Culture 101

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

The Youth America Grand Prix - The YAGP is one of the world's largest competitions for ballet dancers hoping to land scholarships around the world.

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Last month, the grand reopening of the Oceania Wing at the Metropolitan Musem of Art in New York saw Kiwis and locals gather to celebrate 500 years of art from 140 indigenous countries. Expats and art… Read more Audio

From a farm in Waikato to the frontlines of the Ukraine war, former Newshub Europe correspondent Lisette Reymer never expected to be using her hostile environments training when taking on the job. Read more Audio

Arts News for 6 July 2025 Audio

Ranging from whale vomit to Victorian mourning jewellery, Una Cruickshank's often astonishing book of essays The Chthonic Cycle meditates on the wonders of the earth and our use and abuse of them. Read more Audio

Gabrielle Huria is Ngai Tuahuriri and Ngai Tahu and lives with her whanau at Tuahiwi in North Canterbury.  She is part of a major new exhibition created by Ngai Tahu with photographer Anne Noble at… Read more Audio