Culture 101

Described by Sam Brooks in The Spinoff as the largest catwalk show in the world, an art exhibition blown up to epic proportions, and the closest New Zealand gets to Broadway, the spectacular World of… Read more Audio

We’re joined on Culture 101 by three poets and artists from Pōneke and Kāpiti Coast who are part of a collective known as the Meow Gurrls.  Read more Audio

Every week on Culture 101 we check the pulse of a different area of Aotearoa. This week it’s between the Tararua ranges and the Pacific: the Wairarapa. 

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In a 2023 election campaign special, panel series ‘Carcass’ brings you  lively banter on where culture and politics did and didn’t meet on the hustings. Read more Video, Audio

Rising Tamaki Makaurau music producer EDY’s debut single ‘Help Myself’ reflects on working and striving in a hustle culture. Read more Audio

Following seasons in Australia and Poneke at Circa, Celebrated Australian playwright Joanna Murray-Smith’s Switzerland has landed in Tamaki Makaurau with the Auckland Theatre Company.  Read more Audio

Every week on Culture 101 we welcome a guest to share the love and shout out to some current favourite arts and culture. This week’s guest is actor and writer Michelle Langstone. Read more Audio

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After 35 years working in public galleries and as an art historian, for Christina Barton’s last show as director of Wellington’s Adam Art Gallery, tidying up has become part of the art. Read more Audio

A PR manager passionate about helping get Indie artist cut-through, the UK’s Debbie Ball has developed an expertise in how best to work with digital media to make new fans for music online. Now also a… Read more Audio

Could the tapping, beating and bashing of drums be your path towards better mental health? Read more Audio

Simon Morris is confronted with several movies that come with a pre-booked audience, you'd think - a popular ethnic comedy, one for anyone who's been to theatre school, and another hit French comedy… Read more Audio