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12:15 PM.Courtney Dawson (Ngāti Kurī/ Ngāti Amaru) broke into the comedy world just five years ago but has steadily been working her way to the top.  Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Arts news for Sunday 9 June. Read more Audio

2:30 PM.The late art historian Jonathan Mane Wheoki has referred to Te Tai Tokerau in the North as the crucible of Māori art. Such were the number of groundbreaking modern Māori artists to come from this… Read more Audio

2:05 PM.If you were to speak into an old telephone - what would you say?

London-based artist, Joe Bloom has been finding out. A View From A Bridge offers strangers passing by the opportunity to look out onto… Read more Video, Audio

1:20 PM.Each week, Culture 101 puts the spotlight on a different region in Aotearoa for the weekly Regional Wrap. This week we’re in Russell - Kororāreka. Read more Audio

1:10 PM.As painter Claude Monet's garden and house in Giverny is to France, beloved artist and filmmaker Derek Jarman's garden and house is, in a more contemporary fashion, becoming to England. It's set on… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.An Australian sculptor is reclaiming the female form through her woodwork.  Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Kaikōura is celebrating 60 years of surfing in a new long-term exhibition at their museum Wharenga - First Wave. Known for whale watching, wildlife and its beautiful coastline, the surfing history of… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.In Kathryn Burnett’s new solo comedy play, Nicola Cheeseman is Back, Nicola is sick of trying to do it all. In an all too familiar situation for those in middle age: she has lost her mojo.  

With the… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.It’s not all online: live events are often where we come together as communities, sharing passions and considering the issues concerning us. It’s important they’re accessible to all. 

Except they’re… Read more Audio

2:05 PM.A new generation and those who never made it as far as Bluff can now discover this country’s iconic Pāua Shell House in an online virtual tour.  Read more Audio

2:00 PM.Arts news for Sunday 2 June Read more

1:25 PM.The Tūrangi Tongariro region, at the spectacular southern end of Lake Tāupo bordering the Volcanic Plateau, is midway between Wellington and Auckland, Napier and New Plymouth and Hamilton and… Read more Audio

1:05 PM.From the ancient oud to the electric axe, the Martin acoustic to the Fender Stratocaster, American National Guitar Museum touring exhibition Medieval to Metal covers a whole lot of stage with 40… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.From hanging out with Daleks and Weeping Angels to the many different iterations of the sonic screwdriver - costumes, props, gadgets and gizmos from the world’s longest running sci-fi series have… Read more Video, Audio

12:30 PM.A documentary theatre piece is giving the stage to stories held onto for decades. The adoption experiences of birth mothers in the 1950s and 1960s in New Zealand are being heard in I Carried This at… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Comedian and writer Lana Walters has won the Billy T Award for 2024, New Zealand’s premiere comedy award.  Read more Audio

3:00 PM.Arts news for the 26 May 2024 on Culture 101. Read more Video, Audio

2:30 PM.In Pōneke Wellington this week artists, technologists, and critical thinkers have been exploring together questions around machine learning and artificial intelligence. They’ve gathered as part of… Read more Video, Audio

2:05 PM.Boris Eldagsen became the most notorious artist in the world last year, after winning an award at one of the world's biggest photography competitions with an image entirely generated by AI.  Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Each week, Culture 101 puts the spotlight on a different region in Aotearoa for the weekly Regional Wrap. This week we’re in the steampunk capital of the world - Oamaru.  Read more Audio

1:07 PM.As global warming continues, many parts of the world including natural wonders and island countries are at risk of damage or disappearing. This has led to a trend of ‘last chance tourism’ where… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.Te Pou Theatre’s latest offering puts a spotlight on the wāhine factory workers behind the iconic Crown Lynn crockery.  Read more Audio

12:31 PM.Gamers with a passion for creative writing can merge their interests in Aotearoa's only creative writing paper dedicated to video games. Read more Audio

12:10 PM.Pōneke Wellington based Ebony Lamb has the distinction of having developed two parallel acclaimed careers: as a singer-songwriter and as a photographer.  Read more Audio