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3:05 PM.Arts News from across the country with Mark and Angie - for the second week of April 2025. Audio

2:32 PM."I am like the active verb to be and to do," wrote the determined trailblazing early New Zealand painter and writer Emilly Cumming Harris. "I am," she added, "too necessary an appendage to be left… Read more Audio

2:05 PM.Isabel Frey is singer and ethnomusicologist from Vienna, who is attempting to carry the musical tradition of the Jewish Labour Bund, the Yiddish-speaking socialist party in pre-World War II Eastern… Read more Audio

1:23 PM.On the road between Christchurch and Queenstown, the town of Fairlie often gets called gateway to the Mackenzie Country.  Read more Video, Audio

1:08 PM. Shawn Simpson is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh and joined Culture 101. Read more Audio

12:45 PM.The Kaikoura titi, or Hutton's shearwater is a remarkable bird. Endemic to Kaikoura and endangered, it is the only alpine-breeding seabird in the world.  Read more Audio

12:29 PM.Thousands of students were outside Parliament in Wellington on Friday for the School Strike 4 Climate protest. The core team organising were aged between 14 and 17 and their overarching theme "Don't… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.The Auckland-based artist shares some of his cultural recommendations. Read more Audio

3:05 PM.Arts News for 6 April 2025 Audio

2:40 PM.Set in a Shinto shrine, nestled among the swaying cherry blossoms in the seaside town of Ushimado, The Cats of Gokogu Shrine is the new film from Japanese filmmaker Kazuhiro Soda. It tells the story… Read more Audio

2:05 PM.The joys of starting a band and reading are both at the heart of a new book series from tOtautahi Christchurch based Rachael King, and she knows a fair bit about both: Violet and the Velvets: The Case… Read more Audio

1:27 PM.Foxton's is a small town in the Horowhenua known for its large sandy beach, bustling holiday park, scenic cycling paths and the locally-loved soft drink, Foxton Fizz. But there's more to this charming… Read more Audio

1:08 PM.Stories about jewellery art are often susceptible to the use of bad puns. They sparkle, they're precious, they're worth their weight, and so forth. And sure we also can't resist: Karl Fritsch and Lisa… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.At 15, Broadcast Journalist Indira Stewart landed her first journalism job, telling the story of Polyfest in front of the camera-a moment that surely inspired her to step into her career as a… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.We're living in some interesting times - fairly divisive and troubling, fractured and confrontational. Music is often looked to as a bit of a societal balm; a soothing force, a way to bring people… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.In Kate Camp's new poetry collection Makeshift Seasons she's often to be found in togs, just in or out of the sea. Or, as she writes in one poem, "always driving to coasts in special outfits."  Read more Audio

2:32 PM.When it comes to innovative performance, designer and theatre maker Martyn Roberts is something of a quiet tour de force. This season he's been juggling work on no less than five new Aotearoa New… Read more Audio

2:16 PM.Hans Zimmer is one of Hollywood's most prolific film composers scoring more than 100 films. Some of the most beloved iconic soundtracks include Interstellar, Gladiator, Inception and The Lion King. Dr… Read more Audio

1:28 PM.For our regional wrap today we're visiting Nga Motu New Plymouth to catch up with Theresa Tongi - Pacific Program Coordinator at the Govett-Brewster Gallery and co-curator of Lalaga: Le Hui Fono… Read more Audio

1:06 PM.In poet Amy Marguerite's impressive debut collection over under fed she explores, "the peculiar loveliness and specific loneliness of the human condition."  Read more Audio

12:45 PM.Today many of us have a fancy camera built into the phones in our pockets. These digital cameras do a lot of the creative work automatically for us. Which has led to a resurgence in interest in the… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Author, writer and speaker Emily Writes has amassed a huge following online and readership. She first found an audience after writing a blog post in 2015 about struggling to settle her newborn baby at… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.There have been major changes this week at Whanau Marama New Zealand International Film Festival which is set to kick off in just a few months. The board has disestablished the positions of three key… Read more Audio

3:05 PM.Arts news for 23 March 2025 Audio

2:34 PM.What started as a look at the worldwide appropriation, exploitation and debasement of Native American culture, turned into a study of its rich influence on fashion, sports, politics and… Read more Video, Audio