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Reimagining a map from a Tongan perspective: Icao Tiseli
1:05 PM.What would a map that represents a more distinct lived human cultural perspective look like? That has been the very personal question for Icao Tiseli with her award-winning project Mapping the Wheke.
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Oscars predictions with Gemma Gracewood in Los Angeles
12:45 PM.It’s the 96th Academy Awards on Monday 11th March - the final ceremony of the awards season which started almost a year ago at the Cannes Film Festival. Read more Audio
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Boy: a tragic and compelling story of gender identity
12:30 PM.The true story behind theatre show Boy is both controversial and compelling. Appearing at the Auckland Arts Festival theatre and written by Dutch-born, Netherlands-based playwright Carly Wijs (Us/Them… Read more Audio
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Musicians who paint: The Bats’ Robert Scott plays Fast Favourites and remembers Hamish Kilgour
12:10 PM.Ōtepoti Dunedin’s Robert Scott is best known as a member of seminal New Zealand bands The Bats and The Clean, but more quietly he’s been painting for decades with work appearing in both exhibitions… Read more Audio
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Best of the Fest #3 - Māori cirque theatre, exploring fa’a Sāmoa, iconic waiata and Gravity & Grace
1:00 PM.Cue the drums - The Auckland Arts Festival kicks off this week!
This is the third episode of Best of the Fest; a brand new RNZ national five-week lively conversation series about a feast of… Read more Audio
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NZ Artist Simon Denny in Berlin and New York on NFTs, meta landscapes and space colonies
2:00 PM.Berlin-based New Zealand artist Simon Denny’s work has long explored the culture of new technology and the dreams tech entrepreneurs sell us.
Back in 2016, Denny was one of the first artists to… Read more Audio
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Regional wrap: Tauranga arts groups face up to 300% rent increases
1:25 PM.Artists in Tauranga recently took a creative response to comment on the City Council's Long Term Plan, which proposes steep rental increases for community groups, and a 'user pays' approach to… Read more Audio
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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