Maggie Tweedie
Nabihah Iqbal: ‘I’ve learnt how resilient the human body and mind can be’
Maggie Tweedie speaks to UK Pakistani broadcaster, DJ and artist Nabihah Iqbhal ahead of her 2024 New Zealand Tour. Audio
Postcards: A musical journey to Athens with Vasileios Vrakas
On this episode of Postcards, we venture to the historical mecca of Athens with Vasileios Vrakas - a Greek producer and composer based in Wellington. Vasileios takes us on a journey back to his early… Audio
RNZ Music Pocket Edition: 14 December 2023
In Pocket Edition this week Liam Finn reveals a fascinating new music project he has composed while performing to a live audience online. A photographer who was fortunate to capture the performances… Audio
RNZ Music Pocket Edition: 6 December 2023
In Pocket Edition this week Tony stamp lifts the lid on the rare and re-pressed records of Leather Jacket Records and untouched proto punk of Palmerston North. Maggie Tweedie introduces us to new… Audio
RNZ Music Pocket Edition: 29 November 2023
In Pocket Edition this week we reflect on Kim Hill's extraordinary radio career and the music she listened to while preparing for her Saturday Morning show. Maggie Tweedie interviews the living legend… Audio
Lee Fields ‘I try to touch people's souls’
Lee Fields is an American soul singer from North Carolina. Who has been belting out songs since the 60’s. His classic voice has seen him travel the world with his timeless sound. Now Lee is bringing… Audio
RNZ Music Pocket Edition: 22 November 2023
In Pocket Edition this week Charlotte Ryan talks fashion with musical titan Dolly Parton. We learn about popular Pasefika music and the record label Flying Nun celebrates their 40th birthday. Audio
RNZ Music Pocket Edition: 15 November 2023
In Pocket Edition this week, Maggie Tweedie introduces us to fresh music from Mermaidens, Christoph El Truento and Ha the Unclear. Bryan Crump meets an award winning jazz musician and we learn of a… Audio
RNZ Music Pocket Edition: 8 November 2023
In Pocket Edition this week, Jon Toogood speaks to Maggie Tweedie about alternative radio, Sudan's war and new music he's writing. Boh Runga and Julia Deans celebrate female rock stars and we hear a… Audio
Playing solo is "a much more human experience for me" says Shihad's Jon Toogood
He’s best known for fronting rock band Shihad, but musician Jon Toogood says playing acoustic solo shows is now where he feels most “human”. Audio
RNZ Music Pocket Edition: 1 November 2023
In Pocket Edition this week Maggie Tweedie meets Alison Mosshart from American English rock duo The Kills. Kim Hill speaks to the legendary hip hop artist, co founder of Public Enemy, Chuck D about… Audio
RNZ Music Pocket Edition: 25 October 2023
In Pocket Edition this week Nina Simone's daughter Lisa speaks with Kim Hill and Grant Smithies spins some new tunes. Audio
Regional wrap: Waitati pirate queen turned councillor Mandy Mayhem
Self declared pirate queen Mandy Mayhem gives Maggie Tweedie a slice of life in Waitati. The celebrant, MC and Dunedin City Councillor gives the regional wrap into the cultural happenings of the… Audio
Sheep and Beef Farmer Bayden Anderson - It's as good as it gets
Porangahau farmer Bayden Andersen shares the unique challenges and triumphs of managing an estate like its his own, while raising a family in the Central Hawkes Bay. Audio
RNZ Music Pocket Edition: 18 October 2023
In Pocket Edition this week, Kim Hill meets one of UK music's most brilliant producers,Barbados born Dennis Bovell. Peter Porteous dives into the obscure, visiting the experimental music of Dunedin's… Audio
Regional Wrap: Balmy in Palmy with Spankie Jackzon
Award winning drag queen Spankie Jackzon joins Maggie Tweedie for Culture 101’s regional wrap to spill the tea on what makes Palmy so bloody balmy. Audio
John ‘Happy Feet’ Vaifale: Aotearoa’s world-beating hip hop dancer
Samoan New Zealand dancer John Vaifale (Lalovaea and Solosolo) is packing his bags to head to Germany and represent Aotearoa at the Red Bull Dance Your Style World Finals on November 4. Audio
Jamila Woods - Water Made Us
Jamila Woods is a soul singer, songwriter and poet from Chicago who has collaborated with Chance the Rapper, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. Video, Audio
RNZ Music Pocket Edition: 11 October 2023
In Pocket Edition this week, Tony Stamp visits New Zealand's finest songwriters at the Silver Scroll Awards. Maggie Tweedie meets Black Belt Eagle Scout and talks about how their ancestral lands in… Audio
Making photographs with mud and glowworms
Madison Emond from Rhode Island has been building pinhole cameras from clay in Wellington’s Kaiwharawhara stream. Her photographic work is a vessel for the natural environment, capturing life by and… Audio