Wellington Region

We speak to fresh Wellington beat/soul/jazz band Drax Project about honing their craft busking, and selling out their EP release gigs. Audio

Wellington folk trio Pales join us for some songs and a lesson in three part harmony. Audio

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

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

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

Chief of the New Zealand Defence Force talking about the Force and its participation in the Centenary Day commemoration and other WW100 events. Audio

Australian filmmaker whose new documentary, Ukraine is Not a Brothel, is screening at the New Zealand International Film Festivals Audio

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

New Zealand journalist who studied at the Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism, and is about to work for Reuters in Indonesia. Audio

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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