Perlina Lau
Screentime: Love Lies and Bleeding, The Gentleman
Culture 101 host Perlina Lau joins Kathryn to talk about Love Lies and Bleeding (cinemas), starring Kristen Stewart as a gym manager who falls for Jackie, a bodybuilder passing through town. Audio
Final week of Auckland Arts Festival
It's the final week of the Auckland Arts Festival, but there's still plenty to see before it closes on Sunday.
Co-host of RNZ National's Culture 101, Perlina Lau, has been out and about this week and… Audio
Arts Festival report with Culture 101's Perlina Lau
The Arts Festivals are in full swing across Aotearoa along with numerous Fringe Festivals.
Co-host of RNZ National's Culture 101, Perlina Lau, was in Hamilton last week and this week she's been out… Audio
Screentime: One Day, The Convert, Expats
Film and TV correspondent Perlina Lau joins Kathryn to talk about One Day, a Netflix adaptation of David Nicholl's popular novel - how does it compare to the critically panned 2011 film version… Audio
Screentime: One Life, How to Have Sex, Love on the Spectrum
Culture 101 host Perlina Lau joins Kathryn to talk about One Life (cinemas), the story of Nicholas Winton who organised the evacuation of Jewish children from the Nazis in the late 1930s. Audio
A ‘Māori Elite’ tours the nation
Living in the Kāpiti Coast town of Ōtaki, where he runs a gallery and shop with his wife Mia Brennan, Hohepa 'Hori' Thompson says his art and expressions are his way of “decolonising himself”, a… Audio
Second series of Creamerie launches
Fans of the black comedy series 'Creamerie' will be extra thankful for the public holiday tomorrow when the second season hits TVNZ+. One of the stars of the show is RNZ's Perlina Lau, she talks to… Audio
Donald Trump pleads not guilty to 37 federal criminal charges
After an historic indictment, Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 37 federal criminal charges. He's left the court in Miami and returned to New Jersey to host a fundraising event. The indictment… Video, Audio
At least 10 killed, dozens injured in NSW wedding bus crash
At least 10 people have died and 25 injured after a bus overturned in the Hunter Valley in New South Wales last night. The bus was carrying passengers travelling from a wedding to their accommodation… Audio
"A horrendous and gut-wrenching situation" - Sudan conflict
The vicious power struggle between Sudan's rival military leaders continues to rage on - now in it's 8th week. The latest conflict has only made an existing humanitarian crisis worse - displacing… Audio
First Up - The Podcast, Friday 2 June
On today's First Up pod - Perlina Lau hosting today: Auckland's public on the proposal to sell the city's airport shares - ACT leader David Seymour talks about what his constituents think, ACT's new… Audio
Number one seed, scrabble champ on National Scrabble Champs
The King's Birthday break won't be a holiday for everyone...The National Scrabble Championships are taking place in Howick this long weekend. Scrabblers from around the country are travelling to… Audio
First Up - The Podcast, Thursday 1 June
On today's First Up pod - Perlina Lau hosting today: police minister Ginny Anderson talks crime, police numbers and fog cannons; we're at Government House as the pilots who waded through falling ash… Audio
Police Minister: extra money for fog cannons
Minister Ginny Anderson will join the Prime Minister at a graduation ceremony today in Porirua for police graduates. It comes as the Government announced an extra $11 million this week for its fog… Audio
Scholarship-winning teen wants to help repair NZ's mental health system
The Wellington high school student awarded a $25,000 education scholarship hopes to improve the broken mental health system which failed his father. Johnny Bentley-Cribb was just 11 years old when his… Audio
LDR West Coast: upheavals in regional council
Time now to find out what's happening round the regions. And today we're off to Greymouth. Local Democray Reporter Brendon McMahon told Perlina Lau about big upheavals going on in the West Coast… Audio
Children seriously injured in horror Melbourne school bus crash
Children have suffered "traumatic" injuries, needing amputations, after a harrowing school bus crash in Melbourne. Nine children were rushed to hospital, with many needing emergency surgery, after the… Audio
Donald Trump faces charges over Stormy Daniels hush money probe
He's nailed his brand as one of a kind... Donald Trump's made history as the first of 46 presidents to be criminally charged.
A grand jury has voted to indict the ex-president and reality TV star on… Video, Audio
Jury finds in favour Gwyneth Paltrow in ski collision lawsuit
Forget the Trump case - in the US there's been another court room drama gripping the world - Gwyneth Paltrow being sued by an optometrist claiming she skied into him causing life changing injuries… Audio