Culture 101

BDSM is hitting the stage in Tāmaki Makaurau. No, not that BDSM - the Bomb Defusal School of Manakau of course. Read more Audio

Successful trials in France have shown drawing can improve the well-being and lessen the anxiety of those living with dementia. Now, Massey University will join forces with French institutes to run a… Read more Audio

Since he could barely reach the joysticks in his local parlour in Ngongotaha, Lake Rotorua, Preston McNeil (Te Arawa, Tainui) has loved spacies. Read more Audio

Comedian, actor and writer Kura Forrester drops into Culture 101 to talk about what she’s been watching and listening to when she’s not in rehearsal.

Music we love. Read more

Simon Morris looks at three movies that take certain short cuts to reach their audience. Read more Audio

 Lord Joseph Banks assembles a crew for a noble mission: to go to the very source of pleasure, in order to destroy it... Read more Audio

Can you be a critic in your own backyard? Culture 101 speaks to arts critic and senior lecturer, Erin Harrington, about the latest from the Word festival in Christchurch.  Read more Audio

By the time she was seven, Susan Te Kahurangi King had stopped talking. Yet, today, she is one of Aotearoa’s most globally sought after artists. Paris, New York, Dusseldorf are just some of the… Read more Audio

In October 2022 Kanye West (a.k.a.Ye) was dropped by sponsors and social media for repeated anti-semitic outbursts. Jewish hip hop artist Rami Even-Esh aka Kosha Dillz - renowned for his freestyle… Read more Audio

Each week we join a creative correspondent from a different part of Aotearoa New Zealand. This week it’s Baz Squire of Whangārei’s Hangar Gallery. Read more Audio

“New Zealand cancels Venice Biennale pavilion, citing inadequate resources” ran the headline on leading international art news site Artnet this month. There were similar from New York’s Artforum… Read more Audio