Prime minister Jacinda Arden recently announced that up to 10,000 New Zealanders will be quarantined after returning from overseas. Multiple police officers have been reported at airports ushering recent travelers to be quarantined at hotels and campervans. As of March 26th, the Ministry reported no campervans have yet to be used.
Jess Dellabarca is an Auckland university student who recently came back from the Netherlands on student exchange. She’s currently being quarantined at a hotel in Auckland, as she is unable to return home to Wellington with all domestic travel banned. Sherry Zhang begins by asking her on how the travel back home was.
Holed up in a hotel room, high above the bustling junket crows below, Mikey chats to director Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Scott Pilgrim, Hot Fuzz, Spaced) about his brand new film, Baby Driver. A labour of musically inspired love, Wright talks to Mikey about finally finishing the passion project he's had kicking around his head (and iPod) for over twenty years.
No rest for the legendary as we bother Marky 'Legend' Ramone in his hotel room for a phone interview ahead of his Wellington show. Covering a stonking back catalogue in a blistering 38 song set, Marky lets us know what punters can expect in tomorrow night's Auckland show.
This week we have dancers Tia Sagapolutele and Xavier Breed from the Manu Collective in studio chatting about the Pacific Dance Festival and their upcoming tour to China for the International Youth Dance Festival. We also hear Conor O'Shea from Sydneysydney gallery take Theo on a tour of a pop up exhibition in an Auckland hotel room. Plus another DIY art from Sunday Painter and your weekly art guide! Ka pai!
Stoked to have Casey from Horror In Clay up for My Morning Mixtape this week after they dropped their new debut album last week and ahead of their show next Thursday at Whammy Bar Check out what they chose to play and why.
The Fall - Hotel Bloedel
Daughters - Guest House
Sex Gang Children - Arms of Cicero
Joel Bray popped in today to talk about his one-man show 'Biladurang' which he is performing as part of the Auckland Arts Festival. Performed in a hotel room to a small audience, the play is loosely based on the Wiradjuri story of the platypus and explores everything from identity, through to sexuality and searching for home. Tune in and grab a ticket from the festival website.
ustin recaps the main points covered in today's Electoral Response Committee meeting, as reported by Laura Kvigstad and Jessica Hopkins.
Following Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's Alert Level Two announcement yesterday, the committee looks into the impacts of Covdi 19 on the tourism industry. Representatives from New Zealand Māori Tourism, The Haka Tourism Group, Event Impressions, Sounds Air, Pan Pacific Travel, Sudima Hotels and Tourism Industry Aotearoa were all in attendance, with Minister of Tourism Kelvin Davis joining later in the meeting.
The Epidemic Response Committee was established in late March to consider and report to the House of Representatives on matters relating to the Government's management of Covid-19. The chairperson is Simon Bridges, leader of Opposition.
Kaishandao is a Pōneke-born, Chengdu-based musician and producer, who is behind the online portal and touring company Kiwese. A few months ago, she self-released the Homeland EP, an enigmatic debut that seems to wed hypnagogic memories to the pulse, structure and dynamics of dance music. She shares a mix made during an unexpected two-week hotel quarantine, which shifts from slowburning melancholy to meditative rhythms and emotional bops.
To close, we hear from ajhoneysuckle, a Tainui/Samoan deejay based in Ōtautahi. Her sets centre nostalgic melodies, rhythmic breaks, and big basslines, and have quickly seen her get booked for some of the bigger parties across Aotearoa. Tonight, she shares a mix that focuses on the darker elements of Drill, Grime, Dub, and Hip-hop before transitioning into high energy UK-inflected sounds.
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