Culture 101

Pōneke based poet and journalist Abdul Samad Haidari became a refugee at the age of 10. For Haidari poetry has been a way to cope with the trauma and to turn it into empowerment. His second book of… Read more Audio

Intimacy coordination is a relatively new concept both in Aotearoa and across the world. Borne from the #MeToo movement, it’s a way to keep actors and crew safe on film and television sets and in… Read more Audio

It’s known as ‘mural town’, it's Aotearoa New Zealand’s avocado capital and this week it’s the focus of Culture 101’s regional wrap.  Read more Audio

The Aotearoa Art Fair is the apex of the art market food chain. This weekend on the Tāmaki Makaurau waterfront, the public, 32 dealers and many curators from around Aotearoa come happily together at… Read more Audio

Oscar-nominated US filmmaker Ava Duvernay’s new thought-provoking film Origin is based on the New York Times bestselling book Caste: The Origins of our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson. Read more Video, Audio

This year marks 20 years of Whakaata Māori - Māori Television. Something to celebrate particularly in this climate of broadcasting cuts and redundancies.

A founding member of Māori TV, veteran… Read more Audio

Aotearoa New Zealand has won one of the world’s most prestigious art prizes. 

Mataaho collective have been awarded the Golden Lion by a jury at the 60th Venice Biennale for their large scale work in… Read more Audio

Arts news for Sunday 14 April from RNZ Read more Audio

A "lack of joined-up thinking" in Wellington's gallery sector has led to two major art spaces closing at the same time, an art historian and former gallery director says. Read more Audio

Say the name Anurag Kashyap in South Asian circles and you’ll likely find some star struck fans. 

The prominent Indian filmmaker will be in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland this week for an intimate… Read more Audio

Baylys Beach is a settlement of a few hundred on a wild section on the west coast of Northland, just outside Takiwira Dargaville. 

It’s home to painter Sean McDonnell who works and sells his art in… Read more Audio

If you’ve ever opened a magazine in Aotearoa New Zealand, chances are, you’ve almost certainly seen Jae Frew’s work.  Read more Audio