Rachael talked to Bianca Rocca and Toya Webb about their show 'Working Title', on at the George Fraser Gallery. Theo was in studio and played some Korean experimental music from the Bulgasari community. He also played some commentry from John Waters, the director of Multiple Maniacs.
Music can be a pretty unifying force, especially for the geographically isolated. Kiran talks to Mikey about music critic David Keenan's first novel, This Is Memorial Device, which evokes this idea while portraying a fictional post-punk band in '70s-'80s small town Scotland.
Alex picks a show Mike's had on the brain for ages - the '70s crime drama Quarry. With an antihero whose story spans the Mekong to the Mississippi, Alex gets in behind to make some bold claims of quality.
Anto Yeldezian is a Tāmaki Makaurau based artist of Armenian heritage. His latest exhibition, Arena, is currently showing at Coastal Signs Gallery.
The works in Arena often play with bright and bold colours - often being mixed medium, with images, sketches and painting superimposed onto one another. Coastal Signs writes that in Anto’s paintings, ‘[. . . ] images from a myriad of sources are layered on top of one another and synthesized, very adeptly, into painterly tableau. 'The works in Arena are, as the title suggests, often organised around game boards – such as Snakes & Ladders and Noughts & Crosses – and representations of contested territories, both fictional and otherwise’.
Beth had a kōrero with Anto about Arena and his artistic process
Having trouble sticking to those financial new year resolutions? Feeling like you need some inspiration to stay motivated? Amanda comes into the studio with all the help Tess and Mikey need, recommending Money Hub, Reddit (#personalfinance), Mr. Money Mustache, The Happy Saver, The Deep Dish, Mary Holm's Rich Enough, Scott Pape's Barefoot Investor, Tony Robbins Unshakeable, and her own, Amanda Morrall's, Money Matters: Get Your Life and $ Sorted.
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23 MPs made the news last weekend for using their accommodation supplement to rent back their own homes. The accommodation supplement is an entitlement for out-of-Wellington-based MPs to have the place they stay when in Wellington covered under their employment. In some cases MPs used the supplement to pay off the mortgage of a second or third home.
Other recent political news includes the opposition to the proposed fast track legislation, and criticism of how the recently announced budget will negatively impact already marginalised groups. Caeden chat about all these topics with Labour’s Arena Williams for our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party.
They started by asking if she thinks it’s ok for MP’s to be enabled to become multiple homeowners as a result of the supplement they claim?
This week Sam takes a look at New York hip hop duo Gang Starr's seminal second album "Step in the Arena". Released in 1991, this album set Gang Starr up as one the leading groups within the hardcore hip hop scene of the early 90s.
Public hearings as part of phase two of the Royal Commission into COVID-19 took place in Auckland this week.
The second phase of the inquiry has a stronger focus on lockdowns, vaccine mandates, and the impact of the Covid-19 response on business and the economy.
And yesterday, an independent reference group set up by the Ministry of Environment shared their recommendations for climate adaptation legislation.
For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, Wire Host Caeden spoke to Arena Williams about both of these topics.
Sofia had a kōrero with Artspace Aotearoa Kaitohu Director Ruth Buchanan about their newest exhibition showing Lubaina Himid and Michael Parekōwhai: Prompts.
Beth had a kōrero with artist Loren Marks about her new exhibition, Saudade, showing at Sanderson Gallery.
Sofia also spoke with Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Otago, Jacinta Ruru, about a book she co-edited, Books of Mana, which explores 180 Māori-authored books of significance.
Beth also spoke with artist Anto Yeldezian about his new exhibition, Arena, showing at Coastal Signs Gallery.
And for Stage Direction this week, Brady Peeti joined Sofia in the studio to speak about her Auckland Pride Show: What Happened To Mary-Anne?
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