Culture
World News Wrap for 18 November 2025
Let's catch up with what's been going on around the world with RNZ's Alice Wilkins. Audio
Hawaiian waka arrives in NZ a week early after 17-day crossing
Hawaiian waka Hokulea arrived a week earlier than expected after a 17-day crossing from Rarotonga. RNZ Pacific's Tiana Haxton reports. Audio
World News Wrap for 17 November 2025
Let's catch up with what's been going on around the world with RNZ's Alice Wilkins. Audio
The Etymology Nerd: How language shapes us
Language is evolving under the influence of internet slang, algorithms and influencer culture but what does that mean for the future of communication? Audio
Out Lately with Finn Johansson
Featuring new music from Ata Kak, Horn, and Rosalía. Audio
Diljit Dosanjh performs at Auckland's Spark Arena
RNZ Reporter Blessen Tom spoke to Charlotte Cook following the Indian pop star's gig in Tamaki Makaurau. Audio
Myth Takes: The Roman soldier
Classics educator and enthusiast Ben Jackson talks to Emile Donovan what it took to run the Roman army. Audio
What happens when we run out of cemetery space?
There's a call for our councils to be more proactive and strategic when it comes to creating cemetery space. It follows concerns that burial spaces are running out - particularly in our urban areas… Audio
Why does music cross borders and boundaries?
Dr Patrick Savage is a musicologist at the University of Auckland who studies how music has evolved across time, languages and cultures. He won an early career research excellence award for His latest… Audio
Colourism and bullying: The controversial world of island beauty pageants
Beauty pageants have waned in popularity in the United States and elsewhere, but they remain serious business in the Pacific Islands.
From painting to performance: the remarkable story of Vietnamese artist Tran Luong
Just opened at New Plymouth's Govett Brewster Gallery is a major survey exhibition of one of Vietnam's leading - but at home most controversial - artists, Tran Luong . Entitled T m Tã - Soaked in the… Video, Audio
Winner of Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement, poet Dinah Hawken
On Thursday evening, poet Dinah Hawken was one of three recipients of a Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement. The others were, for fiction, Barbara Else and non fiction, Ross Calman. The… Audio
A history of acting in Aotearoa
Authors David O'Donnell and Hilary Halba join Culture 101 to discuss their new book. Audio
Explosive work of one of the most significant artists of the 21st century to come to NZ
City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi have announced that they will return to Te Ngākau Civic Square next October 2026 with a major new exhibition from, who they describe, as "one of the most… Audio
Artist Dinah Priestley on her 'colourful adventurous life’
A just released book, An Eccentric History in Batik shares the story of the art and love of Dinah Priestley and Tony Burton. Audio
The Mixtape: Mike Hall & Milan Borich
It's been two decades since Pluto released Pipeline Under the Ocean, a record that not only went double Platinum but also helped define a golden era of New Zealand rock. Twenty years on, the band are… Audio
The Sampler: The Life You Save by Flock of Dimes
A gorgeous new collection from American singer-songwriter Jenn Wasner (Wye Oak), which tackles tricky familial history through soothing songcraft. It's always easy to listen to, thanks to her… Audio
Alphabethead re-introduces himself on My Name is David
David Morrison started collecting records aged 12, and when he was 18 won the 2002 New Zealand DMC DJ Championship. Since then he's released albums with Young Gho$t, The All-Seeing Hand, and seven as… Audio
Emily Wheatcroft-Snape is on the Move
An in-demand sound engineer (award-nominated for her work with Fazerdaze), Emily Wheatcroft-Snape also founded Record Enable, which aims to "help women and non-binary people create sustainable careers… Audio
Theia is a Girl, in a Savage World
The singer-songwriter behind the Te Kaahu project relocated to Los Angeles and resumed her alt-pop project, resulting in a debut album that weaves te reo and traditional Maori song forms with… Audio
