Culture 101 for Sunday 8 October 2023

3:30 PM.An award-winning playwright, actor, musician and founder of the Maori Sidesteps, Jamie McCaskill’s latest play Two Guitars is a musical journey examining those of a  generation of Māori find… Read more Audio

2:47 PM.In a 2023 election countdown special ‘Carcass’ brings you lively banter on where culture and politics is and isn’t meeting on the hustings. Read more Audio

2:33 PM.Madison Emond from Rhode Island has been building pinhole cameras from clay in Wellington’s Kaiwharawhara stream. Her photographic work is a vessel for the natural environment, capturing life by and… Read more Audio

2:05 PM.Artist Taloi Havini began life in Bougainville but fled with her family to Australia aged 9 due to a civil war which claimed 15,000 lives.  Read more Audio

1:30 PM.Every week on Culture 101 we check the pulse of a different area of Aotearoa. This week, we’re off to Hastings, ahead of the Hawkes Bay Arts Festival 13-29 October. Read more Audio

1:00 PM.In Still Here director Litia Tuiburelevu takes us inside the homes, centres and churches that carry forward  the different island community's stories and cultural traditions.   Read more Audio

12:45 PM. George Nelson is a New Zealander living in Japan with a passion for haiku, techno and fashion.
The pages of, The Techno Kiwi reveal a delightful fusion of both Japanese and New Zealand cultures,… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Uproar, a new movie inspired by the Springbok Tour of the 1980s comes with a star-studded cast - Julian Dennison, James Rolleston, Minnie Driver, Rhys Darby, and a scene-stealing role from Julian's… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.Best known as a vampire, and lately, a goth, actor and comedian Johnny Brugh has been leaving us well amused since his time as one half of comedy duo Sugar and Spice way back in the ‘90s.

A regular… Read more Audio