Culture 101

After a career spanning almost six decades, Alanis Obomsawin is still busy working on her 56th and 57th film aged 91.  Read more Audio

Every week on Culture 101 we check the pulse of a different area of Aotearoa. This week it's Waikato. Read more Audio

Most trends on social media, have their moment in the spotlight, then the next one comes along. But some trends catch on and stick around. One of those is ‘Girl Dinner’. Read more Audio

Just released, Henrietta Bollinger’s debut essay collection, Articulations published by Tender Press speaks to their experiences as queer, disabled and as a twin.. Read more Audio

Liberty - Herekoretanga by artist Wendy Hannah is a camellia chandelier made from 31 thousand 872 recycled plastic bottles - each one representing the number of signatures on the petitions presented… Read more Audio

Every week on Culture 101 we invite a guest to share their love of culture and shout out to other artists. This week it’s - Tami Neilson - a beloved musical artist who has brought vividly alive the… Read more Video, Audio

Described by Sam Brooks in The Spinoff as the largest catwalk show in the world, an art exhibition blown up to epic proportions, and the closest New Zealand gets to Broadway, the spectacular World of… Read more Audio

We’re joined on Culture 101 by three poets and artists from Pōneke and Kāpiti Coast who are part of a collective known as the Meow Gurrls.  Read more Audio

Every week on Culture 101 we check the pulse of a different area of Aotearoa. This week it’s between the Tararua ranges and the Pacific: the Wairarapa. 

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In a 2023 election campaign special, panel series ‘Carcass’ brings you  lively banter on where culture and politics did and didn’t meet on the hustings. Read more Video, Audio

Rising Tamaki Makaurau music producer EDY’s debut single ‘Help Myself’ reflects on working and striving in a hustle culture. Read more Audio

Following seasons in Australia and Poneke at Circa, Celebrated Australian playwright Joanna Murray-Smith’s Switzerland has landed in Tamaki Makaurau with the Auckland Theatre Company.  Read more Audio