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2:30 PM.Writer and curator Kate Waterhouse has spent the past several years looking into the life of Aotea Great Barrier botanical artist Fanny Osborne. Kate says Fanny is one of New Zealand's forgotten… Read more Audio

2:05 PM.Will a recent change to the screen rebate make a difference to our struggling screen sector? NZ producer and screen writer Matthew Metcalfe tells Culture 101 we need to look at how to invest and grow… Read more Audio

1:30 PM.Potter Sarah Harrison joins Culture 101 from Aotea Great Barrier to talk about life on the island and the creative community that lives there. Sarah's craft and relationship with the island are… Read more Audio

1:07 PM.Publishing has been struggling in this age of on-line content, but a trio of Auckland women have taken the plunge and launched a new glossy magazine called Veil. The high-end luxury bi-annual mag has… Read more Audio

12:50 PM.Arts news for 30 November 2025 Audio

12:30 PM.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

12:15 PM.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

2:43 PM.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

2:30 PM.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

2:08 PM.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

1:27 PM.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

1:10 PM.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

12:32 PM.Local jewellers Zoë and Morgan are celebrating two decades of their family business. Read more Audio

12:10 PM.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

2:40 PM.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

2:25 PM.Christchurch's Keely O'Grady and Mitchell O'Hara join Culture 101 to discuss the Irish dance show A Celtic Christmas. Read more Audio

2:05 PM.Nature artist, Niels Meyer-Westfeld joins Culture 101 to talk about his new book Feathers of Aotearoa: an illustrated journal. Read more Audio

1:30 PM.Regional Wrap: Te Whare Taonga o Kāwhia - Kāwhia Museum. Read more Audio

1:07 PM.One of New Zealand's leading photographers and artists, Yvonne Todd has announced she is now only working in AI. We believe as a professional in Aotearoa, she may be among the first. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.A year ago, on Culture 101 we played a recording of Tusiata Avia reading a commissioned poem for the 2024 Arts Foundation's Laureate Awards. It was entitled 'I'm writing you a poem about art'. In it… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Jackie van Beek joins us on Culture 101 to talk about season four of Educators and share some her cultural favourites. Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Just opened at New Plymouth's Govett Brewster Gallery is a major survey exhibition of one of Vietnam's leading - but at home most controversial - artists, Tran Luong . Entitled T m Tã - Soaked in the… Read more Video, Audio

2:07 PM.On Thursday evening, poet Dinah Hawken was one of three recipients of a Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement. The others were, for fiction, Barbara Else and non fiction, Ross Calman. The… Read more Audio

1:26 PM.Local artist David Gunson joins us to talk about the arts scene there and the town's new art gallery. Read more Audio

1:08 PM.Authors David O'Donnell and Hilary Halba join Culture 101 to discuss their new book. Read more Audio