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NZ’s role in the peace and culture of Bougainville
8 Oct 2023Artist Taloi Havini began life in Bougainville but fled with her family to Australia aged 9 due to a civil war which claimed 15,000 lives. Read more Audio
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Regional Wrap: in Hastings with Pitsch Leiser
8 Oct 2023Every week on Culture 101 we check the pulse of a different area of Aotearoa. This week, we’re off to Hastings, ahead of the Hawkes Bay Arts Festival 13-29 October. Read more Audio
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Why Polynesia remains still there, still strong in inner city Tamaki Makaurau
8 Oct 2023In Still Here director Litia Tuiburelevu takes us inside the homes, centres and churches that carry forward the different island community's stories and cultural traditions. Read more Audio
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Tokyo's Techno Kiwi: George Nelson
8 Oct 2023George Nelson is a New Zealander living in Japan with a passion for haiku, techno and fashion.
The pages of, The Techno Kiwi reveal a delightful fusion of both Japanese and New Zealand cultures,… Read more Audio -
Taking cinema back to Dunedin’s ‘81 tour with Uproar
8 Oct 2023Uproar, a new movie inspired by the Springbok Tour of the 1980s comes with a star-studded cast - Julian Dennison, James Rolleston, Minnie Driver, Rhys Darby, and a scene-stealing role from Julian's… Read more Audio
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Fast favourites with vampire turned goth Jonny Brugh
8 Oct 2023Best known as a vampire, and lately, a goth, actor and comedian Johnny Brugh has been leaving us well amused since his time as one half of comedy duo Sugar and Spice way back in the ‘90s.
A regular… Read more Audio
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Briar Grace Smith’s stories of skin, screen and stage
1 Oct 2023Touring to five regional centres across the North Island from 6 to 25 October Upu sees performances by seven leading actors of almost 40 texts by Māori and Pacific Island writers.
Among the writers… Read more Audio
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Gordon Walters and our changing taste for abstraction
1 Oct 2023A new, sumptuous Auckland University Press book Gordon Walters reveals the diversity of the painter’s exploration of form beyond the koru, and the remarkable diversity of influences that synthesised… Read more Audio
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91-year-old indigenous Canadian filmmaker reflects on career
1 Oct 2023After a career spanning almost six decades, Alanis Obomsawin is still busy working on her 56th and 57th film aged 91. Read more Audio
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Regional Wrap: Waikato turns pink for Cherry Blossom festival
1 Oct 2023Every week on Culture 101 we check the pulse of a different area of Aotearoa. This week it's Waikato. Read more Audio
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The phenomenon of ‘Girl Dinner’
1 Oct 2023Most trends on social media, have their moment in the spotlight, then the next one comes along. But some trends catch on and stick around. One of those is ‘Girl Dinner’. Read more Audio
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