Culture 101

Mar 08 2025 531 ep. 15 mins 13
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Perlina Lau and Mark Amery host a weekly show about creativity and culture in Aotearoa.

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Arts News for 9 March 2025

Mar 08 2025 5 mins  
Arts News for 9 March 2025.

Bringing precolonial history alive in the landscape

Mar 08 2025 27 mins  
Bringing precolonial history alive in the landscape with storytelling and your mobile phone When you travel around New Zealand our heritage since colonisation is visible in museums, monuments and buildings, in town and marae. Yet the long history of occupation of the land prior to this remains invisible to most of us. Yet retold walking the land, the landscape can light up with con

Between the coloniser and the colonised: Anglo-Indian culture

Mar 08 2025 22 mins  
Between the coloniser and the colonised: Anglo-Indian culture made visible A small Indian minority community with a fascinating history, Anglo-Indians have been settling in Aotearoa New Zealand since the early colonial days and have a unique blended cultural heritage, including food, dialect and origin stories. Yet Anglo-Indians are near to invisible in public life, often silent du

Regional Wrap: Glenorchy with Leslie Van Gelder

Mar 08 2025 6 mins  
About 45 minutes from Queenstown, on the northern shores of Lake Wakatipu and a gateway to hiking trails is Glenorchy. Surrounded by mountain ranges and with Dart River for jet boating and kayaking; the views are breathtaking. At night the stars shine bright and The Milky Way and the Auroras can be seen. In February, Tahuna Glenorchy became the fifth Dark Sky Sanctuary in Aotearoa

Turning Te Papa activism into a stage show

Mar 08 2025 16 mins  
Ration the Queen's Veges: Turning Te Papa activism into a stage show In 2023, a group spray painted over the English Treaty of Waitangi Exhibition at Te Papa sparking controversy. The redacted words read "No. Her Majesty The Queen of England the alien. ration the Queens veges." Some praised the action while others were outraged. 12 people were arrested and four people were charged.

Scarves, ferry timetables & old boot fragments on Banks Peninsula

Mar 08 2025 13 mins  
On Banks Peninsula in Canterbury fingers of lava have created a landscape of many deep bays and rugged hills. This is the distinctive setting of our next story and one that has made a deep impression on artists. Artist Louise Menzies' latest exhibition Purple Cliffs, Blue Hills is to be found at the restored Stoddart Cottage in Diamond Harbour, birthplace of a leading 19th and 20th

Creating the Tony award-winning Tudor musical Six

Mar 08 2025 15 mins  
Six is 80 minutes of high-energy, girl power pop songs and a rewriting of 500 years of history. Or herstory rather. The show title refers to the six wives of Henry the VIII who come together to battle it out in a singing competition; spilling secrets about their shared ex-husband to decide which Queen takes the lead. The hit musical is currently on at The Civic as part of the Auckl

Turning the Aotearoa screen industry green

Mar 01 2025 25 mins  
Have you ever considered how green that TV show or movie you're watching is? Non-profit organisation, Greenlit is now working alongside Aotearoa productions leading the screen industry towards a greener and more sustainable future. The organisation and method is also grounded in te ao Maori principles; Raupī, (to protect), Raupā, (to work with care), and Rauora (to conserve well-

Pacific Pride Christchurch hero and dancer Vui Suli Tuitaupe

Mar 01 2025 22 mins  
This weekend marks the beginning of Pride Christchurch, with events across the month. In a week's time Poneke Wellington joins in the festivities. As part of Pride, Sunday 2 March saw the third birthday celebrations for a unique organisation, Moana Va. It was founded to uplift and empower Pacific Rainbow+ communities in Canterbury and beyond. Joining Culture 101's Mark Amery to dis

Regional Wrap: culture and heritage in Hokianga village Kohukohu

Mar 01 2025 8 mins  
Kohukohu, a village on the Hokianga Harbour was according to Te Tai Tokerau tradition so named by legendary Polynesian explorer Kupe. Angry at food from a hangi being insufficiently cooked, Kupe swore at those responsible. Kohukohu can be translated as swearword. Here to this day you will find at least six marae, and the first stone bridge in the country - the oldest bridge we have