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2:30 PM.What does it take to be an effective cultural translator? Yang Fan will tell you that the language is just the beginning.  Read more Audio

2:00 PM.If you think of your favourite film, chances are there’s a pivotal scene driven by music or a killer soundtrack. Either way, you can thank the work of a music supervisor.  Read more Audio

1:25 PM.A $3.9 million dollar multi-purpose arts and cultural space, Te Atamira, opened in the burgeoning commercial district of Frankton near Queenstown in May 2022. It’s a hub for creative work from the… Read more Audio

1:07 PM.“If opera doesn’t tell stories about right now or about who we are now, then eventually it’s just going to die out,” British composer Jonathan Dove tells Culture 101’s Mark Amery. 

Jonathan Dove… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.Slavic culture crosses from Eastern Europe and the Balkans through to Asia. It encapsulates a real diversity of countries but which share  strong cultural roots in Slavic languages. 

Their… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Food is perhaps one of the easiest ways to bring people together. But what about when it's painted? In the case of young Pōneke Wellington-based artist Alice Toomer’s hyperrealistic paintings, it can… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Masterchef New Zealand winner 2022, author, and Instagram star Sam Low joins Culture 101 to share his inspirations and cultural favourites.  Read more Audio

3:00 PM.Arts news for the week from RNZ's Culture 101. Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Raised in the countryside, north of Tamaki Nui-A-Rua and Dannevirke in the lower North Island, Nui Stretch has the distinction of having two parallel careers in wood. One as a luthier, or guitar maker… Read more Audio

2:00 PM.20 years ago, artist Rozana Lee lost her mother, relatives, childhood friends and her family home in Aceh, Indonesia in the Boxing Day Tsunami. More than 200,000 people died in Indonesia, her mother… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Tyler Redmond joins Mark Amery on Culture 101 to introduce Blenheim for this week’s Regional Wrap. Read more Audio

1:05 PM.A new report highlights a high level of engagement with arts, culture and recreation among 12-year-olds across Aotearoa New Zealand. 

Released by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, the data is… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.Jimmy D is welcome proof that fashion needn’t be all glitz and glam. It can relate as much to a grungier street reality as the cocktail party or old school business attire. Further it can at last be… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.At first glance it may seem like an unlikely combination - Korean pop music and Pasifika youth - but as a new documentary on The Spinoff demonstrates, there’s a synergy and understanding. 

K-pop is a… Read more Video, Audio

12:15 PM.Dr Jim Salinger has been recognised this week as Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Te Pou Whakarae o Aotearoa for 2024. 

Dr Salinger is recognised as one of the first scientists to address global… Read more Audio

2:00 PM.West End and Broadway wasn’t the dream when UK theatremaker Nancy Zamit co-founded Mischief Theatre in 2008, but the idea of being paid to do improv was. For this group of drama school students and… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Port Chalmers in Ōtepoti Dunedin has long been a haven for artists as well as seafarers. It’s an active commercial port and these days the locals also welcome flocks of cruise ship visitors. While… Read more Video, Audio

1:07 PM.For North Yorkshire’s Alexander Wright theatre making is a way of bringing together the very local with the much larger universe he believes we need to feel connected to. 

In his latest touring show… Read more Audio

12:55 PM.Weekly arts and culture news from Aotearoa New Zealand with Perlina Lau and Mark Amery Read more Audio

12:50 PM.The Māoriland Film Festival is being held in Ōtaki on the Kapiti Coast this week 20-24 March. 

It's Aotearoa's annual International Indigenous film festival in a town where Māori culture thrives. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Still Lives - Auckland is a live performance artwork combining what are sometimes considered opposite ends of the spectrum; rugby and art. 

Following two weeks of rehearsal, the artwork will be at… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.Culture 101’s Mark Amery invited award-winning author of fiction, poetry and essays, the Kirikiriroa Hamilton based Tracey Slaughter, to play Fast Favourites. Tracey picks out some favourite poems… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.It may be the fifth and final episode of Best of the Fest but festivals across Aotearoa have not been slowing down. 

Culture 101’s Perlina Lau in Tāmaki Makaurau is joined by playwright and… Read more Audio

3:00 PM.News for the week with Culture 101. Read more Audio

2:05 PM.A new report commissioned by Asia New Zealand Foundation Te Whītau Tūhono has found an increased interest and desire for Asian arts and cultural experiences in Aotearoa.  Read more Audio