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12:30 PM.Teaspoons, teapots, trophies, vases, trays and napkin rings. Silver objects have long been prized as a way of celebrating and commemorating. Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Children's and young-adult author, Kiri Lightfoot, has long had a love of picture books. As a teenager she would only taking babysitting jobs if there was a generous library on offer and even reading… Read more Audio

3:05 PM.Arts News for 12 October 2025. Audio

2:38 PM.Show Me Shorts Film Festival turns 20 this year. It's become Aotearoa's leading international short film festival and this month there will be more than 80 films, 100 screenings across 40 venues this… Read more Audio

2:05 PM.In 1953 Queen Salote of Tonga visited England for Queen Elizabeth the Second's Coronation. At which, she is said to have won "the affection of the British people" by riding to the ceremony in the… Read more Audio

1:27 PM.Each week Culture 101 puts the spotlight on a different part of Aotearoa. Occasionally we go into the suburbs and this week we're going inner-west in Tamaki Makaurau. Read more Audio

1:07 PM.Shortly opening in Wellington, Tauranga and Nelson are touring works by two of this country's most well-travelled, and most acclaimed contemporary theatre producers. And boy do they get about. They… Read more Video, Audio

12:42 PM.Boys choirs are renowned globally with one of the most famous being the Vienna Boys Choir. Established in 1498, it's still going today after 527 years. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Author Becky Manawatu has won The Sargeson Prize, the country's biggest short story competition, taking home $15,000 for her work, The Vase. Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Next Friday and Saturday, the Kupu Maori Writers Festival brings together authors from across the motu to significant locations across Rotorua.  Read more Audio

3:05 PM.Arts News for 5 October 2025 Audio

2:05 PM.Did you ever have a dream house as a child? One you told your parents you wanted to be yours one day? Perhaps, like Tracey Scott's, it even had a turret! Read more Audio

1:30 PM.The biennial Colville Creators & Makers Festival finishes tomorrow after six days of exhibits and creative workshops. Held in Colville Hall, 30 minutes drive northward from Coromandel Town, organisers… Read more Audio

1:07 PM.Hawke's Bay Arts Festival kicks off next week and it's marking its 10th anniversary. Read more Audio

12:40 PM.We often associate jewellery with the way it looks or perhaps how they feel. Particularly with diamonds, it's about how they sparkle and shimmer. But what about sound? Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Wellington has been celebrating ballroom culture this week. It dates back to the mid-19th century but took off as a sub-culture in the early 70s as a protest against racism and transphobia faced by… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.One of the most recognisable faces in New Zealand broadcasting, Mark Sainsbury has worked as a reporter, foreign correspondent, political editor, documentary maker, current affairs host and election… Read more Audio

2:35 PM.The late painter blazed a brilliant, dazzling trail across the Aotearoa New Zealand art scene of the 1970s. Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Culture 101 speaks to three Victoria University researchers and lecturers who look at the intersection of video games, and culture. Read more Audio

1:30 PM.Artery of the Wild is on now at the Leftbank Gallery in Greymouth. Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Kirk Franklin spoke with Culture 101's Mark Amery from Dallas, Texas. Read more Video, Audio

12:40 PM.Director and producer June Renwick joins Culture 101 to talk about her lifelong love of drama and why she set up the Selwyn Community Arts Theatre. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Facilitator and curator Dayna Raroa joins Culture 101. Read more Audio

12:16 PM.She joins Perlina Lau to share some of her cultural picks Read more Audio

12:16 PM.Arts news for 28 September 2025. Audio