Culture 101

Arts news for 20 July 2025. Audio

Erena and Balamohan Shingade are partners in life and in a distinctive publishing enterprise. Based in Titirangi, they describe Spoor Books as a community-oriented platform.  Read more Audio

It's one of the greatest and most famous love stories and we already know how it ends before it begins. Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is now on stage with ATC, re-envisioned in a 60s thriller, high… Read more Audio

Each week Culture 101 puts the spotlight on a different part of the country for our regional wrap. Today Perlina heads to Greytown - which is celebrating it's Festival of Christmas and heading into… Read more Audio

Artist Jo Randerson calls them Secret Art Powers. Superpowers that everyone, individually and collectively, has access to.  Read more Audio

Porirua-based barbershop group, Pacific Connection is bathing in their history-making win at the International Barbershop Chorus Competition in the US. They took home bronze for their performance in… Read more Audio

Most people will recognise former All Blacks hooker Keven Mealamu for his sporting success but now, a decade after retiring he's gone from the All Blacks to the Arts Council; being appointed to the… Read more Audio

If you've travelled along Transmission Gully, north of Poneke Wellington - you might have noticed through your side window giant objects starting to pop up on the western hills north of Pauatahanui… Read more Audio

Arts news for 13 July 2025. Audio

As avid op shoppers will know, secondhand and antique stores still turn up treasures. Read more Audio

MOTAT's Te Puawānanga Exhibtion was recently named International Exhibition of the Year at the Museum and Heritage Awards in London.  Read more Audio

This week - we're heading south to Mosgiel - and more specifically to Taieri.

Matt Brennan is starring as Inspector Pratt in Taieri Dramatic Society's production of Peter Gordon's Death by Fatal… Read more Audio