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Perlina Lau hosts a weekly show about creativity and culture in Aotearoa.
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Sunday, 5 October 2025
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Regional Wrap: Colville Creators and Makers Festival
5 Oct 2025The 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
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Hawke's Bay Festival marks 10th anniversary
Hawke's Bay Arts Festival kicks off next week and it's marking its 10th anniversary. Read more Audio
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The sound of diamonds: Composing jewellery soundscapes for the blind
5 Oct 2025We often associate jewellery with the way it looks or perhaps how they feel. Particularly with diamonds, it's about how they sparkle and shimmer. But what about sound? Read more Audio
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Celebrating ballroom culture in the capital with Vogue Ball
5 Oct 2025Wellington has been celebrating ballroom culture this week. It dates back to the mid-19th century but took off as a sub-culture in the early 70s as a protest against racism and transphobia faced by… Read more Audio
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Broadcaster and Men's Health Advocate Mark Sainsbury
5 Oct 2025One of the most recognisable faces in New Zealand broadcasting, Mark Sainsbury has worked as a reporter, foreign correspondent, political editor, documentary maker, current affairs host and election… Read more Audio
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Sunday, 28 September 2025
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Painting star Philip Clairmont on show for the first time in 30 years
28 Sep 2025The late painter blazed a brilliant, dazzling trail across the Aotearoa New Zealand art scene of the 1970s. Read more Audio
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The influential and revealing ways video games portray culture
28 Sep 2025Culture 101 speaks to three Victoria University researchers and lecturers who look at the intersection of video games, and culture. Read more Audio
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Regional Wrap: Ōkārito's entire town in new exhibition
28 Sep 2025Artery of the Wild is on now at the Leftbank Gallery in Greymouth. Read more Audio
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The 20-time Grammy award-winner reinventing gospel
28 Sep 2025Kirk Franklin spoke with Culture 101's Mark Amery from Dallas, Texas. Read more Video, Audio
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87-year-old community arts legend June Renwick
28 Sep 2025Director and producer June Renwick joins Culture 101 to talk about her lifelong love of drama and why she set up the Selwyn Community Arts Theatre. Read more Audio
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Locals turn Cyclone Gabrielle into art installations
Facilitator and curator Dayna Raroa joins Culture 101. Read more Audio
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Fast Favourites with singer-songwriter Julia Deans
She joins Perlina Lau to share some of her cultural picks Read more Audio
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