The topic on the table today - Leopard Print! When did it start? Is it tacky, classic or out of vogue?

Jim White spoke to Jonny about the self-titled debut album from The Hard Quartet, released last Friday as well as how the supergroup formed and an exciting tour planned for next year. Whakarongo mai nei ~

Kicking off a very big week in jazz with a very special Milestones, before looking forward to Herbie Hancock’s Auckland gig on Tuesday with pieces from the members of his band.

Special guest this week is saxophonist and band leader Lox Ness from Auckland’s Filthy Junk Traders, gigging this week around their new album, and new single ‘Baklava.’ And we hear from APRA’s Anthony Healey ahead of the upcoming APRA Silver Scrolls Awards, and the induction to Aotearoa’s Music Hall of Fame of pianist Mike Nock — before playing tracks nominated for the Jazz Composition Award.

Lee's away this week but there's a great show nonetheless!

This Saturday Morning, Karyn and Lucia talk Modernist Fiction on Lecture Me thanks to Blue Hills Books, and on Implausible Deniability the topic of the day is brain power, and Finn is back to help solve our problems on Dear Finn. Whakarongo mai nei. ~

This week on Lecture Me, Bachelor of Arts student Lucia talks to Karyn about her lecture the Modernist turn in literature, how this changed fiction and Aotearoa's own preeminent modernist author Katherine Mansfield. Thanks to Blue Hills Books. 

William Barrett (Heresiarch) and Emma Bernard (Ludus) chat with Hunter about BIRDPARTY, their new collaborative project and self titled album.

Stella demystifies the conception that us humans 'only use 10% of our brain power', tracks down the origin of this conception and talks sci-fi and eugenics experiments and theory of the early 20th century. Whakarongo mai nei. 

Artist Ana Iti (Te Rarawa) has been announced as the winner of the $50,000 Walters Prize 2024 for her sculpture and sound installation ‘A resilient heart like the mānawa’. Sofia had a kōrero with Ana about celebrating the win, the creation process behind this work, and what’s next for her and her practice. 

Beth had a kōrero with curator James Gatt about from elsewhere, a collaborative exhibition currently showing at Te Uru Gallery which aims to address the notion of being ‘from elsewhere’.

For Stage Direction this week: Alice Canton is in to chat with Ravi and Jayshri Ratnam from Prayas Theatre about Tiffin Box on at Basement Theatre from next week.

And to round-off the show, we have your arts guide - giving you the low-down on artsy happenings in Tāmaki this week!

 Last Friday, the winner of the Walters Prize for 2024 was announced, as chosen by this year’s international judge Cameroonian Berlin-based Professor Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung. 

The $50,000 Walters Prize - which is now awarded every three years - was decided this year between artists Owen Connors, Juliet Carpenter, Brett Graham and Ana Iti.

On Friday, artist Ana Iti (Te Rarawa) was announced as the winner for her sculpture and sound installation entitled ‘A resilient heart like the mānawa’, which is currently on display alongside the other candidate’s works at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. 

Sofia caught up with Ana about celebrating the win, the creation process behind ‘A resilient heart like the mānawa’, and what’s next for her and her practic