New B-Sides Stories host Martin Andrews sits down for a chat with Maori language immersion teacher Serahn Kahukura to discuss the state of te reo today, whether te wiki o te reo maori is positive or negative, and why learning the maori language is positive for all New Zealanders regardless of ethnicity.
Independent Welly nurse, Hannah Milward, is the reason for the Beats for Nepal fundraiser happening on the 28th of August at Meow. Unlike other fundraisers for Nepal, this one is to actually help Hannah to go and volunteer her skills in the medical and dental camps there at the end of this year. Hannah has a passion for humanitarian work and has already volunteered her skills in Cambodia for three months. But does she really know what she is in for in Nepal?
Ready Sett, one of the Welly bands playing at the fundraiser play live opening and closing track.
I first saw Nadia Reid perform as the honorary support for Julia Deans at Paekakariki’s Village Hall. I then shouted myself her debut album, ‘listen to formation, look for the signs’ which I have had on high rotate since Christmas. I am still discovering the joy of it. Nadia is certainly part of the new generation of emerging kiwi folk artists, but this woman writes and sings way beyond her 23 years of life experience. I was very excited to interview Nadia this week and even more excited that she is back in Welly to play at Meow this Sunday the 28th June.
Photograph by Liz Platova
Sunday 28th June – Meow – Wellington – with Womb + Gram Antler https://www.facebook.com/events/1641427002759888/
This is the illustrious and industrious Clare Bowden, designer for one of Welly’s most iconic businesses, Mandatory Menswear. She along with business partner Fiona Edwards has been dressing men from around the country and beyond from their Cuba street store for 18 years now. In this interview Clare talks about what it is like being in the rag trade for men and how she got the zips into the armpits of Fat Freddy’s Drop horn player, Joe Lindsay’s suits, and why Mandatory are popping up in Miramar next week.
Thanks to Pat Shepherd for the photo.
Mandatory Menswear Pop Up Shop at Sadhana Yoga Studio, 9 Park Road, Miramar Tuesday 30TH June – Sunday 5TH July 2015
Carla Russell and Midge Murray, are the dynamic duo behind the incredibly successful NZ Art Show, which for 12 years has supported artists from all over the country, by getting thousand’s of kiwi art pieces into Kiwi homes, and has encouraged around one hundred thousand through its doors over this time, to enjoy what NZ art has to offer.
In this interview we talk to Midge Murray, Carla’s trusty off-sider about the journey of taking the art show from strength to strength, why Wellington works as NZ Art Show’s location and how they’ve succeeded working together for 11 years.
The NZ art show is kicking off this Friday at the TSB arena and is open to the public all weekend. Adults $10 and children are free.
The first time I heard that Massey lecturers Jenn Whitty and Holly McQuillan were creating a fashion range made of up-cycled corporate uniform waste, I thought they had they had a huge job in front of them, but it seems they are up to so much more than that.
In this interview lecturer and designer Jenn Whitty talks about the label and concept for . ” We don’t have a waste problem, we have a design problem.”
Although Space Between are not showing, NZ Eco Fashion Week is kicking off it’s third year this week, so demand is certainly rising for less harmful but just as stylish fashion options.
For more fashion that considers it’s environmental impact http://www.ecofashionweek.nz/
With over 100 gigs scheduled for the Wellington Jazz festival, Jen Riches gets to interview one of Welly’s most progressive musicians Myele Manzanza about how he came to be part of the ROSS MCHENRY FUTURE ENSEMBLE and the very wide world of jazz.
Plus the Documentary Edge Film Festival directors, Alex Lee and Dan Shanan talk to Jen about the potential Wellington has to become the Hub for all film festivals?