Flicks.co.nz's Editor, Steve Newall, pops in to preview the NZIFF quiz night and Nicholas Cage's new horror, Mandy. Think you know films? Take the quiz and find out. And 95bFM's Johnny Vahry reviews Brimstone and Glory, a beautiful, cinematic, fireworks display that documents the week-long celebration of San Juan de Dios. A film about fireworks, Mikey's excited.
Dr. Maria Walls returns after her psychedelic trance into Mandy, Nicolas Cage's latest endeavour. Where horror melts with heavy metal, scored by Johann Johannsson, the film narrates a trip that takes a turn for the worst after the Red Miller's partner gets kidnapped by cultists. If this thriller is spooky enough for Maria, then it's spooky enough for us, right?
This week on Green Desk Mitch speaks to Sophie Barclay and Mandy Patmore about
Community Waitakere’s project on the pekapeka tou roa. In an attempt to create a better
understanding about the pekapeka tou roa including their presence and behaviour in West
Auckland, Community Waitakere ran a project which has enabled the pekapeka to be radio
tracked. To raise more awareness and share information on the pekapeka, Community
Waitakere is hosting an exhibition on the 31 st of October which will showcase work by
environmental artists and share information about the pekapeka tou roa. Mitch and Sophie
discuss the findings of their research as well as the threats they are facing before chatting to
Mandy about her work as an environmental artist and the exhibition itself. To begin,
Mitchell asks Sophie to exactly what the pekapeka tou roa is.
Animal advocacy group SAFE has launched a new campaign raising awareness of bobby calf deaths in the dairy industry. Mack hears from spokesperson Mandy Carter about the research behind it.
Rob fills in the other Plato's Retreat boys on the Dingle code, Dingle drama, and the re-appearance of Mandy Dingle...along with the unmasking of Wolf Bear!
The RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under Season 4 special as we head into the finale! Joel speaks to Nikita Iman, a top 5 contestant, and the finalists, Mandy Moobs, Vybe, Freya Armani, and Lazy Susan, while listening to a mix of calm indie and upbeat house! Whakarongo mai!
1 year on from the awful Grenfell Tower fire in London, the Auckland Council have declared that the highly combustible aluminium polyethylene filled cladding is safe for use in Aucklands buildings.
The council have produced a list naming all the buildings with the cladding which include 7 Auckland hospital buildings and Auckland universities OGGB building.
Lucy Austin spoke with RNZ reporter Phil Pennington to find out more.
Heidi talks to Tokerau Wilson about his show Wheke Fortress at Audio Foundation. The show featured sonic workshops such as "Demystifying Musical Equipment" and a comics/storytelling one, "Outside the Frame".
Tom talked to Clare Gemima about her forays into the Brooklyn's the "Other Art Fair", and living in New York as an artist.
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