Culture 101 for Sunday 31 March 2024

3:00 PM.Arts news for the week from RNZ's Culture 101. Read more Audio

2:30 PM.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

2:00 PM.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

1:25 PM.Tyler Redmond joins Mark Amery on Culture 101 to introduce Blenheim for this week’s Regional Wrap. Read more Audio

1:05 PM.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

12:45 PM.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

12:30 PM.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

12:15 PM.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