Culture 101 for Sunday 8 December 2024

3:05 PM.What has been described of the arts this week on RNZ Audio

2:35 PM.RNZ’s Simon Morris was listening to one of the most popular series in the UK - Sherlock & Co - when he recognised the voice of Dr Watson’s girlfriend and later his good lady wife, Mary Morstan.  It… Read more Audio

2:05 PM.White footed ants made from freshwater pearls, a scorpion's sting carved out of ebony, and an orangutan and a gibbon in yew wood and hollywood, respectively. What about a giant petrel beak in… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Oriwa Morgan Ward joins Culture 101 to share her passion for promoting of Māori art and Te Reo Māori through creative activity. Read more Audio

1:07 PM.If there’s an aspect of the arts Cadence Chung isn’t involved in, you sense it won’t be long before she tackles it. Encounter is a narrative-led audio walk in Pōneke that follows the stories of early… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.The Te Tai Tokerau screen producer joins Culture 101 to talk about his SPADA Screen Industry Award and why he is passionate about empowering a new generation of storytellers.

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12:30 PM.It’s a roll call of turn-of-the-century Kiwi greats: John Clarke, Neil and Tim Finn, Bic and Boh Runga, Jenny Morris, Chris Knox, The Topp Twins, Che-Fu, Don McGlashan, King Kapisi and Dave Dobbyn… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.2024 has been quite the year for screen actor and filmmaker Chelsie Preston Crayford.

A week ago she finished filming her first feature film Caterpillar, a work she has directed and been writing for… Read more Video, Audio