Culture 101 for Sunday 6 October 2024

3:05 PM.Our soundtrack today is another piece of music nominated for a APRA Silver Scroll songwriting award. 'Drifting' has been composed by Anita Schwabe, and its performed here by the Royal New Zealand Air… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.There’s human intelligence - when we use it. We’re getting to grips with artificial intelligence. And many people are getting fascinated with plant intelligence - the magic work of mycelium for… Read more Video, Audio

2:05 PM.It’s the kind of “overnight success” that has taken 10 years but it seems US singer Chappell Roan has broken through the collective pop culture consciousness, marking her territory. Read more Audio

1:20 PM.The rural town of Greytown in the Wairarapa in the lower North Island is particularly proud of its heritage and history.  Read more Audio

1:00 PM.We all make mistakes, but can we accept our errors and take action before things start to unravel beyond our control? 

In New Zealand director Christine Jeffs’ powerful new feature film A Mistake… Read more Video, Audio

12:30 PM.The fashion designer is celebrating 25 years of the label Crane Brothers and to mark the occasion, the company is teaming up with The Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi to launch a Laureate Award for design

12:10 PM.“It is a cliche to say literature saves lives,” Behrouz Boochani has written, “but I experienced it with my whole being.”

Behrouz Boochani is a Kurdish journalist, human rights defender, writer and… Read more Audio