Culture 101

Children's and young-adult author, Kiri Lightfoot, has long had a love of picture books. As a teenager she would only taking babysitting jobs if there was a generous library on offer and even reading… Read more Audio

Arts News for 12 October 2025. Audio

Show Me Shorts Film Festival turns 20 this year. It's become Aotearoa's leading international short film festival and this month there will be more than 80 films, 100 screenings across 40 venues this… Read more Audio

In 1953 Queen Salote of Tonga visited England for Queen Elizabeth the Second's Coronation. At which, she is said to have won "the affection of the British people" by riding to the ceremony in the… Read more Audio

Each week Culture 101 puts the spotlight on a different part of Aotearoa. Occasionally we go into the suburbs and this week we're going inner-west in Tamaki Makaurau. Read more Audio

Shortly opening in Wellington, Tauranga and Nelson are touring works by two of this country's most well-travelled, and most acclaimed contemporary theatre producers. And boy do they get about. They… Read more Video, Audio

Boys choirs are renowned globally with one of the most famous being the Vienna Boys Choir. Established in 1498, it's still going today after 527 years. Read more Audio

Author Becky Manawatu has won The Sargeson Prize, the country's biggest short story competition, taking home $15,000 for her work, The Vase. Read more Audio

Next Friday and Saturday, the Kupu Maori Writers Festival brings together authors from across the motu to significant locations across Rotorua.  Read more Audio

Arts News for 5 October 2025 Audio

Did you ever have a dream house as a child? One you told your parents you wanted to be yours one day? Perhaps, like Tracey Scott's, it even had a turret! Read more Audio

The biennial Colville Creators & Makers Festival finishes tomorrow after six days of exhibits and creative workshops. Held in Colville Hall, 30 minutes drive northward from Coromandel Town, organisers… Read more Audio