e kō, nō hea koe is the debut poetry collection by award-winning slam poet and filmmaker Matariki Bennett (Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Hinerangi).
Published by Dead Bird Books, e kō, nō hea koe is “a series of goodbyes and attempts to slow the shedding, it's a group of teenagers sparking up as they watch the great pacific garbage patch catapult into space and become a second moon, it's endless conversations with Grandmama about stars, it is the constant rebirth of whakapapa and learning that silence isn’t the best part of her.”
Sofia caught up with Matariki about the themes of this body of work and how it came to fruition.
Streetside is Auckland Writers Festival’s annual fringe event, taking place tonight in the heart of Britomart to coincide with the festival’s opening night.
It features a range of literary events, with guest appearances from writers.
Beth caught up with director of Streetside for 2025, Ruby Macomber, about the events planned for tonight
Intimation of Endless Space Given in a Small Window of Time (approximately 10 minutes) is a new exhibition by graphic designer Lina Grumm and composer Ethan Braun at Artspace Aotearoa.
The exhibition tends to relationships between sound, space, the visual, and the body, inviting deep listening and limitless interpretation, and engendering a gallery in constant flux.
Sofia had a kōrero with Kaitohu Director of Artspace Aotearoa, Ruth Buchanan, about the show and the artists.
Featuring Steve Newall's chat with McLusky about their new album, Travelling Tunes with Dr Kirsten Zemke, Viewmaster with Litia and Cam's selections From The Crate thanks to our mates at Southbound Records.
Playlist
Diskopunk - Step It Up
DOPE LEMON - John Belushi
New Candys - Crime Wave
Dave Weir - Almost June Time
Quad Super Six - What's Going On
Marlon Williams - Rere Mai Nga Rau
BlueMoonDisco - Bungle's Bungle
Mclusky - juan party system
ngaru - 4AM COCO WATER
Yumi Zouma - Bashville on the Sugar
Fu Manchu - Module Overload
Black Sabbath - The Wizard
Hemi Hemingway - (To Be) Without You
Keira Wallace - Lambs Arent Waking Yet
Voom - Crazy Feeling
Troy Kingi - Tangata Whenua
Pixies - Down To The Well
Dargz - Lou's Tune (Live Version)
JStar - Dorsey Star
Ol' Dirty Bastard - Dirty Dirty
Billy Strings & Bryan Sutton - Walk On Boy (Live At The American Legion Post 82)
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