Culture 101 for Sunday 4 August 2024

2:30 PM.That role of the museum is just one of the ways poet, novelist and essayist Ian Wedde explores opening out space through culture in his third volume of collected nonfiction writing, The Social Space… Read more Audio

2:00 PM.The 1960s Rolls-Royce which served as the limousine for Queen Elizabeth II’s royal tours in New Zealand is being auctioned. Read more Video, Audio

1:25 PM.Nestled in the impressive harbour of Canterbury’s Banks Peninsula, is picturesque town Akaroa.   Read more Audio

1:07 PM.In the genre-busting documentary Grand Theft Hamlet, two out-of-work UK actors in lockdown attempt the seemingly impossible. They seek to mount a full production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet inside the… Read more Video, Audio

12:45 PM.Mezzo-soprano Katie Trigg has been crowned the 2024 Lexus Song Quest winner. The prestigious opera singing competition took place on Saturday night at Michael Fowler Centre in Poneke Wellington. Five… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Multi-disciplinary artist Liv Tennet is trying to be a cool mum - without losing her cool. Her new solo dance show For You To Know and Me To Find Out has been brewing for the past few years amidst the… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.It’s difficult not to use the cliché description of ‘whirlwind’ but the past few years have been life changing for New Zealand Chinese actor Jess Hong.  Read more Audio