The changing face of migration in an increasingly diverse society will be the focus of this year’s University of Auckland Winter Lecture series, Nation Transformed: the place of migration in 21st century Aotearoa-New Zealand. Dr. Collins joins Mike in studio to talk about what is increasingly becoming the hot button topic of politics and public debate, but is also so poorly understood in terms of its politics, economics, internal mechanics and implications.
Jenna talks to Mikey about Clare Nina Norelli's contribution to the 33 1/3 album exploration series, Angelo Badalamenti's Soundtrack from Twin Peaks. A frequent collaborator with Twin Peaks director David Lynch, Badalamenti's soundtrack became a cult favourite in its own right. Does Norelli's deep dive offer new insight or overwhelm with technical jargon?
With your normal host off making some actual telly, Mikey and Sarah talk about David Simon's new drama, The Deuce. The new HBO series features double your usual dose of James Franco (playing twins) and Maggie Gyllenhall as a hooker-with-a-(business)-heart-of-gold in a dive into the fledgling porn industry of 1970s New York City. Inspired by real life events, can Simon bring his gritty realism to the flares, flash and flange of such salacious material? And, perhaps more importantly, will this fill the Monday night hole left by Game of Thrones?
Yesterday was the tenth anniversary of the infamous 2007 Tuhoe police raids. The raids were a series of armed arrests carried out on Tuhoe in response to an alleged military-style training camp in the Urewera mountains near Ruatoki. Reporter Sam Smith looks back on the raids and explores what has happened since.
Saturday marked the first ever official commemoration of the New Zealand Wars. The New Zealand Wars were a series of battles that took place in the 19th century between Government troops and Maori. Lives were lost on both sides, communities terrorized, while land was confiscated in what was a defining time in this country’s short history. Commemorations to mark the wars were held around the country with gatherings taking place at some of the key sites of the battles. Sam Smith spoke to Auckland University historian Dr. Aroha Harris about the commemorations and why it is important that we remember this time of our history.
Part one of a two part series, Penelope's delving into the follicular follies of hair dye. The earliest examples date much farther back than your memories of Sun-Indo, and have some pretty crunchy cultural associations to boot.
Awareness of HIV has been on the decline in the last few years despite the numbers of cases actually being on the rise.One woman who is seeking to change that is Lyn Parent who is hosting a seris of events across Auckland in a bid to raise awareness again.
I spoke with Lyn and Steven Petch, an opera singer performing at a couple of her events, about the campaign and started by asking why they felt the issue was so important.
Steve Hathaway is an educational filmmaker and underwater camera operator whose camerawork features in the first episode of the new Sir David Attenborough narrated BBC documentary series, Blue Planet II. (I _knooow_, right?)Steve's work contains footage, the likes of which has never been seen before, of underwater mammals just hangin' out an' that. Fact! If Mike and Sarah can only contain their buzzing excitement, then maybe we'll get some extra facts out of the man as well...
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