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Sarita Das sets out to make art to “feel less alone”, and “more connected to the giant existence that is being human”.  The Tāmaki Makaurau theatre creator gets to the bottom of how that all comes about in discussion with director Alice Canton for this second episode of Disruptors.

“You see a thing and when you come out of that film or show you can’t see the world in any other way because it’s shown you a new frame of reference,” says Alice.  

Sarita and Alice chat through their creative process with all its struggles and triumphs, talk the importance of prioritising indigenous practices in theatre and dive into the big D, diversity.  

Disruptors is a podcast series where creatives in Aotearoa talk about how they disrupt with their art, produced by Basement Theatre.

The theme of the night was 'How I found my voice'. Green MP Golriz Ghahraman, activist and artist Qiane Matata-Sipu, Kāpiti Coast district councillor and Strike 4 Climate coordinator Sophie Handford and fashion designer Kristine Crabb all came together to kōrero about the many facets of being a wahine in Aotearoa. This podcast was recorded at our International Women's Day event on 9/3/2020, co-hosted with our mates The Oh Nine.

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In the first ever episode of Disruptors, Comedy trio Frickin Dangerous Bro (Jamanie Ross, James Roque and Pax Assadi) talk about New Zealand’s comedy scene. 

How do you navigate an inherently white space as a person of colour? How do you know if you should keep pursuing your art or if it’s time to quit? What does Pax mean when he says “comedy is like adding the honey to the medicine” (a self-confessed, very FOB thing to say)? 

Disruptors is a podcast series where creatives in Aotearoa talk about how they disrupt with their art.

We spend a lot of money locking people up in this country. It costs $100,000 to keep one person in prison for one year. More has been spent in the last three years on prisons than in the entire history of Treaty of Waitangi settlements.

This episode is about Manatika | Justice and how a kaupapa Māori approach focuses on accountability rather than just punishment. We talk to Ngāi Tūhoe artist and activist Tame Iti about his experiences with the justice system and criminologist Professor Tracey McIntosh about what a pre-colonial approach to justice looked like.

 

Rediscovering Aotearoa is an 8-part video and podcast series by Re:, made with the support of NZ On Air. Check out the rest of the series at renews.co.nz

This podcast was produced by Kayne Ngātokowha Peters and Anna Harcourt and edited by Colleen Brennan.

Migrants and Māori are often pitted against each other in Aotearoa. But the March 15th terrorist attacks at two Christchurch mosques showed the power of aroha and manaakitanga (showing respect, generosity and care for those outside your community).

This episode is about Aroha | Love and its ability to bring communities together after hate. We talk to mosque attack survivor Nadeem Khan, Muslim New Zealander of the Year Asim Mukhtar and artist and activist Julie Zhu about how migrant and Māori communities have come together to stand against racism.

Rediscovering Aotearoa is an 8-part video and podcast series by Re:, made with the support of NZ On Air. Check out the rest of the series at renews.co.nz

This podcast was produced by Kayne Ngātokowha Peters and Anna Harcourt and edited by Richard Wills.

Between 1950 and 1999, it’s estimated around 100,000 children were taken into state care. The majority of them were Māori, and many of them were abused.

This episode is about Whānau | Family and how state care has affected the lives of many Māori children. We talk to a survivor of state care abuse Tyrone Marks, and journalist and researcher Aaron Smale about the current Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in State Care, and the ongoing impacts for whānau.

Rediscovering Aotearoa is an 8-part video and podcast series by Re:, made with the support of NZ On Air. Check out the rest of the series at renews.co.nz

This podcast was produced by Kayne Ngātokowha Peters and Anna Harcourt and edited by Richard Wills.

Only 4 percent of psychologists in Aotearoa are Māori. But Māori are 50 per cent more likely to experience mental distress than tauiwi, or non-Māori.

This episode is about Hauora | Health, and the ways a kaupapa Māori view compares to the Western health system. We talk to clinical psychologist Dr Waikaremoana Waitoki about a Māori approach to mental health, and educator Heeni Hoterene about the Māramataka or Moon calendar and how it can impact our wellbeing.

Rediscovering Aotearoa is an 8-part video and podcast series by Re:, made with the support of NZ On Air. Check out the rest of the series at renews.co.nz

This podcast was produced by Kayne Ngātokowha Peters and Anna Harcourt and edited by Richard Wills.

Gender fluidity and sexual diversity was an accepted part of Māori and Pacific societies before colonisation.

This episode is about Takatāpui | LGBTQIA+, and how pre-colonial understanding of gender and sexuality can help people with their identities today.

We talk to Dr Elizabeth Kerekere, who authored some of the first major research on the acceptance of takatāpui people, and Shaneel Lal, a 19-year-old advocate for the LGBTQIA+ communities who is trying to get conversion therapy banned.

Rediscovering Aotearoa is an 8-part video and podcast series by Re:, made with the support of NZ on Air. Check out the rest of the episodes at renews.co.nz

This episode was produced by Kayne Ngātokowha Peters and Anna Harcourt and edited by Richard Wills.

This episode is about Mātauranga | Knowledge, and whose version of history is being represented in our country. We talk to Ian Taylor (Ngāti Kahungunu), founder of Animation Research Ltd, about creating a digital narrative of the voyage his ancestors took from Hawaiki, and teacher Tamsin Hanly, about the school curriculum she’s created to help teachers actually teach our history.

This episode is about Reo | Language and the power of speaking more than one. We talk to Stacey Morrison, one of Aotearoa’s leading Māori broadcasters about her journey to reclaim te reo, and Dr Kathryn Lehman, University of Auckland languages expert about how speaking another language can change your view of the world.