Culture 101

Born in beautiful Te Anau, since age 5 tennis star today Lulu Sun has lived around the world. Formerly representing Switzerland, since 2024 she has again called New Zealand home. Read more Audio

Arts News for 2 November 2025. Audio

All art is politics: Acclaimed Australian artist Mike Parr's controversial performance. Read more Audio

A leap of faith: 25th anniversary of The White Stripes remarkable debut in NZ. Read more Audio

Regional Wrap: working with kelp in the Waitaki. Read more Audio

The stories of Roald Dahl have been hugely popular on stage and screen, and now, The Enormous Crocodile has been turned into a musical. Read more Audio

Award-winning actor Alison Bruce is one of the country’s most versatile and experienced stage and screen actors. 
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Tauranga Art Gallery reopens in $306 million redevelopment of city's cultural heart. Read more Audio

Fast Favourites: TV presenter and journalist Laura Tupou. Read more Audio

In 2023 Aotearoa lost one of its most beloved curators and supporters of contemporary photography, and Maori and Pacific art and artists, Ron Brownson. When he died Brownson was Senior Curator New… Read more Audio

Stage and screen veteran Fiona Samuel has been awarded this year's Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship by the Arts Foundation. Read more Audio

Each week Culture 101 puts the spotlight on a different part of Aotearoa for our regional wrap. KOAST Arts Trail has been taking place this Labour Weekend in the Bay of Islands and the Far North. The… Read more Audio