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Culture 101
Perlina Lau hosts a weekly show about creativity and culture in Aotearoa.
Sundays, between 12- 4pm
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Sunday, 14 December 2025
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Peata Larkin leading charge to save music and community centre
14 Dec 2025The Tamaki Makaurau contemporary artist speaks to Culture 101 about why she's leading the charge to save the creative space. Read more Audio
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Best Television of 2025 with Karl Puschmann
14 Dec 2025TV reviewer Karl Puschmann shares his top TV picks for the year. Read more Audio
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Panto Season in full swing at Circa Theatre with director Simon Leary
14 Dec 2025He speaks to Culture 101 about whether panto in Aotearoa is different to rest of the world and their approach to casting and staging for this production. Read more Audio
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Legendary James Cameron on Avatar Fire and Ash
Legendary James Cameron on Avatar Fire and Ash. Audio
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Battle to become Ultimate Elvis Artist: Taurean Kenny Mill
Come January, the top Elvis impersonators from Australasia will descend on New South Wales to battle for the title of the Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist. It's part of a global competition to find the… Read more Audio
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Exhibition spotlights pioneering New Zealand photographer Steve Rumsey
14 Dec 2025RNZ's Angie Skerrett has been finding out about the photographer who wasn't afraid to see things differently through the lens. Read more Audio
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Fast Favourites with Professor and author Deidre Brown
The academic, teacher, mentor, art historian, and multi-award-winning author joins Perlina Lau share some of her cultural favourites. Read more Audio
Sunday, 7 December 2025
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Best Books of 2025 with Time Out Bookstore's Jenna Todd
Best Books of 2025 with Time Out Bookstore's Jenna Todd. Audio
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Sea shanties and singalongs
7 Dec 2025Perlina Lau talks to the creator of a new musical, based on a beloved children's book written by the late Margaret Mahy. Read more Audio
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Regional Wrap: Ashburton botanical art exhibition
7 Dec 2025Dunedin-based Artist Jane Marshall Fitzgerald was born in Ashburton and she joins Culture 101. Read more Audio
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"Bloody hell" Quintessential Kiwi farmer
7 Dec 2025Bloke of the Apocalypse is a new animated Kiwi series which has hit YouTube. Creator Charlie Faulks speaks to Culture 101. Read more Audio
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