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Mark Amery
Mark has been committed to radio and Aotearoa's arts and culture for over 30 years. Based in Wellington, Mark has worked as lead producer of Saturday Morning with Kim Hill on RNZ National and as a weekly culture writer and contributing arts editor at newspaper The Post, Mark began in radio at 95bFM in the 1990s as weekly producer and presenter of arts show The Culture Bunker for five years. He went on to co-host Radio Active's arts show Caffeine and Aspirin. Pre-Covid he was a relief producer and presenter on RNZ's Standing Room Only and has been a long-time arts commentator with RNZ and across the print media.
Mark has a passion for the role of culture as central to all our lives. He co-founded public arts organisation Letting Space in 2009 (the subject of a Massey University Press book) and co-created with Wellington public housing tenants a citizen's newspaper and lightbox project: The People’s Voice / Te Reo ō Ngā Tāngata in 2023.
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Culture 101
Perlina Lau and Mark Amery host a weekly show about creativity and culture in Aotearoa.
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Search results for Mark Amery
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Stitching bling, satin & velvet into Toi Māori with Maungarongo Te Kawa
about 14 hours agoThe large wall hung quilts of takatāpui fabric artist and storyteller Maungaronga Te Kawa (Ngāti Porou) leap and sparkle as joyous dance. They are blankets of aroha for a world that needs it.
Yet…
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Sir Roger Hall and the end of summer time
about 13 hours agoSir Roger Hall remains Aotearoa New Zealand’s most popular playwright. Since 1976 his plays have often been box office gold.
Now 85, continuing to write plays through retirement he recently remarked…
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The return of Auē: fast favourites with Becky Manawatu
about 12 hours agoIt’s rare for an Aotearoa New Zealand writer to appear at book festivals about a novel, months out from its release. But then the sequel to a book as beloved and devastating as 2019’s Auē by Becky… Video
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Keeping the lights on in our public galleries not just about funding
14 Apr 2024A "lack of joined-up thinking" in Wellington's gallery sector has led to two major art spaces closing at the same time, an art historian and former gallery director says. Audio
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Regional Wrap: Sean McDonnell’s Baylys Beach
14 Apr 2024Baylys Beach is a settlement of a few hundred on a wild section on the west coast of Northland, just outside Takiwira Dargaville.
It’s home to painter Sean McDonnell who works and sells his art in… Audio
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Artwork copyright in the age of social media and AI
14 Apr 2024Today we are all publishers, sharing fresh content online to please our followers. So when does taking a photograph of an interesting artwork constitute a breach of copyright? And what about the… Audio
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Regional wrap: Whakatipu, Wānaka & Hāwea - a creative Queenstown-Lakes District
7 Apr 2024A $3.9 million dollar multi-purpose arts and cultural space, Te Atamira, opened in the burgeoning commercial district of Frankton near Queenstown in May 2022. It’s a hub for creative work from the… Audio
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From Marx and Austen to stranded in an airport: Jonathan Dove on keeping opera relevant
7 Apr 2024“If opera doesn’t tell stories about right now or about who we are now, then eventually it’s just going to die out,” British composer Jonathan Dove tells Culture 101’s Mark Amery.
Jonathan Dove… Audio
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City Gallery may have to temporarily close due to construction
4 Apr 2024A leading New Zealand public art gallery may have to temporarily close due to construction work.
Wellington's City Gallery will have its main access shut off in June when demolition of the… Audio
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Guitar maker and carver Nui Stretch: Two parallel careers in wood
31 Mar 2024Raised in the countryside, north of Tamaki Nui-A-Rua and Dannevirke in the lower North Island, Nui Stretch has the distinction of having two parallel careers in wood. One as a luthier, or guitar maker… Audio
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Regional Wrap: Blenheim with Tyler Redmond
31 Mar 2024Tyler Redmond joins Mark Amery on Culture 101 to introduce Blenheim for this week’s Regional Wrap. Audio
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Fashion designer Jimmy D and the fight against the dull and turgid hick town
31 Mar 2024Jimmy D is welcome proof that fashion needn’t be all glitz and glam. It can relate as much to a grungier street reality as the cocktail party or old school business attire. Further it can at last be… Audio
