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 watch it.

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 Mushin is suggesting to our cities to address climate change.

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.

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 and theatre critic Cate Prestidge.

This is the second episode of a brand new RNZ national five-week lively conversation series  about a feast of cultural treats on offer in arts festivals across Aotearoa New Zealand.

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 artists and commentators for lively banter about a feast of cultural treats on offer in arts festivals across New Zealand.

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 year.

Arts News for 25 February 2024

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 Drummond joins Perlina Lau to discuss the latest arts and culture offerings in the Waikato region.

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 at the funeral of her friend Shane McGowan. And secondly for her cover of Bob Dylan's ‘All the Tired Horses’ on the last ever episode of popular TV series Peaky Blinders.

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 artist Sistar S’pacific, aka Rosanna Raymond conceived The SaVĀge K'lub, and like its namesake which inspired it, it too, has grown into a collective of chapters worldwide.