Culture 101

From Brahms to Bridgerton and Baroque to Beyonce; classical music is hitting the streets of the capital in early September as Classical on Cuba returns for a third year. 

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Leading Kapa Haka group Te Matarae i-Orehu from Rotorua is retiring with a legacy spanning 30 years.  Read more Audio

TV star Karen O'Leary chats to Culture 101 about what she's seeing, consuming and why despite being all over TV, she doesn't watch much of it. 

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Cheese Dreams in the Gravy Isles: Lord Joseph Banks is an idle, opportunity-squandering squillionaire botanist. A chance encounter with a certified cheesemonger sets him off on a pathway to pleasure… Read more

The feature film Kainga features Pan-Asian ethnicities including Chinese, Indian, Maori-Chinese, Iranian, Japanese, Korean, Malaysian and Tamil Eelam New Zealanders. Culture 101 discusses the… Read more Video, Audio

Simon Morris is pleasantly surprised by three films that didn't seem particularly aimed at him - a quirky art-film, a video-game adaptation and an old horror chestnut.  Read more

Is there more to Te Tai Poutini than wild foods, pounamu and driftwood? Read more Audio

The Hollywood writers and actors strikes continue with no end in sight. The ripple effects are being felt in New Zealand and Culture 101 explores what this means for audience viewing.  Read more Audio

The epic and lavish comedy podcast, The Mysterious Secrets of Uncle Bertie's Botanarium, has remained largely unheard of in Aotearoa. Until now.  Read more Audio

Pita Turei is an actor, curator, sculptor, comedian and staunch cultural and Iwi advocate. More than anything, Turei tells Culture 101’s Mark Amery, he’s dedicated to walking with people to reveal the… Read more Audio

Mark Amery and Perlina Lau are joined by composer and actor Bret McKenzie, artist and cultural events organiser extraordinaire Suzanne Tamaki (Maniapoto, Tūhoe, and Te Arawa) and Dr Drama aka theatre… Read more Audio