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Arts News for 27 July 2025 Audio

Musically interacting with plants and fungi - what does that sound like? That is, when we - humans - take the time to stop, listen and respond? Read more Audio

Banksy's street art and graffiti is some of the most recognisable and iconic images of the modern art world. Although his work started in the 90s in Bristol, Banksy's identity remains a mystery. Read more Audio

This week for our Regional Wrap on Culture 101 we visit the beautiful Waikanae River on the Kapiti Coast, and the settlements on its banks of Waikanae and Otaihanga. Read more Audio

Jim Hosking's third comedy feature Ebony and Ivory is one of the films opening Whanau Marama New Zealand International Film Festival in four centres soon. It is an unapologetically bonkers fictional… Read more Audio

Weaver, sculptor and academic, Maureen Lander, is currently exhibiting at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery in New Plymouth. But as the title suggests He Tukutuku Auahatanga: Maureen Lander with… Read more Audio

Can we control the weather? Or, do we need to get better again at reading it for ourselves, rather than relying on technology?  Read more Audio

Madeleine Chapman will be stepping down from her role as editor of news and culture website The Spinoff later this year. Read more Audio

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