Culture 101

Palmerston North or ‘Palmy’ as it’s known brims with energy, culture and heritage. Overlooking the Manawatū river, the region boomed with a pastoral farming industry.  Read more Video, Audio

Last year the Ministry of Culture and Heritage Manatu Taonga reported New Zealand's arts and creative sector contributed $16.3 billion to New Zealand's GDP, or 4.3% of the total economy, in the year… Read more Audio

For three weeks in August every year, thousands of artists descend on Edinburgh for the largest performing arts festival in the world. Read more Audio

For many stand-up comedians, performing in a garage could seem like a career low-point. But in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland, comedian Heta Dawson has turned his garage in his South Auckland family home… Read more Audio

Indian Ink Theatre Company has built up a remarkable reputation for developing and touring original work over 27 years. 

Founded by Justin Lewis and Jacob Rajan, more than half a million people have… Read more Video, Audio

At the age of three, writer Sasha LaPointe was given her Skagit name in a ceremony - taqʷšəblu. In the Pacific Northwest, it’s a big deal to be given a Skagit name and she was her great-grandmother’s… Read more Audio

This weekend in Ōtepoti Dunedin small presses and independent publishers from around Aotearoa gather to share and exchange at Small Press Fest.  The festival reflects a move among younger creatives… Read more Audio

30 kilometres west of Waihōpai Invercargill, is the town of Aparima or Riverton.

It’s the gateway to spectacular and remote West Southland, an area sitting between the mountains of Fiordland and… Read more Audio

It’s a story about sisterhood and survival against a dark backdrop but Josephine Stewart Tewhiu never set out to make a film about abuse in state care.  Read more Video, Audio

Artist Owen Connors is on a roll. They are one of four nominees for Aotearoa's most prestigious art prize, The Walters. Last year they won the $25,000 Rydal Art Prize, awarded biannually to a recent… Read more Audio

Bouncing off the success from the first season, documentary Takeout Kids is back for a second season and this time, it’s venturing beyond the takeaways. Read more Video, Audio