Culture 101

The paintings that Whanganui painter Edith Collier created in England 100 years ago remain to this day, utterly fresh. At that time, there was no one in Aotearoa New Zealand painting with such… Read more Audio

It’s a striking and brutal name for an art collective. The Killing is made up of six friends and former Elam School of Fine Arts students in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. At the time, they say, the choice… Read more Audio

Mīria George (Te Arawa, Ngāti Awa, Tumutevarovaro, Enuamanu) and Hone Kouka (Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Kahungunu) are both acclaimed, experienced writers and directors in theatre and film in… Read more Audio

Arts News - Sunday 1 September Audio

What happens when you fund 10 artists a part time wage - a universal basic income - for an entire year, to help facilitate change within their community across an entire region? 

Over 2022 and… Read more Video, Audio

Writers, poets, musicians, artists and storytellers have descended on Otautahi Christchurch this week for the Word Festival. More than 100 guests have been taking part in sessions across venues in the… Read more Audio

Every week on RNZ’s Culture 101 we explore the cultural richness of this country by catching up with a local in a place, big or small.  

There’s no better demonstration of that richness than the… Read more Audio

Remember making dioramas with pen and card in shoeboxes as a child? 

As a quick survey of German artist and writer Antje Damm’s instagram will attest, Damm creates a world of hand-cut wonder with… Read more Audio

While festivals around the world have been either cancelled or scaled back, Electric Avenue in Ōtautahi Christchurch is doing the opposite. Read more Audio

It may be true that the most exciting place at a flat party is the bathroom. Private, yet not so private. 

In a queasy bravado move for local television, that bathroom over one long night is the… Read more Video, Audio

This year marks 25 years since the Aotearoa band Stellar exploded onto the music charts in 1999 with multi-platinum album Mix. Read more Audio