Kōkiri is the very first startup accelerator designed to help Māori go forward with their business ideas. Over the course of four months, 10 early stage companies will benefit from workshops, funding and just general help, thanks to Te Wānanga o Aotearoa and Callaghan Innovation, as well as Creative HQ, Robett Hollis, Crowe Horwath and Ernst & Young Tahi.
Ian Musson, programme director of Te Wananga o Aotearoa, talks about Māori entrepreneurship, as starts by explaining what Kōkiri is trying to achieve, and why it has emerged now.
Max Richter is a well known German born British composer. He composes and records his own music, and writes for stage, opera, ballet and screen. In the upcoming Auckland Arts Festival, Richter is performing an eight-hour long concert designed to be heard overnight, with the audience lying down. Richter has created a mix of classical and electronic musi, made up of 31 uninterrupted pieces, to be experienced while in and out of consciousness and lucid dream states.
Richter has two shows at the Festival, both in March. Lillian Hanly spoke with him about his work.
Peter Lucas Jones of Te Aupouri, Ngai Takoto, Te Rarawa, and Ngāti Kahu descent, is the General Manager of Te Hiku Media. Jones is part of the team who created Kōrero Māori, a programme designed to record and transcribe hours of Māori language in order to safeguard it, and create more opportunity in the digital age for Te Reo Māori to be present. Lillian Hanly spoke with Peter-Lucas and started by asking what Kōrero Māori is.
Is small housing the future for a more sustainable, affordable Tāmaki Makaurau? Ayla thinks so, and she's got a pretty solid argument. Catch her award-winning project Muryo Jitaku: A Forecast for the Future of the Detached Home in Urban New Zealand at the Architecture Student Design Awards this Thursday.
Kiran's brought in a rock-infused number this week. Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art: The Complete Hipgnosis Catalogue is exactly what the title suggests: a full feature of design collective Hipgnosis, showcasing groundbreaking cover art created for iconic rock 'n' roll giants including Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, and Pink Floyd to name a few.
Estere chats to Jogai about her new double album My Design, On Others' Lives, opening for the legendary Grace Jones, and her upcoming Aotearoa tour (featuring a Casette Nine show this Saturday w/ support from Merk).
Pennie's been watching Netflix, fashion related Netflix. Want to learn about fashion trends from fashion designer, Kyle Ng? Social Fabric (2017) is the place to look, taking you around the world to learn the culture and origin of streetwear staples. Pennie guides us through some of her fascinating findings from the show.
This week we are talking NZIFF and our top picks! We are also talking about Paperdwellers by Susan Te Kahurangi King with curator Bridget Riggir-Cudy and exhibition designer Anto Yeldezian. Paper Dwellers is on until the 14th of July at Artspace. Plus, we have a Sunday Painter from Jackson!
Dr. Maria is in, Mikey is asking about birds starting with A... And of course, Kobi (2018), the warming story of a NZ based jewellery designer, made by his own daughter. Awww. What a way to warm up on this crisp morning.
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