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By, for and about the beautiful and diverse multicultural people of Dunedin and New Zealand.

Arina Aizal


    • May 27, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 51m AVG DURATION
    • 149 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Connecting Cultures Features

    Connecting Cultures Features - World Everest Day with Ashik Banstola

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2025 53:32


    This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 02-05-2025 - May Notices

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2025 50:12


    This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 25-04-2025 - Good Bitches Baking with Hannah Molloy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 54:08


    An interview with Hannah Molloy from Good Bitches Baking about their newest recipe book 'Familiar Foods: Treats of Aotearoa' featuring our multicultural communities. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 18-04-2025 - Betty Lindsay about Easter

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 50:14


    An interview with Betty Lindsay from the Musselburgh Baptist Church about Good Friday and Easter. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 11-04-2025 - Kwentuhang Filipino with Jay

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2025 55:54


    An interview with host Noriel Aquino Jr. (Jay) of OAR FM's newest Connecting Cultures programme in Tagalog - Kwentuhang Filipino. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 14-03-2025 - DMCC Race Relations Week with Peter Kesha

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2025 52:18


    This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 07-03-2025 - Holi with Dunedin Indian Association

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 29:50


    This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 28-02-2025 - Dunedin Pakistan Society - Ramadan at the Golden Centre Mall

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2025 41:29


    An interview with Dunedin Pakistan Society Vice President Dr Abida Mehmood about the month of Ramadan and the events at the Golden Centre Mall. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 21-02-2025 - Madhuram Dance Event with Bhaktimargam NZ Trust

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 41:19


    An interview with Dr Kesava Sampath from Bhakti Margam about the upcoming Madhuram Dance Event. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 07-02-2025 - Multicultural Wedding Festival with Attika Rehman

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2025 46:03


    An interview with Dr Attika Rehman about Pakistan Association of Otago's Multicultural Wedding Festival. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 31-01-2025 - Chinese New Year with Teresa Chan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2025 54:39


    An interview with Otago Southland Chinese Association Teresa Chan about Chinese New Year celebrations. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 24-01-2025 - Kuweni by Suranga Dassanayake

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2025 50:04


    This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 17-01-2025 - January Notices

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2025 50:13


    This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 10-01-2025 - Pinky Suman - Dunedin Punjabi Association

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2025 38:49


    This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 20-12-2024 - Coming of Age Ceremony

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2024 31:36


    An interview with Kento and Shota, organisers of the Coming of Age Ceremony. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 06-12-2024 - DJ Haniff Hamzah

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2024 52:55


    Malaysian broadcaster from Fly FM Haniff Hamzah shares how he started his broadcasting career, the importance of radio, and advice for youth making decisions in their career choices. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 25-11-2024 - Solomon Islands Pijin Langguis Week

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2024 53:13


    An interview with the Dunedin Wantoks community: Irene Karongo Hundleby, Corinne Hundleby, and Joy Breward about the Solomon Islands Pidgin Language Week. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 22-11-2024 - Notices

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2024 55:11


    This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 15-11-2024 - Papua New Guinea Pidgin Language Week Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2024 56:11


    This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 07-11-2024 - The Beijing Acrobatic and Cultural Troupe

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2024 43:38


    Xun Xiao and Joe Jiang from the Otago Chinese Professionals Association. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 08-11-2024 - Papua New Guinea Pidgin Language Week

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2024 42:10


    Papua Niugini Tok Pisin - Papua New Guinea Ōtepoti Dunedin community members Loretta Hasu, Kirstie Kopi & Ohela Hoffmeister reflect on the theme and how they are celebrating the language week. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 01-11-2024 - Mikaela Nyman

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 53:23


    This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 25-10-2024 - Diwali with Dunedin Indian Association

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2024 57:38


    This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 18-10-2024 - Yarnz with Tarnz

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2024 20:51


    An interview with Tania Sharee Williams about her new podcast and radio show on OAR FM 'Yarnz with Tarnz'. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 11-10-2024 - Aziah Zainal on PhD in Female Leadership

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2024 56:07


    An interview with Nazatulaziah (Aziah) Zainal, a PhD candidate in Management at the University of Otago School of Business. Aziah's research is on how HR policies influence female leadership aspirations in private organisations in New Zealand. Aziah reflects on being a working mother, balancing work and life and aspirations post-PhD. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 04-10-2024 - Rafa from Indonesian Community Association

