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Cam from selects some plates for From The Crate - featuring:

The Beat - Special Beat Service  

Thanks to our friends at Southbound Records!

Beth had a kōrero with ceramicist Peter Derksen about The Portage Ceramic Awards 2024. The exhibition is showing now at Te Uru Waitakere Gallery.

Pushing Parallels is a new group exhibition on at the Arts House Trust, Pah Homestead. Sofia had a kōrero with the co-curators, Abbie La Rooy, Kiki Hall, and Michael Prosee about the exhibition and the curation process. 

Alice Canton joins us in-studio to chat to George Fowler about Naughty! A Christmas Drag Extravaganza is on at Basement Theatre from the 17th to 21st December. You can get tickets from basementtheatre.co.nz.

And, as always, your weekly Arts Guide!

Dr Kirsten Zemke traces the history indie, beginning with the cassette tape compilation C86  released by NME in 1986 the UK - the first use of 'indie' as a genre rather than independent release. Whakarongo mai nei!

The Portage Ceramic Awards is an annual exhibition of contemporary ceramics in Aotearoa, showing at Te Uru Gallery. The award was established in 2001 and embraces the rich history of working with clay in West Auckland.

Portage 2024 includes 42 works by 40 artists. Finalist works range from intimate functional objects to large-scale ephemeral installations. The concerns of the exhibited works are also diverse, embodying the natural world and the origins of clay, the intimate connection between Māori and whenua, the freedom of working with clay, and the precise technicalities of sculpting, firing, and glazing.

Beth caught up with ceramicist Peter Derksen about his practice and the exhibition.

For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, Wire Host Caeden speaks to Shanan Halbert,  spokesperson for Auckland and Rainbow Issues, about the recently announced new Auckland CBD police station, a potential surge in public transport pricing, and the Ministry of Health evidence brief on puberty blockers.

For our weekly catchup with queen's from RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under Season 4, Radio Mother Host, Joel, spoke to Lucina Innocence about her experiences on the show and what is next for her!

An upbeat morning to start your day with a chat with RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under Season 4's Lucina Innocence! Whakarongo mai!

For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, Wire Host Caeden speaks to Labour spokesperson for Auckland and Rainbow issues Shanan Halbert about the new Federal Street Police Station in the Auckland CBD, a potential 70% surge in Public Transport pricing, and an evidence brief on Puberty Blockers from the Ministry of Health.

For State of the States this week they speak to Andre Fa’aoso from the Yale Daily News about new targeted tariffs proposed by Trump, the case against Trump for election interference being dropped, and the new Attorney-General Nominee.

For City Counselling this week, Sofia speaks to Councillor Shane Henderson about the new police station on Federal Street in Auckland CBD which was announced earlier this week. 

She also speaks to Professor of Law at the University of Auckland, Mark Henaghan, about calls to reform children’s housing rights. 

And she speaks to Researcher at the Institute of Environmental Science and Research, Dr Olga Pantos, who is on the ground in Busan, Korea for the final International Plastics Treaty negotiations.

Featuring Political Commentary with David Slack. Whakarongo mai nei!

The University of Auckland’s Professor Mark Henaghan and researcher Christian Poland argue that children’s rights to a stable home are neglected by laws that prioritise adult interests. 

In their new research, Children and the Reach of Family Property: The Rhetoric and the Reality, Henaghan and Poland highlight the importance of a stable and secure family home for children’s well-being, especially during their formative years.

Producer Sofia spoke to Henaghan about such calls to reform children’s housing rights in Aotearoa.