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Arts news for 30 November 2025 Audio

Art collector Greg Moyle has promised 20 artworks worth around $5m to the Auckland City Art Gallery. It is one the most significant bequests in the gallery's history and includes works by Rita Angus… Read more Audio

The Dynamotion dance troupe are back with a new show for the Christmas season. Featuring big dance numbers and lip-syncing to narration, the format of the comedy show is an audience favourite. Created… Read more Audio

Scultpure on the Shore in Tamaki Makaurau winds up this weekend. The biennial exhibition has been showcasing more than 120 artworks by both established and emerging artists.  Read more Audio

Artist Josh Lancaster doesn't want you to look too closely at his paintings. Instead, he hopes his work will transport people to moments in their lives and evoke their memories.  Read more Audio

The race is on to preserve the home of two of New Zealand's most beloved artists. For 30 years the Mt Eden home of Pat and Gil Hanly has been a creative hub and base for artists all over Aotearoa. Read more Audio

This time last year we took Culture 101 on the road to the new, revamped Te Whare o Rehua Sarjeant Gallery in Whanganui. To those unfamiliar with this Whanganui landmark, the gallery was founded in… Read more Audio

He's won two Oscars, worked with Hollywood A-lister actors and directors but if he's done his job well, then his work is invisible. Read more Audio

Local jewellers Zoë and Morgan are celebrating two decades of their family business. Read more Audio

She's one of the country's most beloved actors and on Friday night, took home the New Zealand Screen Awards for Best Actress in a Series for the second time for her role in the comedy Double Parked… Read more Audio

There is much joy to be had poring over a great map. And this particular map may be the finest in New Zealand to pore over of them all. It's a map of Wellington city first made in 1891 by surveyor… Read more Audio

Christchurch's Keely O'Grady and Mitchell O'Hara join Culture 101 to discuss the Irish dance show A Celtic Christmas. Read more Audio