Culture 101

Adapting items that were on hand into instruments, jug bands first came to prominence in poor Black communities in the US Deep South, but saw a revival with the new folk generation of the 1960s.   Read more Audio

The famous buddy road trip film Thelma and Louise is taking on a different life at the Civic Theatre in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland this month. Best friends and long-time creative collaborators, Julia… Read more Audio

Kaylee Bell has been flying the flag for Aotearoa New Zealand in the world of country music.  Read more Audio

As the son of two of our most lauded writers, the late JC Sturm and James K Baxter, John Baxter (Taranaki, Te Whakatōhea) has long had hats to wear in being part of literary legacies. 

It’s being… Read more Audio

A conversation with her five-year-old niece prompted Mandi Lynn to explore body shaming in a photo exhibition and short documentary. Read more Video, Audio

Arts news for 23 June 2024 Read more Audio

Lizzie Russell is the Owner/Operator of Tennyson Gallery in Ahuriri Napier. A beautiful spot in an art deco building on the corner of an iconic street in the city.

She tells Culture 101’s Maggie… Read more Audio

Ōtepoti Dunedin author Laurence Fearnley’s absorbing new novel At the Grand Glacier Hotel is, impressively, her thirteenth.

In its pages Fearnley beautifully articulates the awkwardness and beauty… Read more Audio

As Aotearoa prepares itself to celebrate the official Matariki holiday RNZ’s Culture 101 takes a tour across the country to check in on how three leading figures in Toi Māori’s are celebrating.  Read more Audio

Leading advocate for Matariki, Astronomy Professor Rangi Mātāmua (Tūhoe) has recently returned from a trip to Tahiti. The trip was at the invitation of the government there, where there is interest in… Read more Audio

Arts news for 16 June 2024 Read more Audio

The Dead C guitarist Bruce Russell along with graphic designer and pedal steel guitar player, Luke Wood, has released a rich book of essays called A Record Could Be Your Whole World: Vinyl Records as… Read more Audio