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2024 31:49


    This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 20-09-2024 - Tamil Bell with Muthiah James from Dunedin Tamil Society

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2024 17:46


    This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 20-09-2024 - NZ Police Ethnic Recruitment Seminar with Garth Sheehan

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2024 10:42


    This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 16-09-2024 - Te Wiki o te Reo Māori

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024 26:14


    On this special Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori edition of Connecting Cultures Features, we hear from stallholders and attendees of last week's Polyfest about their Te Reo learning journeys and what this year's theme "Ake Ake Ake – A Forever Language" means to them and their whānau. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 13-09-2024 - Sherry Zhang - NZ Young Writers Festival

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2024 51:41


    An interview with Young Writer in Residence at the Robert Lord Writers Cottage, Sherry Zhang about her writing journey, growing up Chinese in Aotearoa and workshops at the NZ Young Writers Festival. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 06-09-2024 - Annual Peace Lecture with Ruth Groffman

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2024 55:26


    An interview with Ruth Groffman, the Chair of the Dunedin Abrahamic Interfaith Group about the upcoming Annual Peace Lecture at the Arai Te Uru Marae. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 30-08-2024 - Olya Viazenko from Ukraine & Multicultural Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2024 54:43


    This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 23-08-2024 - Nathan Woodfield - Otaru-Dunedin Sister Society

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2024 46:22


    Nathan Woodfield - Otaru-Dunedin Sister Society This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 16-08-2024 - Patty with a WhY

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2024 54:57


    An interview with Patty Klinpibul about award-winning theatre work about growing up abroad and adulting as a Third Culture Kid (TCK) 'Patty with a WhY'. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 02-08-2024 - Andrew Rudolph on Migrant Exploitation

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2024 43:13


    This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 26-07-2024 - Ibuki Nishida - Lecture Recordings Subtitles at Otago

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2024 44:48


    This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 19-07-2024 - Dunedin Multi Cultural Council AGM

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2024 45:20


    An interview with Dr Lux Selvanesan, the President of the Dunedin Multi Cultural Council about the upcoming Annual General Meeting. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 05-07-2024 - July Notices

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2024 56:11


    This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 28-06-2024 - Shukuru Munro

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2024 53:32


    This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 20-06-2024 - World Refugee Day Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2024 24:00


    This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 14-06-2024 - Notices

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2024 54:08


    This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 07-06-2024 - Multicultural Gala Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2024 56:12


    An interview with Kelly from Red Cross and Kirsteen from The Starfish Collective about World Refugee Day, their personal experiences leading up to working with former refugees and the Multicultural Gala Day. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 31-05-2024 - Samoa Language Week

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2024 55:41


    An interview with members of the Otago Samoan Students' Association, Lena Ioane and Meleitia Tatupu about their cultural values and celebration of Samoa Language Week. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 24-05-2024 - Chinese History NZ School Curriculum

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2024 54:23


    An interview with Malcolm Wong, Joint chairman of Sun Gum Saan — New Gold Mountain Ltd and Lan Yuan Dunedin Chinese Garden Trust about the inclusion of Chinese history in the New Zealand school curriculum. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 17-05-2024 - Cross-Cultural Parenting Workshop with Justyna Miller

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2024 55:57


    This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 10-05-2024 - This Week's Notices and Garth Sheehan

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2024 50:29


    This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 03-05-2024 - May Notices

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2024 52:44


    This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 12-04-2024 - Irfaan Ariffin NZISA

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2024 56:27


    This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 05-04-2024 - Eid Mela Carnival

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2024 53:28


    In this episode, Mrs. Humera Fiaz and Dr. Zohaib Rana talk about their migration stories from Pakistan, and the upcoming Eid Mela Carnival hosted by the Pakistan Association of Otago. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 29-03-2024 - DCC Kerbside Changes

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2024 53:49


    This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

    Connecting Cultures Features - 22-03-2024 - Moana Nui Festival

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2024 55:18


    Features an interview with Moana Nui Festival Coordinator Ma'ole Sei-Ha Faletolu. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

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