinks controversy around cycle lanes is anything new, should pick up a copy of Michael Toohey’s just published account of the bicycle’s beginnings in Aotearoa New Zealand, The Cycling… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Matthew Sunderland is an Aotearoa New Zealand screen actor whose characters often turn up unexpectedly, in unexpected places. Ever since playing gunman David Gray - the man who killed 13 residents in… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.This weeks Fast Favourites guest is Wellington-based producer, writer, and director Vanessa Stacey is a jack of all creative trades. With more than two decades of experience, her extensive portfolio… Read more Video, Audio

3:05 PM.The Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi revealed its eight Laureate Award recipients on Friday night.

Receiving a total of 280 thousand dollars - they're recognised for their outstanding practice as well as… Read more Audio

2:05 PM.Theatre director Ben Crowder had never really watched Peter Pan. He’d seen a London production as a child, and admits he was mostly confused, and the 1991 film Hook which stars Robyn Williams and… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Each week, Culture 101 puts the spotlight on a different part of Aotearoa and this week we’re in the town of Matamata. Read more Audio

1:07 PM.For six hours, artist and photographer Elisabeth Denis photographed a model in a durational performance piece. Instead of camera clicks or shutter sounds, these were replaced with the sound of bullets… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.The year is 2005. Tom Cruise jumps on Oprah Winfrey’s couch, Mariah Carey has made a resurgence, skinny jeans and Thin Lizzy are all the rage and dial-up internet is in full swing. Read more Video, Audio

12:30 PM.The latest machine to arrive at arcade Ye Olde Pinball Shoppe in Pōneke Wellington is Pulp Fiction. It’s packed with the classic soundtrack and audio clips, together with table sculptures of your… Read more Video, Audio

12:15 PM.It’s one of the most popular shows of the 21st century and now, another iteration is taking place downunder. The Office is set in Australia with the first female boss - Hannah Howard, at a… Read more Video, Audio

2:05 PM.28-year-old Jacob Geller is an enormously popular Youtube video game essayist and art enthusiast. Read more Video, Audio

1:25 PM.Rakiura, with a population of just 450, is the furthest south we have ventured for RNZ Culture 101’s Regional Wrap. Read more Audio

1:07 PM.This spring, nine of Akira Kurosawa’s most beloved films are returning to Aotearoa's cinemas, including a brand-new digital restoration of Seven Samurai. Read more Audio

12:45 PM.A Slow Burlesque is a work that has been on Freya Finch's mind for almost a decade. Freya's interest in burlesque first started at John Bolton Theatre School. A four-month intensive course in… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.The Cardrona or the Thistle Inn? The Puhoi or Hotel De Brett? The White Hart or the Whangamomona? Which is this country’s most classic pub? Read more Audio

12:10 PM.Dame Susan Devoy’s career has been nothing if not lane-changing. And as such, an inspiration for us all. Read more Audio

3:05 PM.Our soundtrack today is another piece of music nominated for a APRA Silver Scroll songwriting award. 'Drifting' has been composed by Anita Schwabe, and its performed here by the Royal New Zealand Air… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.There’s human intelligence - when we use it. We’re getting to grips with artificial intelligence. And many people are getting fascinated with plant intelligence - the magic work of mycelium for… Read more Video, Audio

2:05 PM.It’s the kind of “overnight success” that has taken 10 years but it seems US singer Chappell Roan has broken through the collective pop culture consciousness, marking her territory. Read more Audio

1:20 PM.The rural town of Greytown in the Wairarapa in the lower North Island is particularly proud of its heritage and history.  Read more Audio

1:00 PM.We all make mistakes, but can we accept our errors and take action before things start to unravel beyond our control? 

In New Zealand director Christine Jeffs’ powerful new feature film A Mistake… Read more Video, Audio