Ngā mihi nui to The Tuning Fork x

Featuring Travellin Tunes with Dr Kirsten Zemke, Viewmaster with Litia, and From The Crate with Cam thanks to our mates at Southbound Records!

Sofia had a kōrero with writer, director, and producer of The Haka Party Incident, Katie Wolfe.

On May 1st, 1979, a group of young Māori and Pasifika activists, He Taua, confronted a gathering of University of Auckland engineering students as they rehearsed their annual ‘mock’ haka.

Following director Katie Wolfe’s play of the same name - which travelled the country on a highly successful national tour from 2021 - the documentary uses archival and contemporary interviews with people directly involved in the incident. Sofia spoke to Katie about this largely forgotten piece of history and her filmmaking process. 

The Haka Party Incident is now showing in cinemas across Aotearoa. If you want to hear more from Katie Wolfe about the film, there is also a Q&A on the 6th February (Waitangi Day) at Matakana Cinemas.

STOP: Look Both Ways (Ugly Hill Press) is a new book by Murray Savidan. The book showcases some of the best of Murray’s photography from the 1960s to now.

Beth had a kōrero with Murray about the book and his extensive photography career. Additionally they chat about Murray’s time in The Bluestars, the first New Zealand band to sign to Decca in the ’60s. 

​In Murray’s own words, ‘You gesture with your camera, okay? You take a photograph, maybe another. You smile – thank you and move on. It’s taken 15 seconds, maybe less. But those brief encounters can be very rewarding. You remember them the rest of your life.’

STOP: Look Both Ways is out now at independent bookstores near you.

Thanks to our friends at Southbound Records!

LA based, Puerto Rican musician Pachyman joins Sofia on Morning Glory in antcipation of his return to New Zealand with shows from Auckland to Lyttleton.

Pachy spoke about how he came to find his recognisable reggae dub sound from his roots of playing in reggae and post rock bands later influenced by his move to LA where he played with the likes of The Expanders

Catch Pachyman at the Wine Cellar, 27th Feb in Auckland!

Two years ago this week, severe flash flooding occurred across Tāmaki Makaurau, causing widespread destruction and damage across the city. 

Producer Sofia caught up with Councillor Julie Fairey about Council’s recovery progress two years on, and about the work that is still being done.

For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party Wire Host Caeden speaks to Labour’s Carmel Sepuloni about the oral submissions on the Treaty Principles Bill and Luxon’s State of the Nation speech where he revealed National’s intention to campaign on asset sales next election.

For the final State of the States, they speak to Andre Fa’aoso from the Yale Daily News about recent executive orders from Trump, the near-miss trade war with Colombia, DeepSeek AI, and the future of the Trump presidency.

For City Counselling this week, Producer Sofia speak to Councillor Julie Fairey about Auckland Council’s progress on storm recovery, two years on from the Auckland Anniversary floods. 

She also speaks to Professor of Māori Studies at the University of Auckland and te Tiriti o Waitangi expert, Margaret Mutu, about the Treaty Principles Bill oral submissions hearings which began this week.