Arts
Oscar-winning prosthetic artist on transforming "The Rock"
He's won two Oscars, worked with Hollywood A-lister actors and directors but if he's done his job well, then his work is invisible. Audio
Local jeweller Zoe and Morgan celebrate twenty years
Local jewellers Zoë and Morgan are celebrating two decades of their family business. Audio
Fast Favourites: Best actress winner Antonia Prebble
She's one of the country's most beloved actors and on Friday night, took home the New Zealand Screen Awards for Best Actress in a Series for the second time for her role in the comedy Double Parked… Audio
Ho ho ho: Comedian Chris Parker gets festive
Kiwi comedian Chris Parker is hosting The Best Christmas Comedy Show on Earth next Friday. Audio
'Letting the world know we're still here': Te Matatini champion on power of kapa haka
Kereama Wright (Te Arawa) says kapa haka is a form of rongoā, healing body, mind and spirit.
The Mixtape: Harry Ricketts
Harry Ricketts is a Wellington-based poet and educator who recently published his eleventh volume of poetry. In In this episode of The Mixtape he plays some of his favourite records and talks to Nick… Audio
French For Rabbits' Brooke Singer
As well as fronting her own acclaimed band, the singer-songwriter runs Home Alone Records, fostering acts who live and create out of Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Audio
Sam from Phoenix Foundation
Another iconic Wellington band are also celebrating a 20th anniversary. Their album Pegasus was nominated alongside BOATS for Album of the Year at the 2005 NZ Music Awards. Audio
‘Superman #1’ copy found in attic becomes most expensive comic ever sold
Three brothers from northern California discovered the issue, while clearing out their mother's attic after her death.
Nick Bollinger on Wellington's history of jam bands
RNZ's resident music historian talks us through a key component of the local music scene. Audio
Ladi6 and Louis Baker
Two musicians with their own connections to Freddy's pop by to talk about their history with the band, as well as their new and upcoming projects. Audio
Curator Ian Wards
In 2005, Wellington Museum senior curator Ian Wards bought BOATS on CD. Now, two decades later, he's put together an exhibition based around the band's foundations, and the making and production of… Audio
Scott and Joe from Fat Freddy's Drop
Two Freddy's alumni join us to discuss what went into making the landmark album, which went straight to number one and became the longest-charting album in Aotearoa history. Audio
NZ photography: earliest to AI - Athol McCredie
New Zealand Photography Collected: 175 Years of Photography in Aotearoa spans nearly two centuries in more than 400 pages, exploring our identity as a nation. Audio
From Baldrick to Alfred the Great - Sir Tony Robinson: having fun with history
Sir Tony Robinson is perhaps best known for playing dogsbody Baldrick in British sitcom Blackadder. But that's just one highlight of his 50-year acting career. Audio
In major auction night, rare Klimt painting smashes records at $419m
The painting, which hung in a billionaire's home for decades, is now the most expensive work of modern art to ever sell at auction.
AI covers see writers ruled out of New Zealand's top book awards
Our national book awards committee has rejected books with AI covers. It's nothing to do with the writing - just AI for the covers. Audio
Tusiata Avia has been hiding this book away for years
The writer-poet tackles the complexities of Samoan funeral culture in her latest book about the death of her father.
Rose of Tralee Keely O’Grady dances her way to Christmas
Christchurch's Keely O'Grady and Mitchell O'Hara join Culture 101 to discuss the Irish dance show A Celtic Christmas. Audio
Niels Meyer-Westfield on painting NZ bird feathers
Nature artist, Niels Meyer-Westfeld joins Culture 101 to talk about his new book Feathers of Aotearoa: an illustrated journal. Audio
