Holy moly! It's Jonny's last show on 95bFM as our beloved Breakfast host. We're gonna miss the guy - listen back for a celebratory and bittersweet show. Featuring Travelling Tunes with Dr Kirsten Zemke and Viewmaster with Litia. Whakarongo mai nei!
Tala o le tau is an exhibition showing new and significant work by Angela Tiatia and Yuki Kihara opening tonight at Gus Fisher Gallery.
The exhibition title, Tala o le tau, meaning ‘stories from the weather’ in Sāmoan, borrows its name from the poetic translation of ‘weather forecasts’ used by Sāmoan weather services. Collectively, the works explore themes of the climate crisis in the Pacific, engaging with indigenous knowledge systems, femininity, and matrilineal histories to navigate into an uncertain future.
Kihara’s work is a collaborative piece made with women from the Moata’a Aualuma Community, a group of skilled weavers and embroiderers based in the central north coast of Upolu Island, Sāmoa. Together, they have created five vibrantly coloured mats, reflecting a community, collective, and indigenous approach to issues of climate change.
The exhibition is also showing a moving image work of Tiatia’s, The Dark Current, which is a three-part video acknowledging the past, present and future through a Sāmoan lens, exploring the intersections between colonialism, femininity, and our relationship with the virtual and physical realm.
Sofia had a kōrero with Angela Tiatia about her work in Tala o le tau and her practice as a whole.
50 Years On is an exhibition at Te Tuhi, uncovering five decades of Te Tuhi’s archival material and stories.
Te Tuhi’s history began in 1969 when a small group of forward-thinking creative women formed the Pakuranga Arts Society, initiated by Iris Fisher and Nanette Cameron. Since the gallery has held over 700 exhibitions featuring local, international, and nationally acclaimed artists and practitioners. Starting from the Pakuranga Arts Centre and the Fisher Gallery, through to Te Tuhi today, the exhibition is a celebration of the gallery, people, and stories over the years.
Sofia had a kōrero with archivist and curator of the show, Peter Derksen, about the history of Te Tuhi and celebrating 50 Years On.
Spoit Objects is Artists Angela Pan’s Current exhibition on now at Grace.
Angela engages within a multi medium practice, drawing from personal experience to navigate ideas of epistemological slippages, femininity and an investigation into our perception of reality.
Spoilt objects brings together elements of sculpture, video and sound. Inviting us into a site of mystical encounter in which objects slip into entities surrounded by sounds of orchestral breaths.
Maya had a kōrero with artist Angela Pan about her current exhibition, Spoilt Objects, on now at Grace Gallery.
Sofia had a kōrero with Angela Tiatia about her work in Tala o le tau, an exhibition of hers and Yuki Kihara's opening tonight at Gus Fisher Gallery.
She also caught up with archivist and curator at Te Tuhi, Peter Derksen, about 50 Years On - an exhibition uncovering five decades of Te Tuhi’s archival material and stories.
Rosetta fills in for Milly and Tuva'a on a stacked Drive, featuring a double bill Friday Live brought to you by NZ On Air Music, with thanks to McLeod's Brewery. Up first is Ōtepoti sludge-duo HŌHĀ, then Pōneke rockers Dropper, who are in town for Junk Vol II.
Auckland Transport are seeking community feedback on a proposal for a new T3 transit lane on Mount Smart Road to relieve congestion during peak times heading towards the Royal Oak roundabout.
Between better public transport systems, a ‘time of use’ charge, and different ways of managing Auckland traffic, Producer Sara asks Councillor Julie Fairey about how Auckland Council hopes to reduce peak-time congestion as the city’s population grows.
She also talk to Julie Fairey about the recent allocation of funds to community-led projects through Ngā Hapori Momoho. This year, the grant which aims to “improve financial security, improve health outcomes, and grow community and intercultural connection” has approved funding for eleven community groups, six of which are either Māori organisations or delivering ‘strong Māori outcomes’.
Sara begins with questions about Auckland central congestion.
*unfortunately the audio quality on Julie's end is poor
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