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The Waikato Wars: What painter Richard Lewer didn’t learn at school
1:07 PM.At the New Zealand Portrait Gallery in Pōneke hangs an enormous New Zealand flag upon which artist Richard Lewer has painted the words: “To have a future I must reconcile with MY past.”
Lewer’s… Read more Audio
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How to Have Sex: rising British acting star Mia McKenna-Bruce
12:45 PM.British coming-of-age drama, How to Have Sex has found a new way to tackle the issue of sexual consent. It’s strangely both nostalgic and very uncomfortable - which is perhaps, exactly why you should… Read more Video, Audio
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Tackling climate change with bonkers creative ideas: inventor artist Steve Mushin
12:30 PM.Habitat-printing robot birds, water-filtering sewer submarines, and flying bikes launched on waste heat thermals are just a few of the 100-plus bonkers ideas artist and industrial designer Steve… Read more Audio
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Fast Favourites: Kiwi Actor Yoson An in modern Aussie rom-com
12:15 PM.Yoson An’s career (Mulan, The Luminaries, Dead Lucky, Creamerie) has been steadily on the rise and impressively, he’s played a wide range of characters. But until now he’s never been a rom-com lead.
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Best of the Fest #2: a morning rave, the Savage Coloniser, Witi’s Wahine, The National, Soweto Gospel and the mighty Waikato
12:00 PM.What is it with tall people up the front at gigs? Should morning raves replace gym sessions? Joining us this week on Best of the Fest are writers Emily Perkins and Arihia Latham, artist Suzanne Tamaki… Read more Audio
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Best of the Fest #1: taniwha time machine, aerial displays and a slightly isolated dog
3:30 PM.RNZ Culture 101 presents the first episode online and on-air of Best of the Fest - a brand new five-week 30 minute panel discussion series.
Hosts Perlina Lau and Mark Amery are joined by Aotearoa… Read more Audio
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‘Swiftonomics’ - the unparalleled influence of Taylor Swift
2:00 PM.Whether you’re a Swiftie or you’re rolling your eyes, you can’t deny the influence of Taylor Swift. She is inescapable and it feels as though she’s been on a mission of world domination this past… Read more Audio
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Regional Wrap: Waikato with Louisa Drummond
1:25 PM.Every week Culture 101 speaks to a creative correspondent to gauge the cultural pulse of Aotearoa’s regions.
Speaking from Kirikiriroa as the Hamilton Arts Festival kicks off, theatre critic Louisa… Read more Audio
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‘The wind whistling you in behind the springtime’: celebrated Irish musician Lisa O’Neill
1:07 PM.Acclaimed Irish singer songwriter Lisa O’Neill has been enjoying some wider attention lately for two reasons. Firstly, a spellbinding rendition of ‘Fairytale of New York’ sung alongside Glen Hansard… Read more Audio
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Reinventing the savage club as SaVĀge K’lub with performance artist Rosanna Raymond
12:45 PM.The Savage Club started in London in 1857 and was a ‘gentleman’s club’ dedicated to the arts and literature. Eventually, it was established throughout the Commonwealth. Fast forward to 2010, and… Read more Audio
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A thoroughly modern Māori cabaret
12:30 PM.Cabaret Thoroughly Modern Māui stemmed from a conversation between musical theatre performer Rutene Spooner and actor Jennifer Ward-Lealand. Read more Audio
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Sculpture on the islands of Waiheke and Venice: fast favourites with Brett Graham
12:10 PM.A group of acclaimed Maori artists have been selected to exhibit as part of the centrepiece international exhibition at this year’s Venice Biennale in May. Brett Graham was one of those chosen.
But… Read more Audio
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Kōpū: Leaving white feminism at the door
2:45 PM.A theatre show at this year’s Hamilton Arts Festival was inspired by an incident and debate at Waitangi in 2021. Read more Audio
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Bringing the dance floor to the poetry book: Sylvan Spring’s Killer Rack
2:30 PM.Poetry and music at their best share a trick: the ability to be both celestial and grounded; dealing with the particulars of our lives, yet moving into abstraction. They can be at once very personal… Read more Audio
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From Christopher Walken to JLo: the best ads of Super Bowl 2024
2:05 PM.Super Bowl 58 was held in Las Vegas this year with the Kansas City Chiefs facing off against the San Francisco 49ers. The event has become a cultural phenomenon across the world, televised in more… Read more Video, Audio
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Regional Wrap: Kaikoura with Te Awhina Rangimarie Arahanga
1:25 PM.Every week Culture 101 speaks to a creative correspondent to gauge the cultural pulse of Aotearoa’s regions.
This week, we’re in Kaikoura with writer, poet, researcher and museum curator, Te Awhina… Read more Audio
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Kristen Ng: bridging Aotearoa and China’s musical undergrounds
1:07 PM.Kristen Ng aka electronic artist Kaishandao has been touring Aotearoa this summer in support of her beat-filled album Homeland. She describes it as an “atemporal exploration through the places, spaces… Read more Video, Audio
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A shaky time for Aotearoa’s International Film Festival
12:30 PM.It’s one of the great cultural events of Aotearoa New Zealand – certainly one of the longest established: Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival. But now, RNZ film critic and… Read more Audio
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Fast favourites: Billy T winner Abby Howells
12:15 PM.2023 Billy T winner Abby Howells is taking her award winning show La Soupco to the Hamilton Arts Festival. Read more Audio
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An unlikely musical fusion: India Meets Ireland
2:30 PM.It was love at first sight, or sound rather, for tabla master Basant Madhur, and Irish guitarist and bouzouki player Jon Sanders. Read more Audio
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Maureen Lander: weaving with string games and Te Rā our oldest sail
2:06 PM.This weekend at Auckland Museum there is a rare overnight wananga to share matauranga Māori knowledge around an extraordinary object: Te Rā, the only customary Maori sail in existence. It has returned… Read more Audio
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Regional Wrap: Winton with Deow of South Sea Spray Festival
1:25 PM.Every week Culture 101 heads to a creative correspondent out around the motu to gauge the cultural pulse of Aotearoa’s regions.
This week: Māori know it as Murihiku, “the last joint of the tail”… Read more Audio