Wallace Chapman

Amokura Panoho is the spokesperson for the Parihaka Passive resistance to Climate Change initiative. Audio

Leader of the Maori Party and Minister for Maori Development Te Ururoa Flavell has been stage manager for the last three festivals, but today he has been soaking up the atmosphere and meeting the… Audio

Maatakiwi Wakefield talks to Wallace about building boats, called mogi, from reeds. They're under construction at Te Matatini. Audio

Francois Tumahai from Ngai Tahu Pounamu talks about the iwi's role of caretaker of greenstone. Audio

Justin Tipa works for Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu, is a fluent Maori speaker, and is the programme leader for education for the iwi. He joins Wallace Chapman during a live broadcast from Te Matatini - the… Audio

Rob Ruha is an award winning singer songwriter. He picked up the Best Maori album at the 2014 NZ Music awards and that is just one of many awards clinched within a year. His debut EP / album released… Audio

Dave Tikao from Whai Rawa, Ngai Tahu's own superannunuation scheme, talks to Wallace at Te Matatini. Audio

The mayor of Christchurch, Lianne Dalziel, talks to Wallace about the importance of Te Matatini to Otautahi, and to Ngai Tahu. Audio

Eru Rerekura from Radio New Zealand's Te Manu Korihi reports on the festival. Audio

Anne Fox is a UK-based anthropologist who has studied drinking cultures around the world for the last 20 years. She has just completed a study into New Zealand and Australia drinking cultures… Audio

David George Gordon, nicknamed The Bug Chef, is the author of the best seller The Eat-a-bug Cook Book. He believes that bug-eating (entomophagy) could be among the best ways to combat world hunger and… Audio

Matt Thomson from award winning distillery Thomson Whisky in Auckland explains the growing popularity of the spirit, where it originated and how to craft the perfect drop. Audio

Many of us eat it every day, but toast is set to be the "in" food for 2015. Josey Baker - head baker and owner of The Mill, a coffee shop/bakery in San Francisco - started putting artisan toast on the… Audio

Professor Standing argues that 800 years after the Magna Carta the time has come for a new charter representing the interests of those facing job insecurity and disenfranchisement internationally. Audio

Self-described size diversity activist, Los Angeles based Ragen Chastain is a writer, blogger and professional choreographer and is in training to be an ironman athlete. She's also had to face fat… Audio

Merrill Fernando founded tea brand Dilmah in the 1950s, producing single origin Ceylon tea in Sri Lanka. He's in New Zealand, with his sons Malik and Dilhan, whom he named the brand after. Audio

This week the Auckland Council and Youth Connections held a jobfest for youth at the Manukau campus of MIT, connecting thousands of youth with employers. Audio

Here at home, Parliament's health committee in August gave the green light to legislation to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes. The proposed legislation won't be passed until the legal… Audio

Uruguay is the second-smallest country in South America, with a population of just 3.4 million. It's in a David and Goliath fight against tobacco giant Philip Morris, based in Switzerland and maker of… Audio

Don McGlashan has written or played some of New Zealand's most well-known songs - 'Anchor Me', 'There is no depression in NZ', 'Bathe in the River', and 'Dominion Road'. He has fronted NZ bands like… Audio