Wellington Region
Music 101 Pocket Edition 4
Jarvis Cocker and Florian Habicht talk Life Death and Supermarkets, meet Drax Project- Wellington's new party band, inside the Jonny Be Good fundraiser, and finding room to move in drum n bass with… Audio
Drax Project
We speak to fresh Wellington beat/soul/jazz band Drax Project about honing their craft busking, and selling out their EP release gigs. Audio
Pales in session
Wellington folk trio Pales join us for some songs and a lesson in three part harmony. Audio
Hinemoana Baker: poems and boys' homes
Poet, singer-songwriter, teacher and occasional broadcaster who is currently writer-in-residence at Victoria University, and just had a new poetry collection published, Waha/Mouth. Audio
Playing Favourites with Kristin Hersh
Founder of American group Throwing Muses, solo musician, and author of the memoir Paradoxical Undressing, who is visiting New Zealand for spoken word and singing events. Audio
Claire Hall: war in Vietnam
Writer and historian who managed the Vietnam War oral history and digital archiving project for the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, and authored the book No Front Line: Inside Stories of New… Audio
Tim Keating: WW100
Chief of the New Zealand Defence Force talking about the Force and its participation in the Centenary Day commemoration and other WW100 events. Audio
Ukraine is Not a Brothel filmmaker Kitty Green
Australian filmmaker whose new documentary, Ukraine is Not a Brothel, is screening at the New Zealand International Film Festivals Audio
Spectrum 20 July
Dog adopters gather to picnic and celebrate. Organised by the Wellington SPCA, this open-air event attracts dozens of animal lovers and voluntary SPCA workers but the main focus is on those who have… Audio
The Surgery
The Surgery Studios, run by Lee Prebble, has been a hub for Wellington bands for over a decade.
Emma Smith caught up with Lee now residing in new premises, after the original Surgery, set up in a… Audio
Playing Favourites with Charlotte Greenfield
New Zealand journalist who studied at the Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism, and is about to work for Reuters in Indonesia. Audio
Richard Bedford: future New Zealand
Professor of Migration Studies at Auckland University of Technology and a member of the panel that wrote the report, Our Futures/Te Pae Tawhiti: the 2013 Census and New Zealand's Changing Population.
…Wet Wings
After a hiatus that could easily have been permanent, Wellington-via Christchurch group Wet Wings have returned with a new mini album of experimental pop duets. We talk to core members Darian Woods… Audio
Ramen
The tasty noodle soup that's becoming so popular that it's being tipped as the new cupcake! With Asher Boote and Tsubasa Takahashi of The Ramen Shop, and ramen historian Barak Kushner of the… Audio
South of Heaven - Adam Thompson - Farming the Population
Wellington-based Adam Thomson is a radio DJ, promoter and vocalist with technical death metal band Farming the Population. Thomson recently organised the NZ Technical Death Metal Fest, and is a… Audio
Woodhaven Gardens
Three generations of Clarks have been involved in Woodhaven Gardens, a vegetable growing business John set up with his father Eric, 35 years ago on the outskirts of Levin. They farm 600 acres… Audio
Woodhaven Gardens
Three generations of Clarks have been involved in Woodhaven Gardens, a vegetable growing business John set up with his father Eric, 35 years ago on the outskirts of Levin. They farm 600 acres…
AudioUp The Punks!
Up The Punks project co-coordinator and photographer John Lake spent three months on an artist's residency in Beijing to record Beijing's growing punk scene with some very entertaining YouTube video… Audio
Shapeshifter Tour Diary
On 9 April 2014, live electronic outfit Shapeshifter set off on their 12th Northern Hemisphere excursion, a 12-date run of shows that saw them shake venues from Prague to Vancouver. Shapeshifter's Sam… Audio
Dudley Benson and Johnson Witehira in conversation
To celebrate Matariki we asked Otautahi-born composer and performer Dudley Benson and Taumarunui-born artist and designer Johnson Witehira., both of whom feature in City Gallery's festival calendar… Audio