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2:10 PM.It’s 1979 in Ōtautahi Christchurch and an energetic underground punk scene is spewing up. It’s decades before the internet, with the very latest overseas sounds dribbling in slowly by import. Records… Read more Video, Audio

1:25 PM.Culture 101 puts the spotlight on a different region in Aotearoa every Sunday and this week we’re in New Plymouth, Taranaki. Read more Audio

1:07 PM.From Sappho, to Sweden’s Queen and the Suffragettes, Unsuitable is the first book of its kind, spanning centuries and continents, uncovering the often hidden history of lesbian fashion.  Read more Audio

12:45 PM.They’ve been dubbed ‘the MTV generation’ and the ‘Forgotten generation’ (though now they’re in power: ‘forgotten no more’ we say). They are Generation X: those born between 1965 and 1980. 

The baby… Read more Video, Audio

12:30 PM.It’s described as genre-bending, bespoke and immersive - a show you can’t fit into one category. Read more Audio

12:10 PM.Hugo Grrrl keeps rather busy. He’s a fulltime drag artist - not just performing, but MCing, producing, writing and providing opportunities for the next generation of performers. 

The alias of George… Read more Video, Audio

2:30 PM.Dream Chambers is the moniker of the multifaceted artist Jess Chambers, a composer, performer, and cofounder of the Pōneke electronic music collective - Techno Echo. Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Talia Marshall (Ngāti Kuia, Rangitāne o Wairau, Ngāti Rārua, Ngāti Takihiku) is a gifted writer but a reluctant one. While most debut authors refer to their new books as their babies she prefers to… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.On this week’s regional wrap we travel east of the Tukituki river to visit the beachside township of Haumoana in Hawkes Bay to meet Jamie Macphail.  Read more Audio

1:07 PM.It’s an intersection of technology, art, science and music in a new digital immersive installation at The Grid Artspace in Wellington. Rivers of Wind takes eight years of weather data from Wellington… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.It’s the torturous question of “what if?” - that sliding doors moment which can haunt people. It’s the premise of a new New Zealand musical When We Were Us at BATS Theatre this month.  Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Legendary and beloved author, Dame Lynley Dodd, is hoping a new award will give a fellow writer a boost of confidence - similar to a gift she received in the 1970s which changed her life.  Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Stage and screen actor Bronwyn Turei has been appearing on stage at Circa Theatre this month playing not one, but five different character’s in a reimagining of Sense and Sensibility.

2:35 PM.Author and poet Warwick Stubbs wrote his new book, Two Left Feet  in public libraries, park benches and in his vehicle and in local writing workshops Read more Audio

2:04 PM.NZ’s latest comedy offering, Madam, is putting the spotlight on sex work. Based on the soon-to-be published memoir by Antonia Murphy, who ran an ethical brothel in Whangarei for three years.  Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Each week, Culture 101 puts the spotlight on a different part of Aotearoa and this week, we’re in Northland visiting KeriKeri.  Read more Audio

1:05 PM.Nick Hall is the co-owner of Caluzzi Cabaret Auckland’s original Drag Queen cabaret show and one of New Zealand's most recognisable Queens, Drag Superstar Anita Wiglit joins Culture 101 to discuss Eat… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.This School Holidays Spike Milligan's classic tale Badjelly the Witch takes the stage. Creative Director of The Glow Show, Sarah Burren handmade all the stage costumes and developed an original blend… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.PickPath has been working with Te Papa, Taranaki Winter Festival and Barbarian Productions in the past few years and are now taking the platform to the market. Joel Baxendale spoke to Culture 101’s … Read more Audio

12:15 PM.TV presenter Kanoa Lloyd is preparing to immerse herself in the world of yoga training. Read more Audio

2:36 PM.Dunedin teacher, academic, director, producer, actor and author, Lisa Warrington reflects on her longstanding advocacy for Aotearoa New Zealand drama and what it means to receive a Kings Birthday… Read more Audio

2:05 PM.Dame Fiona Kidman is borrowing the words of other writers to Raise the roof for Randell Cottage: Live Letters. While not associated with the British version, it has been inspired by the concept which… Read more Video, Audio

1:25 PM.Each week, Culture 101 puts the spotlight on a different part of Aotearoa and this week, we’re on the island of Waiheke.  Read more Audio

1:07 PM.Researchers at the University of Sydney are suggesting eyed needles were used to adorn clothing for social and cultural purposes, marking the shift from clothing being used as a necessity for… Read more Audio