Life in Forms is a survey exhibition of Pauline Kahurangi Yearbury’s practice, currently showing at Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery. It is the first solo exhibition of Yearbury’s work in a public art gallery.
Yearbury is considered a leading practitioner in Māori modernist art and was one of the first Māori artists to introduce Māori mythology into contemporary art. Her work is characterised by a bold and illustrative style, of which she is most renowned for her incised wooden panels featuring figures from Māori whakapapa narratives.
She was one of the first Māori women to attend the Elam School of Fine Arts in Auckland, where she worked later as a tutor too.
Sofia had a kōrero with curator Hester Rowan about Yearbury’s life, practice, and legacy as well as Hester’s curatorial process for putting together Life in Forms
As Pride month is fast approaching, we've got Tom Sainsbury back in the studio chatting about Auckland Museum and Auckland Pride's panel discussion, Uenuku - Pride at Auckland Museum, with Louisa Wall, Welby Ings, and Ngahuia Te Awekotuku. Tom talks to Rachel about what we can look forward to in the discussion and why it's important to have these conversations. Get your tickets here.
Amelia is joined by Che aka bb gurl aka Mallshopper for a conclusive list of the best of the best anime of all time PERIOD. But none of that Shonen nonsense - the good stuff.
Pearl is joined in studio by Labour's Jacinda Ardern, Green's Julie Anne Genter and Geoff Simmons from the Opportunity party to discuss housing, transport, education and environment leading up to the Mt Albert by-election.
For The Green Desk this week, Lilly speaks with Keshav Krishna who is going to set up Solar Panels in the Himalayas. His GoFundMe campaign can be found here.
An independent panel was appointed by the Minister of Justice in May to lead a review of Aotearoa’s electoral law.
The independent electoral review will look at election rules such as the voting age and overseas voting funding of political parties.
The panel is looking for people to share their thoughts on what could make our electoral system better before it makes its final recommendations to the Government at the end of 2023.
Host, Jessica spoke to Victoria University student and disability advocate Alice Mander, about what the panel is expected to discuss and who they want to hear from.