Perlina Lau
Freaky Friday
Each week, we ask you the listeners to tell us about your strange, unexplainable, and coincidental experiences. 2101 is the text number if you have a story of your own, or if it requires a bit more… Audio
The world's only artificial gut manufacturer
Who knew that the world's only artificial gut manufacturer was based in Auckland? When we found out, we just had to learn more. Garth Sutherland is CEO at The Insides Company and tells Perlina Lau all… Audio
Daniel Rankin A.K.A Man Can Cook
Daniel Rankin runs one of New Zealand's most successful baking Instagram pages - Man Can Cook. He takes an Only Fans approach...Mixing recipes with shirtess photos, pouring stuff over his abs, and… Audio
Hawke's Bay teenage firefighter tackling blazes
Sixteen-year-old Tyler Parkinson was always going to be a firefighter. Throughout his childhood, Tyler would spend time admiring his firefighter parents Nicole and Tony and their colleagues at… Audio
The pre-Panel for 29 May 2025
Wallace Chapman and producer Sam Hollis preview tonight's instalment of The Panel. Audio
Fly My Pretties is back with a new album
New Zealand's most-loved musical collective Fly My Pretties are back to perform their first shows in Auckland and Christchurch in nearly five years. They're returning to Q Theatre in Auckland for… Audio
Screentime: with Perlina Lau
Perlina reviews Toxic Town from Netflix, Matlock screening on TVNZ+ and Over Compensating on Amazon Prime Audio
Screentime: Hard Truths, The Last Showgirl
Film and TV reviewer Perlina Lau joins Kathryn to talk about two films: Hard Truths and The Last Showgirl. Audio
Heading Off: Perlina Lau in Taiwan
Culture 101 host Perlina Lau talks to Jesse about her time in Taiwan. Audio
Mahuia Bridgman Cooper: Creating emotion composing for film and television
In film and television, it's the role of the composer to enhance and evoke emotion. Award-winning Auckland-based musician, Mahuia Bridgman Cooper, has worked across various genres and music styles for… Audio
Regional Wrap: Mercury Bay with Sally Samins
Each week Culture 101 puts the spotlight on a different part of the country for our regional wrap. This week we're in the Thames-Coromandel area at Mercury Bay. There's a vibrant hub of artists and a… Audio
This is Nom*d: Retrospective look at iconic Dunedin fashion label
It's been almost 40 years of the iconic Dunedin label Nom*d. Launched in 1986, the label has proudly stayed based in Dunedin for the past four decades. To mark the occasion a retrospective exhibition… Audio
