Culture 101 for Sunday 1 September 2024

3:05 PM.Arts News - Sunday 1 September Audio

2:30 PM.What happens when you fund 10 artists a part time wage - a universal basic income - for an entire year, to help facilitate change within their community across an entire region? 

Over 2022 and… Read more Video, Audio

2:05 PM.Writers, poets, musicians, artists and storytellers have descended on Otautahi Christchurch this week for the Word Festival. More than 100 guests have been taking part in sessions across venues in the… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Every week on RNZ’s Culture 101 we explore the cultural richness of this country by catching up with a local in a place, big or small.  

There’s no better demonstration of that richness than the… Read more Audio

1:00 PM.Remember making dioramas with pen and card in shoeboxes as a child? 

As a quick survey of German artist and writer Antje Damm’s instagram will attest, Damm creates a world of hand-cut wonder with… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.While festivals around the world have been either cancelled or scaled back, Electric Avenue in Ōtautahi Christchurch is doing the opposite. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.It may be true that the most exciting place at a flat party is the bathroom. Private, yet not so private. 

In a queasy bravado move for local television, that bathroom over one long night is the… Read more Video, Audio

12:15 PM.This year marks 25 years since the Aotearoa band Stellar exploded onto the music charts in 1999 with multi-platinum album Mix. Read more Audio