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‘The punk rock Len Lye’ - the legacy of confrontational artist Peter Roche
2:30 PM.Dropping a sheep’s carcass from an aeroplane into the Waitemata harbour; sewing a sheep’s kidney onto your own back; yelling “get the f**k out” till the audience leaves, many razor cuts. The early… Read more Video, Audio
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There is no one art history: Kirsty Baker's Women and Art in Aotearoa
2:10 PM.Public galleries have been demonstrating our view of art history has been changing radically for years. It just hasn’t been published for a wider public, until now.
Art historian and curator Kirsty… Read more Audio
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Arts news: Arts as a 'nice to do', Parkin prize and Electric Avenue
2:10 PM.Arts news: Arts as a 'nice to do', Parkin prize and Electric Avenue Audio
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Regional Wrap: Whakatāne with Sarah Hudson of winning Mataaho Collective
1:20 PM.Each week Culture 101 puts the spotlight on a different region in Aotearoa and this week we’re in the Bay of Plenty town of Whakatāne. Read more Audio
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The Bitches’ Box: From woolsheds to the silver screen
1:07 PM.The Bitches’ Box is back, and for the first time the show will be venturing to urban centres. Read more Video, Audio
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Did Titanic Sink? Podcast director Abby Howells on conspiracies and her obsession
12:45 PM.Comedy podcast Did Titanic Sink? is back baby! Winner of the Comedy Podcast of the Year at the 2023 NZ Podcast Awards, comedians Tim Batt and Carlo Ritchie are steered towards investigating a local… Read more Audio
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Jennifer Ward-Lealand and Michael Hurst: on stage alone together for the first time
12:10 PM.Married couple Michael Hurst and Jennifer Ward-Lealand have theatre and film careers that span 40 years. Indeed, they met in the theatre - at Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland’s Theatre Corporate in 1983… Read more Video, Audio
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Writer and cultural thinker Ian Wedde on staying ‘Open’
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
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Regional Wrap: Akaroa with Lesley Burkes-Harding
1:25 PM.Nestled in the impressive harbour of Canterbury’s Banks Peninsula, is picturesque town Akaroa. Read more Audio
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Can you stage Hamlet in the ultraviolent world of Grand Theft Auto?
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
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Lexus Song Quest crowns winner Katie Trigg
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
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Solo dance show explores trying to be a ‘cool mum’ and having it all
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
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Fast Favourites with Jess Hong
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
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Housing as a human right: artist and advocate Dieneke Jansen
2:35 PM.We’re in a housing crisis, most people agree. With strong awareness of the inequalities that it brings.
Yet, when it comes to talking about solutions to something so complex yet so personal, people… Read more Audio
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Christchurch goes post-punk: Jonathan Ogilvie's Head South
2:10 PM.It’s 1979 in Ōtautahi Christchurch and an energetic underground punk scene is spewing up. It’s decades before the internet, with the very latest overseas sounds dribbling in slowly by import. Records… Read more Video, Audio
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Regional Wrap: New Plymouth with Simon Gennard
1:25 PM.Culture 101 puts the spotlight on a different region in Aotearoa every Sunday and this week we’re in New Plymouth, Taranaki. Read more Audio
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Opening the door on the history of lesbian fashion
1:07 PM.From Sappho, to Sweden’s Queen and the Suffragettes, Unsuitable is the first book of its kind, spanning centuries and continents, uncovering the often hidden history of lesbian fashion. Read more Audio
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Don’t you forget about me: The art of Gen X with Megan Dunn
12:45 PM.They’ve been dubbed ‘the MTV generation’ and the ‘Forgotten generation’ (though now they’re in power: ‘forgotten no more’ we say). They are Generation X: those born between 1965 and 1980.
The baby… Read more Video, Audio
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The magic and mystery of the human experience in genre-bending show
12:30 PM.It’s described as genre-bending, bespoke and immersive - a show you can’t fit into one category. Read more Audio
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Fast Favourites: Drag king superstar Hugo Grrrl
12:10 PM.Hugo Grrrl keeps rather busy. He’s a fulltime drag artist - not just performing, but MCing, producing, writing and providing opportunities for the next generation of performers.
The alias of George… Read more Video, Audio
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Dream Chambers: Contemporary music as a spiritual practice
2:30 PM.Dream Chambers is the moniker of the multifaceted artist Jess Chambers, a composer, performer, and cofounder of the Pōneke electronic music collective - Techno Echo. Read more Audio
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Author Talia Marshall’s stunning debut - Whaea Blue
2:10 PM.Talia Marshall (Ngāti Kuia, Rangitāne o Wairau, Ngāti Rārua, Ngāti Takihiku) is a gifted writer but a reluctant one. While most debut authors refer to their new books as their babies she prefers to… Read more Audio