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Regional Wrap in ‘mural town’ Katikati
1:25 PM.It’s known as ‘mural town’, it's Aotearoa New Zealand’s avocado capital and this week it’s the focus of Culture 101’s regional wrap. Read more Audio
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Champagne Problems at the new look Aotearoa Art Fair
1:07 PM.The Aotearoa Art Fair is the apex of the art market food chain. This weekend on the Tāmaki Makaurau waterfront, the public, 32 dealers and many curators from around Aotearoa come happily together at… Read more Audio
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Origin: Ava Duvernay’s thought-provoking new film on caste systems
12:30 PM.Oscar-nominated US filmmaker Ava Duvernay’s new thought-provoking film Origin is based on the New York Times bestselling book Caste: The Origins of our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson. Read more Video, Audio
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Fast Favourites with veteran broadcaster Julian Wilcox
12:15 PM.This year marks 20 years of Whakaata Māori - Māori Television. Something to celebrate particularly in this climate of broadcasting cuts and redundancies.
A founding member of Māori TV, veteran… Read more Audio
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Mataaho Collective scoops Golden Lion at Venice Biennale in a huge weekend for art from Oceania
12:15 PM.Aotearoa New Zealand has won one of the world’s most prestigious art prizes.
Mataaho collective have been awarded the Golden Lion by a jury at the 60th Venice Biennale for their large scale work in… Read more Audio
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Arts news: NZ in Italy, a screen crisis, new dance festivals & annual fests skip a year
3:05 PM.Arts news for Sunday 14 April from RNZ Read more Audio
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Keeping the lights on in our public galleries not just about funding
2:30 PM.A "lack of joined-up thinking" in Wellington's gallery sector has led to two major art spaces closing at the same time, an art historian and former gallery director says. Read more Audio
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Trailblazing Indian filmmaker Anurag Kashyap in Aotearoa
2:05 PM.Say the name Anurag Kashyap in South Asian circles and you’ll likely find some star struck fans.
The prominent Indian filmmaker will be in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland this week for an intimate… Read more Audio
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Regional Wrap: Sean McDonnell’s Baylys Beach
1:25 PM.Baylys Beach is a settlement of a few hundred on a wild section on the west coast of Northland, just outside Takiwira Dargaville.
It’s home to painter Sean McDonnell who works and sells his art in… Read more Audio
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Prominent portrait photographer Jae Frew shifts focus
1:07 PM.If you’ve ever opened a magazine in Aotearoa New Zealand, chances are, you’ve almost certainly seen Jae Frew’s work. Read more Audio
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Artwork copyright in the age of social media and AI
12:45 PM.Today we are all publishers, sharing fresh content online to please our followers. So when does taking a photograph of an interesting artwork constitute a breach of copyright? And what about the… Read more Audio
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Christchurch playwright scoops an award trifecta with The Odyssey
12:30 PM.Two playwrights have won this year’s Adam NZ Play Award: Dan Bain from Christchurch for The Odyssey and Sam Brooks from Tāmaki Makaurau for This Is My Story of Us. Read more Audio
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From flaming kūmara to East Timor: Te Radar performs five different shows over five nights
12:10 PM.When a comedian approaches Comedy Festival season, you expect the trial of a new show, and all the challenges that represents. But this year beloved Aotearoa comedian and journalist Te Radar isn't… Read more Audio
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Arts News: Toi Te Papa & City Gallery Wellington face closures while Christchurch Arts Centre threatens insolvency
3:00 PM.Arts and culture news for Sunday 7 April. Read more Audio
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The art of being a cultural translator
2:30 PM.What does it take to be an effective cultural translator? Yang Fan will tell you that the language is just the beginning. Read more Audio
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Aminé Ramer: the vital role of the music supervisor
2:00 PM.If you think of your favourite film, chances are there’s a pivotal scene driven by music or a killer soundtrack. Either way, you can thank the work of a music supervisor. Read more Audio
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Regional wrap: Whakatipu, Wānaka & Hāwea - a creative Queenstown-Lakes District
1:25 PM.A $3.9 million dollar multi-purpose arts and cultural space, Te Atamira, opened in the burgeoning commercial district of Frankton near Queenstown in May 2022. It’s a hub for creative work from the… Read more Audio
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From Marx and Austen to stranded in an airport: Jonathan Dove on keeping opera relevant
1:07 PM.“If opera doesn’t tell stories about right now or about who we are now, then eventually it’s just going to die out,” British composer Jonathan Dove tells Culture 101’s Mark Amery.
Jonathan Dove… Read more Audio
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Slavfest! Music and culture from the Balkans through to Asia with Irina Mosina
12:45 PM.Slavic culture crosses from Eastern Europe and the Balkans through to Asia. It encapsulates a real diversity of countries but which share strong cultural roots in Slavic languages.
Their… Read more Audio
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A feast for the eyes: The hyperrealist paintings of Alice Toomer
12:30 PM.Food is perhaps one of the easiest ways to bring people together. But what about when it's painted? In the case of young Pōneke Wellington-based artist Alice Toomer’s hyperrealistic paintings, it can… Read more Audio
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Masterchef winner Sam Low on Fast Favourites and new podcast
12:15 PM.Masterchef New Zealand winner 2022, author, and Instagram star Sam Low joins Culture 101 to share his inspirations and cultural favourites. Read more Audio
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Guitar maker and carver Nui Stretch: Two parallel careers in wood
2:30 PM.Raised in the countryside, north of Tamaki Nui-A-Rua and Dannevirke in the lower North Island, Nui Stretch has the distinction of having two parallel careers in wood. One as a luthier, or guitar maker… Read more Audio
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Travelling through Asian and Pasifika cultures in batik with Rozana Lee
2:00 PM.20 years ago, artist Rozana Lee lost her mother, relatives, childhood friends and her family home in Aceh, Indonesia in the Boxing Day Tsunami. More than 200,000 people died in Indonesia, her mother… Read more Audio
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Regional Wrap: Blenheim with Tyler Redmond
1:25 PM.Tyler Redmond joins Mark Amery on Culture 101 to introduce Blenheim for this week’s Regional Wrap. Read more Audio