Culture

Mead, bee-infused cocktails, and a two-course meal using bee products from a local apiary are all on the menu at restaurant Kitchen Takeover as part of the Flavours of Plenty Festival. Audio

You may not read about it in many history books, but back in 1995, over 10,000 people turned out to celebrate the humble garden gnome in a world-first. Audio

On todays episode, Ray Leslie speaks on her latest single ‘The Fridge All Stocked”, Evie tries her hand at making AI music and offends everybody in the process, and So’omālō breaks down the DOC’s… Audio

Who takes responsibility for the unwashed cups, the sink full of food scraps, or even when the dishwasher is emptied and by whom, can all be catalysts for larger workplace disputes, says Dr Libby… Audio

After helming her fifth British and World Marbles Championships, Julia McCarthy-Fox is packing up the little glass balls for another year. The annual event – held every Good Friday in an English pub… Audio

On today’s episode, Evie is back (again). So’omālō tells us the safest way to consume leftovers, we rank all the best April fool’s jokes, and find the perfect formula for casting the next Bachelor. Audio

A 300-year-old parchment was found down the back of a couch in the 1940s. It then sat folded up in Eketahuna for years, until recently.  Audio

Rise Global is a Maori owned and operated organisation which develops and implements indigenous-led development programmes for women and organisations globally with a particular focus in Aotearoa… Audio

On today’s show, guest appearances from emerging musicians Reiki Ruawai as well as Hone who chat with So’omālō about their latest tracks, and we discuss the origins of the heimlich. Audio

A Labour MP wants to see Destiny Church members held to account for painting over a rainbow street crossing.

The vandalism was in protest against a drag queen event at the Gisborne Library.

A heated… Audio

On todays show, Evie is back with a brand new look! Tween stars of Aotearoa’s latest feature film The Mountain give us some behind the scenes insight, and we yap along with musician YAHYAH who tells… Audio

The Japanese art forms that have shaped more of the West's story telling than you may realise  Audio

On Today's episode we surprise musician Ella Minehan with a special interviewer her friend and fellow musician Taylor Roche for a wholesome moment! We also talk CubaDupa festival with Romi Wrights and… Audio

The largest Indigenous film festival in the world is back on in Ōtaki for 2024.

The Māoriland festival is showing 168 feature films, documentaries and short films from nations as far apart as… Audio

For the eleventh year running, the indigenous world is coming together in Ōtaki on New Zealand's Kāpiti Coast to celebrate indigenous storytelling on screen. Audio