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Kadambari Gladding
Kadambari was raised by the ocean by oceanographer parents in India’s tiny southwestern state, Goa, part of Portugal until the early 60s.
Her career spans television, photography and podcasts as storytelling media.
Kadambari has been with TVNZ’s Asia Downunder as a reporter/presenter/director and TV3’s Neighbourhood series. She's filmed and reported from post-war Sri Lanka, worked with Amnesty International in Kashmir and has criss-crossed NZ producing stories for television.
Before joining RNZ, Kadambari was directing and presenting stories on musicians in East Africa, and India as Assistant Director for Masters of Taste, a Fox Life series on stories on cuisines, communities and cultures across India. More recently she found herself photographing and reporting from the middle of the protests in Sudan last year for TRT World
She currently produces and presents Here Now (Previously named Voices), RNZ’s weekly series on people from various global backgrounds living in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
RNZ Programmes
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Here Now
What do 27% of NZers have in common? They were born overseas. Here Now is about the journeys people make to New Zealand, their identities, & what shapes their life here. Hosted by Kadambari…
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Search results for Kadambari Gladding
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Kadambari Raghukumar on her affinity with Colombian Music
In this radio feature, Kadambari Raghukumar reflects on her time traveling across Colombia, speaking to Tony Stamp and Maggie Tweedie On the Air - Mā runga iarere about her work as an artist and… Video, Audio
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Being 'woke' and how it became a catchall phrase
11 Dec 2023Breaking down the background to the idea of 'wokeness' are Ira Munn and Andreea Calude, in this episode of Voices.
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'This is not the image we want to put out' - claims of exploitation by migrant workers on Accredited Employers Work Visa scheme
28 Aug 2023A group of South American migrants spoke out recently about allegedly misleading job contracts they signed with the Auckland construction company Buildhub as part of New Zealand's Accredited Employers… Audio
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"You have to experience it live" - Steven Logan on the APO
7 Aug 2023Timpanist Steven Logan chats with Voices about his love for classical music, growing up in the US and joining the APO seven years ago. Audio
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'Design is political' - looking beyond Frida Kahlo's pop icon status
In Part 1 of 2 episodes on design, decoloniality and culturally safe practices, Kadambari Raghukumar speaks to Dr Diana Albarran Gonzalez on Mexican design and textiles that became trendy in recent… Audio
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"The goal is still the same" - Ali Mashal
18 Jul 2022After a two year hiatus recovering from an injury, Wellingtonian and former-refugee Ali Mashal is back to chasing his dream of professional boxing. Audio
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Krishnan's Dairy - 'It was a simpler time'
4 Jul 2022In this episode, writer and performer Jacob Rajan talks to Kadambari Raghukumar about his journey starting in 1997 with his debut, Krishnan's Dairy. Audio
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Girls who Invest - on friendships and finance
16 May 2022Two best friends who started a finance podcast at the start of the pandemic look back two years later. Simran Kaur and Sonya Guptham talk to Kadambari Raghukumar in this episode of Voices. Audio
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Healing wounds - Hussam Razzaq on his time in Iraq to working with bioplastics in Canterbury
11 Apr 2022How did a stint in the army lead Canterbury scientist Hussam Razzaq to wanting to change lives through research? He spoke to Kadambari in this week's episode of Voices. Audio
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'What's meant for you will come' - Hayellom Tesfay on kickboxing
23 Aug 2021In the second part to the story of Auckland's Kings Academy martial arts club, Kadambari Raghukumar speaks to rising star kickboxer, Ethiopia-born Hayellom Tesfay. Audio
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Breaking the homogeneity of 'Asian': Report on inequities among students
A new report paints a pretty detailed picture on youth well-being amongst East and South Asian students - and some of the stats are not pretty. Produced by Kadambari Raghukumar Audio
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Umar Zakaria and Fearless Music
5 Jul 2021This week on Voices, Umar Zakaria, Wellington-based jazz composer and double-bassist talks to Kadambari Raghukumar about his interpretations of Malay music through jazz improv. Audio
