Culture 101

“Sharpen your pencils and limp your wrists, Queer Academy is upon us.” Read more Audio

Records are made to be broken right?  Read more Audio

Born and raised in Rēkohu, the largest of the Chatham Islands, musician and storyteller Ajay Peni is a young ambassador for the revitalisation of Moriori culture and its rongo, or music.

While now… Read more Audio

Every week on Culture 101 we invite a guest to share their love of culture and shout out to other artists. This week it's actor, director and producer Te Kohe Tuhaka (Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Porou).  Read more Video, Audio

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Three theatre institutions are celebrating 50th anniversaries this year. 

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A pioneer artist across the ‘60s and ‘70s and one of the most influential arts educators of his generation,  Jim Allen passed away just shy of turning 101 in June. 

Known for inspiring what has been… Read more Audio

An ambitious new book - Pacific Arts Aotearoa - has been released, spanning six decades of multi-disciplinary contributions from Pacific artists to New Zealand, Oceania and the world. Read more Audio

Karin Bettley tells Culture 101 about how her love of creative life in the coastal town of Raglan.  Read more Audio

An annual Spooky Disco means Halloween proves the busiest day of the year for a community and arts centre established on the green and surrounding buildings of a former bowling club in the Eastern… Read more Audio

In the handsome just released book Don Binney Flight Path Gregory O’Brien tracks the avian-like swoops in the career of the late Tāmaki Makaurau painter, teacher and ornithologist (1940–2012).     Read more Audio

He’s best known for fronting rock band Shihad, but musician Jon Toogood says playing acoustic solo shows is now where he feels most “human”. Read more Audio