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Not as tardy as November’s show, but still… anyway, we are here now with December’s offering. Katie and Coops had the pleasure to explore music appreciation in our semi-regular feature with the wonderful Jen Olson; the boys from SPOKED and Jane Cooper from Alexia Wines! It was a biggy! (Please note: We had a couple … More December 2020’s edition of ReCooper8

Check out November 2020's show … More November 2020’s episode

On 14th November at 3pm at Featherston’s beautiful Anzac Hall, Annabel Langbein, Aotearoa’s most popular cookbook author, will be in conversation with Wellington based journalist and food critic David Cohen about her new memoir “Bella: My Life In Food“. The event is part of Featherston Booktown’s Words in November. Before and after An Afternoon with … More Featherston Booktown: Words in November with Annabel Langbein

Catch up with ReCooper8's October 2020 edition! … More October’s edition of the show!

Harry Watson is an established and well-respected artist living and working in Wairarapa. In February 2020, just before the pandemic hit Aotearoa, Harry was inspired to open his first dealer gallery, The Watson Gallery, in Masterton. Listen to this interview to find out more about the gallery and his own extraordinary work. You can find … More Interview with artist, Harry Watson

One of the smallest members of the ReCooper8 whānau is Flo Partridge, youngest daughter of host, Lucy. On Thursday 24 September, this plucky 8 year old is shaving off all her hair to fundraise for the Child Cancer Foundation. Here’s a short audio story about Flo’s campaign and the fabulous work CCF does. If you … More Can you support Flo’s fundraiser?

Yarns in Barns is Wairarapa’s Festival of Reading, and it’s back in 2020 with an eclectic range of book-themed events held in venues across the valley. Check out this short interview with the Festival’s creative director, David Hedley, to find out what you can enjoy across the region between 8-18th October 2020.

It’s not every night you get to chat with an astronomer, a creative director and two multi-award winning photographers! Check out ReCooper8’s September edition with Under the Stars’ Becky Bateman, Yarns in Barns creative director, David Hedley, and Esther Bunning and Amber Griffin, NZIPP – the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography’s Photographer of the … More September’s edition of ReCooper8 available now!

Katie and Coops welcomed a lovely array of guests onto the show on Sunday. Local artist and musician, Jen Olson, got us all excited about the violin; we shared part 1 of a pre-recorded interview with artist and gallery owner, Harry Watson (and I’ll share the whole interview in a separate post); and a lovely … More ReCooper8: August 2020 Edition

Felicity Abbott is an award winning production designer, presently based in the US. She has worked in film, television and opera, and her latest project, The Luminaries, is currently screening on TVNZ in New Zealand and the BBC in the UK. In this interview recorded with Katie and Lucy in June 2020, Felicity talks candidly … More Interview with Felicity Abbott