Owhiro Bay Girl, Natalie Smith talks about life as the resident artist, how doing things in an unprescribed way worked for her and animal hide underwear.
Natalie Smith – inspiration, residency and underwear
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Julia Milne – growing food with extraordinary results
Nestled in the heart of Lower Hutt, Epuni School’s is not only producing amazing food grown and eaten by the kids, but the kids are now exceeding in their national results.
This interview is with the visionary Julia Milne founder of the Common Unity Project about what it is like to be part of this school’s incredible solution for hungry children.
Ania Upstill – the urban kai cycle
Ania Upstill, one of the instigators of the , spent her summer with a new wave of social entrepreneurs, at the hub, developing a plan to get Wellington eating locally grown food with the Cycle.
Gabe, Duncan and James – the Newtown vibe
What do we four have in common? We are all going to have a chat about what it is like living in Newtown, the up and coming and we try and describe the Newtown vibe.
With Gabe Johnston, owner , designer and James Coyle, local musician and co-ordinator of the Newtown Festival.
ChereoCo – the real life of a dancer
The ‘s off shoot troupe, ChoreoCo’s dancers Craig Bary, Phoebe Heyhoe and Lucy Marinkovich talk about their latest dance Straight Laced and real life as a professional dancer.
Tim Jones – why put something up that others are tearing down
When other cities around the world are tearing out their motorways and flyovers, why are we still thinking that building a flyover by the Basin Reserve is such a clever idea?
In this interview Tim Jones, spokesperson for the tells us why the proposed flyover is not a done deal. I also had a chat with all the people who were at the event about why they Love the Basin on Valentine’s Day.
The Balkanistas – our local gypsy frolickers
Winners of the national Band competition 2014 were our local Gypsy frolickers, the . And yep there are 26 of them but we could only fit 12 into the studio and it was a squeeze.
Led by the Statesman Of the Welly music Scene Andreas Lepper, we got a sample of what we’ll be hearing at Womad and a bit about why Andreas has dedicated his life to percussion.