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Perlina Lau and Mark Amery host a weekly show about creativity and culture in Aotearoa.
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From Marx and Austen to stranded in an airport: Jonathan Dove on keeping opera relevant
7 Apr 2024“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.
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Slavfest! Music and culture from the Balkans through to Asia with Irina Mosina
7 Apr 2024Slavic 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
7 Apr 2024Food 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
7 Apr 2024Masterchef 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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Arts News Sunday 31 March
31 Mar 2024Arts news for the week from RNZ's Culture 101. Read more Audio
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Guitar maker and carver Nui Stretch: Two parallel careers in wood
31 Mar 2024Raised 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
31 Mar 202420 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
31 Mar 2024Tyler Redmond joins Mark Amery on Culture 101 to introduce Blenheim for this week’s Regional Wrap. Read more Audio
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12-year-olds in NZ highly engaged in arts and culture
31 Mar 2024A new report highlights a high level of engagement with arts, culture and recreation among 12-year-olds across Aotearoa New Zealand.
Released by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, the data is… Read more Audio
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Fashion designer Jimmy D and the fight against the dull and turgid hick town
31 Mar 2024Jimmy D is welcome proof that fashion needn’t be all glitz and glam. It can relate as much to a grungier street reality as the cocktail party or old school business attire. Further it can at last be… Read more Audio
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An unlikely pairing? K-pop meets Pasifika
31 Mar 2024At first glance it may seem like an unlikely combination - Korean pop music and Pasifika youth - but as a new documentary on The Spinoff demonstrates, there’s a synergy and understanding.
K-pop is a… Read more Video, Audio
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New Zealander of the Year: Fast Favourites with Dr Jim Salinger
31 Mar 2024Dr Jim Salinger has been recognised this week as Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Te Pou Whakarae o Aotearoa for 2024.
Dr Salinger is recognised as one of the first scientists to address global… Read more Audio
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