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Phillipa O’Brien – the gifted girl from Kingston

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Phillipa O’Brien, is a very busy lady right now with two photographic exhibitions about to go up in town. One kicks off this Friday the 27th of June at  where Phillipa has developed her own intriguing style of pictorial-scripts called Photofables.

The other is a major lifetime experience, photographing the scene of Danny Lemon’s 8500 collectors item records burnt in the storage fire in Wellington earlier this year. In this interview Phillipa talks about how she saw art in this devastation and made an exhibition of it, which is on now on at .

Phillipa also reveals some interesting stories about Danny Lemon in the South Island high Country,  the positive thing she saw in the community through Danny’s sad loss and the simple reason why she wanted to help him out.

For more information on Danny Lemon’s story you can go here ( and please buy a poster). http://dannylemon.com/

And for more of Phillipa O’ Briens work http://www.philippaobrien.com/
 and the exhibition : http://www.photospacegallery.com/2014—philippa-obrien.html

Brian Morris – the host of Cuba St.

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For a few years now, Brian Morris has made an art of being “Doorman” for one of our most famous bars, the . For me Brian’s welcoming, sometimes cheeky manner has been part of the fun of my evening out experience, but most importantly, he has always made me and others feel safe.

Today I’ll be talking to Brian about how we can preserve the best of Welly’s nightlife, what he see’s on our streets at night, along with a few wise words from one of our few male mentors.

Sam Manzanza – African beats in Wellington

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The way Sam Manzanza has constantly contributed good energy through his music has been a real gift to Wellington. He is now also the chairman of the African Community Council bringing our growing African residents together with one voice.

It was a great treat for me to be able to talk to Sam about his life before and here in New Zealand and how we can all celebrate the 51st Africa Day.

Deva Mahal – the real deal

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For many years I have been wanting to ask  about her journey in music, how she came to live in Welly and what it is like having  as your Dad. So on her recent trip back from New York she came in to have a chat about these things. She also uncovered some interesting points about the differences between performing in Wellington and New York and what made Wellington’s musical heyday. Her new band  also goes off the richter scale in reviews every time they play live.

Patrick Shepherd – Wellington’s favourite social entrepreneur

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Part 1 – We talk to Wellington’s favourite social entrepreneur Patrick Shepherd, who is doing some incredible things on his mission to inspire generosity through his charity . And if that isn’t enough, he spends the other part of his week working on , giving balance to kids living in poverty.

 

Part 2 – Hear how this Scotsman came to live in Wellington, and how a bunch of 50 good brains will make the world a better place and what his vision for our future looks like.