Culture 101

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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