Culture 101

In 2023 Aotearoa lost one of its most beloved curators and supporters of contemporary photography, and Maori and Pacific art and artists, Ron Brownson. When he died Brownson was Senior Curator New… Read more Audio

Stage and screen veteran Fiona Samuel has been awarded this year's Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship by the Arts Foundation. Read more Audio

Each week Culture 101 puts the spotlight on a different part of Aotearoa for our regional wrap. KOAST Arts Trail has been taking place this Labour Weekend in the Bay of Islands and the Far North. The… Read more Audio

The Lion King, Matilda, Wicked... big musical theatre shows no signs of dying. In Aotearoa we may not have a West End, Broadway or the long runs of the likes of some megashows in Melbourne, but local… Read more Audio

Last month, a century-old Maori carving was restored and gifted to the British people. Carved originally in 1910, by master carver Tene Waitere, the pou was completed by his great-great-great… Read more Audio

"Anchor me, in the middle of your deep blue sea," sings Don McGlashan in one of his most beloved songs. McGlashan has, as a songwriter and sailor, been deeply influenced by bodies of water - rivers… Read more Audio

Arts News for 19 October 2025 Audio

For their latest installation Elisapeta Heta and Raukura Turei have designed a space inspired by the special space Kohanga Reo plays in their lives. Read more Audio

This year's Arts Laureates have been announced with eight new artists being honoured and recognised for their exceptional work and their contribution to Aotearoa's cultural landscape and communities.

Every week on our Regional Wrap we travel to a different place around the country and, today, nestled in the Waikato below the Kaimai Ranges it's the historic town of Te Aroha. Read more Audio

Landscape astro photographer, Tom Rae, has won the Royal Museums Greenwich Skyscapes Astronomy Photographer of the Year for a second time. Read more Audio

From the news headlines to carving, from poetry and film to waiata and whakatauki the taniwha is a pervasive yet mysterious figure in our culture. Read more Audio