Culture 101

Raised in the countryside, north of Tamaki Nui-A-Rua and Dannevirke in the lower North Island, Nui Stretch has the distinction of having two parallel careers in wood. One as a luthier, or guitar maker… Read more Audio

20 years ago, artist Rozana Lee lost her mother, relatives, childhood friends and her family home in Aceh, Indonesia in the Boxing Day Tsunami. More than 200,000 people died in Indonesia, her mother… Read more Audio

Tyler Redmond joins Mark Amery on Culture 101 to introduce Blenheim for this week’s Regional Wrap. Read more Audio

A new report highlights a high level of engagement with arts, culture and recreation among 12-year-olds across Aotearoa New Zealand. 

Released by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, the data is… Read more Audio

Jimmy D is welcome proof that fashion needn’t be all glitz and glam. It can relate as much to a grungier street reality as the cocktail party or old school business attire. Further it can at last be… Read more Audio

At first glance it may seem like an unlikely combination - Korean pop music and Pasifika youth - but as a new documentary on The Spinoff demonstrates, there’s a synergy and understanding. 

K-pop is a… Read more Video, Audio

Dr Jim Salinger has been recognised this week as Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Te Pou Whakarae o Aotearoa for 2024. 

Dr Salinger is recognised as one of the first scientists to address global… Read more Audio

West End and Broadway wasn’t the dream when UK theatremaker Nancy Zamit co-founded Mischief Theatre in 2008, but the idea of being paid to do improv was. For this group of drama school students and… Read more Audio

Port Chalmers in Ōtepoti Dunedin has long been a haven for artists as well as seafarers. It’s an active commercial port and these days the locals also welcome flocks of cruise ship visitors. While… Read more Video, Audio

For North Yorkshire’s Alexander Wright theatre making is a way of bringing together the very local with the much larger universe he believes we need to feel connected to. 

In his latest touring show… Read more Audio

Weekly arts and culture news from Aotearoa New Zealand with Perlina Lau and Mark Amery Read more Audio

The Māoriland Film Festival is being held in Ōtaki on the Kapiti Coast this week 20-24 March. 

It's Aotearoa's annual International Indigenous film festival in a town where Māori culture thrives. Read more Audio